Spotlight on Teaching Innovations

Welcome — Dr. George Hack

This presentation will prepare you to conduct a basic review of your course materials using an accessibly checklist to determine the current state of ADA compliance in your existing courses and it will share practices in utilizing templates and “accessibility check” features of common tools and products to create ADA compliant course materials.

University of Florida dental and pharmacy students collaborated in interprofessional teams to interview a standardized patient with an acute dental issue. Attitudes towards the activity and collaboration were assessed pre- and post-experience using the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Interprofessional Collaboration (JeffSATIC) and knowledge about the other profession was assessed via a multiple choice quiz pre- and post-experience. Dental students submitted a dental care plan for the patient and pharmacy students submitted a SOAP note for the patient.

The Amazing Operative Race is an interactive game that reinforces concepts and principles of operative dentistry.  Dr. Delgado will be demonstrating the game and how it is used in his courses to encourage student engagement and participation.

This presentation will provide an overview of the categories of motivation and will discuss some obstacles to keeping students motivated with some strategies to overcome them. In addition, it will discuss some of what the research tells us about the role of student motivation in effective learning.