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PUBH 112: Disease Prevention

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Reflection on Instructional Change:

One practice from Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment (CISLE) was to create a space where students can get more personalized feedback quickly and to use that feedback to make revisions to their work prior to submission. More specifically, I set up a peer review session where students respectfully and thoughtful provided feedback on a peer's work. I incorporated these practices together as I believe they complement each other. I also believe peer feedback is less authoritative and students will be more likely think critically about what feedback to incorporate, whereas feedback from the instructor is more likely to be taken blindly. To implement this practice, I developed clear instructions, reminded students to be respectful to each other, and wrote an outline of the specific questions on the white board for students to reference during the exercise.

I found the exercise to be fun and more engaging than me sending feedback to each individual student after submitting the assignment. Students gave positive feedback, seemed to genuinely enjoy the exercise, and I the quality of their submitted work was generally better than in semesters where I did not facilitate this exercise. Students specifically mentioned that they better understood what to change and that they recommended I continue to incorporate the peer reviewing for other assignments.

CSILE was one of the most useful FLCs that I've taken thus far. I incorporated several of the tools I discovered in this FLC and found this FLC to be engaging. It was the FLC activities that made this course very engaging. The three activities that were most useful were the demonstration videos, the observe and analyze with colleagues, and the practice and reflect assignments. I liked the demonstration videos because they lay a foundation to use instead of developing something completely from scratch. I referenced them often throughout the FLC. I like the thoughtful feedback from colleagues and perhaps the best activity is the practice and reflect because it forced me to design the activities I implemented ahead of time.

What I appreciated most about the Observe and Analyze Session was the confirmation and reassurance that I was on the right track.

Evidence of Instructional Change

Screenshot of instructions for group feedback exercise.

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Screenshot of collective ground rules set by students.

ACUE - Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment Badge

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Practice and Reflect on: Providing Useful Feedback

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Faculty Bio


	I am a native of Indiana and grew up in Valparaiso a smaller city in the Northwest corner of the state approximately 1.5 hours from Chicago. I have been in California for 20 years and spent my final two years of high school at Amador High School in Sutter Creek. Since, I have lived in and around Sacramento for most of that time. I came to Sacramento State as an undeclared freshman knowing only that I wanted to pursue a career in healthcare. In 2008, I completed my Bachelor of Science with a concentration in Healthcare Administration and in 2014, earned a Master of Public Health from the Dornseif School of Public Health at Drexel University. My education has provided a path to start a rewarding career in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. I began my career with the State of California working in the Help Center at the Department of Managed Healthcare and later the California Department of Public Health in the California Tobacco Control Program. I spent many years at Hill Physicians Medical Group in practice transformation and network development and am currently at WellSpace Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center where my focus is improving specialty care access to the Sacramento Region's Medi-Cal and uninsured populations. In 2015 I took advantage of a great opportunity to return to Sacramento State as an adjunct faculty member. I now have the privilege of giving back to the school that provided me with such a valuable personal and career development experience, my faculty role continually reminds me that it is in giving that we receive. Over the past few years, it has been rewarding to help students achieve their educational goals. I am proud to have graduated from the Department of Health Science and I am humbled to serve as a faculty member in the new Department of Public Health.

This work was supported by:

National Science Foundation Hispanic Serving Institution Project STEM Zone DUE 1832335

CSU Office of the Chancellor Academic Affairs grant for Faculty Professional Development

US Department of Education Hispanic Serving Institution Project STEM4Equity P031C210012

*Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the US Department of Education.

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