Thomas A. Jones Receives Trustees Teaching Award

Thomas A. Jones, M.D., Assistant Professor and Director, Immunization Clinic for International Travel, was honored as one of the recipient's of the 2001 Trustees Teaching Award.

The Trustees Teaching award emphasizes an excellence in teaching can be documented through the use of teaching strategies that:

• Are based on sound pedagogical and content knowledge
• Engage students through collaborative learning, service learning, or other active learning methods appropriate to the context
• Provide students with timely feedback and assessment
• Encourage critical thinking
• Provide appropriate challenge
• Employ technology effectively
• Promote diverse perspectives
• Display general characteristics of effective teaching such as organization, clarity, fairness, enthusiasm, creativity, and flexibility.

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