UR Faculty: Barbara Davis

Ph.D. (1982)
SUNY Upstate Medical Center

Barbara J. Davis, PhD
Associate Professor
Neurobiology and Anatomy
Associate Director for Faculty Development

For more details about Barbara Davis:

Go to the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy Website

Teaching:

Course Director: Human Structure and Function, Anatomic Sciences
Course Director: Prematriculation Human Biology
Faculty and Master Teacher: STEP, SURF and NIH Program: Pipeline Minority Programs
Faculty Member: Graduate Neuroscience Course (NSC 512)
Faculty Member: Mind Brain Behavior
Faculty Member: Year Two Case Seminar (Biologic Mechanisms of Aging)
Faculty Member: Molecules to Cells (Carbohydrate Metabolism, Signaling)
USMLE (National Boards) Step One Review Session in Histology

Contact Information:
E-Mail: Barbara_Davis@urmc.rochester.edu

University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 603
Rochester, New York 14642

Medical Center 5-6339
Phone: (585) 273-4862
Fax: (585) 756-5334

Teaching Overview

Prematriculation Human Biology Course was designed and implemented as an overview course for incoming first year medical students who were non-science majors or had been out of school for some time. The course is supported by the Dean's Office at URMC and has run successfully for the past ten years.

Honors and Extramural Activities

Alumni Association Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Teaching (October 2006)
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year (Classes of 2008, 2009, 2010)
George W. Corner Dean’s Teaching Scholar (Awarded 7/99-6/02)
Manuel D. Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the First Year Class of 2006 (Also awarded by Classes of 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, commendations for excellence in teaching awarded by Classes of 2001, 2003 and 2005.)
Marshall W. Lichtman Dean’s Teaching Fellow (Awarded 9/2002-8/2003)

Intramural Activities

Leadership Roles

Director, Medical Education Pathway
Associate Director, Faculty Development
Chair, Medical Student Promotions and Review Board
Chair, First and Second Year Instruction Committee

Committees

Medical School Admissions Committee
Faculty Development Advisory Board
Curriculum Steering Committee
Curriculum Design Team: Human Structure and Function
Medical Student Promotions and Review Board
First and Second Year Instruction Committee

Other Intramural Activities

Research Associate: Curricular Affairs Office
Faculty Development: Tutor training workshops for PBL faculty: Workshop on writing learning objectives

Extramural Presentations and Workshops

Relationship Between Group Function, Tutor Skills and Case Quality in Problem Based Learning: Presented at the International Association for Medical Science Educator’s Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, July 2004.
Invited Workshop Discussant: Cognitive Requirements of Horizontal and Vertical Integration: AAMC Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2004.

Recent Publications

Davis, Barbara J: Introduction to the Human Body, Sun Dance Books, Geneseo, New York, publishers, 2003 , second edition: 2004 , third edition 2005, fourth edition 2008.

Davis, Barbara J., Prematriculation Human Biology Course Syllabus 1998, 1999, 2000, revised 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Davis, Barbara J. and Blair, Martha L. Human Structure and Function four volume course syllabus 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Davis, Barbara J.: Teaching Assistant’s Survival Guide 2005, 2006, 2007.

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