The Department of Anatomy was established in 1930 as part of the original School of Medicine. The name of the department changed to the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy in 1988. Department of Anatomy chairs are as follows:
Francis H....
Duke University School of Medicine First Year Students, 1971: R.C. Agner; J.R. Allison, III; L.B. Andrew; L.C. Area; L.K. Arnold; R.M. Austin; E.R. Baker; R.M. Ball; L. Barnes; G.P. Beardsley; M.J. Becker; F.F. Bolander, Jr.; A.A. Bonin; E.I. Bonner,...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Douglas S. Tyler on June 10, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Tyler discusses his early life, education, decision to become a physician,...
Dr. Samuel Katz discusses his preference of the term chair versus chairman of the Department of Pediatrics in order to be inclusive of female department chairs; the nature of the Department of Pediatrics when he first arrived as chair in 1968; former...
Duke University School of Medicine New Students, October 1949: Adams, R.H., Jr.; Appen, R.C.; Ayerst, R.I.; Bacos, J.M.; Baer, B.L.; Bell, W.R.; Berlin, M.; Berry, J.N.; Blackard, E.H., Jr.; Bondurant, S., Jr.; Boren, R.B., III; Brice, G.W., Jr.;...
This oral history interview with Dr. Megan Turner Turley was conducted on May 5, 2021 by Dr. Justin Barr. All the Chief Resident interviews are part of the Chief Resident Interview Project, which was started in 2018. The interviewees discuss their...
To investigate burnout and its correlation to and effect on the psychological, professional, empathetic, and academic acuity of graduate healthcare students.
Dr. Nancy Andrews discusses how dual degree (MD-PhD) is prevalent in deanship positions across the country; translational medicine; Duke's strength in translational medicine; her own research; the difference between what she experienced as a student...
Three of the Library's primary user groups, the Schools of Nursing (SON), Physician Assistant (PA) and Physical Therapy (PT), require their students to have specific textbooks. The SON, PA and PT library liaisons compared required textbooks to the...
In class, an individual assessment followed by a group assessment and then application activities to practice the concepts. TBL relies on group work and holding students accountable for coming to class prepared and ready to contribute to the...
Information literacy (IL) instruction permeates health sciences education. There have been numerous attempts to map IL concepts to each professional academic discipline to improve IL instruction and advocate for librarian involvement in the curriculum....
iTunes U enables colleges and universities to manage, distribute, and control access to educational audio and video content and files for students and the broader Internet
Evidence-based practice (EBP) content is mandated by national curricular standards for nursing, medical, physician assistant, and physical therapy students. At the same time, there is an increased interest and emphasis on interprofessional education...
One of the first initiatives of the MLA Education Domain Hub is to create an online repository of educational resources developed by health information professionals.
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Richard L. McCann on April 29, 2020 by Taylor Patterson as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, McCann discusses his early life, education, decision to enter the...
Prentiss L. Harrison graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 1968. He was the first African American physician assistant in the country.
Duke University School of Medicine New Students, January 1944: Ambrose, S.S., Jr.; Blackwell, C.C., Jr.; Branscomb, B.V.; Brooks, W.M.L., Jr.; Browning, J.R.; Burgess, J.R., Jr.; Chandler, J.R.; Clark, S.D.; Clifford, T.C.; Coonrad, R.W.; Crane, H.H.,...
Duke University School of Medicine, New Students September 1960: Alexander, R.H.; Allen, B.L., Jr.; Amstey, M.S.; Anderson, P.A.W.; Barber, W.S.; Barnett, C.F., Jr.; Bell, W.H., II; Bremer, C.C.; Carruth, J.W., Jr.; Chase, N.B.; Cottingham, A.J.;...