Cynthia McDermott, PhD

Faculty Associate

School

School of Physician Assistant Studies

Department

School of Physician Assistant Studies

Office Location

Griffin 430

Boston

About

Student-directed learning
Learner-centered teaching
Interfacing information from various sources to form a more complete educational experience
Examination of Residents as teachers. Brigham and Women's OB-GYN residents teaching pelvic anatomy to students. Report of study outcome submitted for publication, 2006
Analysis of effective learning through presentation and dissection vs. presentation alone. A comparison of anatomy scores of students who dissect and present material with those of students whom learned by presentation. (MCPHS), 2003
Biomechanical and Computer-aided Models of the Healthy and Incontinent Female Pelvic Floor (Co-investigator), 2001
Tutorial Guidance cards HMS Human Body; IN701; Assessment of student ranking regarding which cards are most useful for guiding first year students towards self-directed tutorial learning, 2000

Student-directed learning
Learner-centered teaching
Interfacing information from various sources to form a more complete educational experience
Examination of Residents as teachers. Brigham and Women's OB-GYN residents teaching pelvic anatomy to students. Report of study outcome submitted for publication, 2006
Analysis of effective learning through presentation and dissection vs. presentation alone. A comparison of anatomy scores of students who dissect and present material with those of students whom learned by presentation. (MCPHS), 2003
Biomechanical and Computer-aided Models of the Healthy and Incontinent Female Pelvic Floor (Co-investigator), 2001
Tutorial Guidance cards HMS Human Body; IN701; Assessment of student ranking regarding which cards are most useful for guiding first year students towards self-directed tutorial learning, 2000

Academy Award for Excellence in Tutoring (Year 1), 2007
Graduating MCPHS Class of 2005 chose Gross Anatomy as their favorite class, 2005
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2004
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2004
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2003
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2003
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2002
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2002
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2001
Nominee, HMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1&2), 2001
Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching - Harvard Medical School, 1999
Roof DJ and Heth CA: Photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium; Transduction and renewal mechanisms. In Albert DM and Jakobiec FA (eds), Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology: Basic Sciences, pp 309-332. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Company, 1993.