Teaching Portfolio

 

Craig William Clarkson, Ph.D.

 

SECTION 4: EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Course Director Positions:

• Medical Pharmacology (2nd year medical course)                             1997-present
• Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Pharmacology (Graduate)          2000-present
• Systems Biology (BMS Doctoral Program)                                         2007-present
• Concepts in Pharmacology (Masters program)                                   2008-2009
  (pilot project involving active learning in grad education)
• Principles of Pharmacology (Graduate; co-director)                           2010-present
• Pharmacology Research Methods (Graduate)                                    2010-present
• Pharmacology ePortfolio (Graduate)                                                   2011-present
  

Graduate Teaching:

• Principles of Pharmacology: Cardiac Physiology & Cardiac Arrhythmias (4hrs)
• Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Pharmacology (2 hrs/week, Spring Semester)
  This course is a structured journal club, taken by MS & PhD students; a T2 elective
• Pharmacological Research: Whole Animal Electrocardiography (2hrs)
• Principles of Pharmacology – LSU Med Center: Ion Channels (1 hr)
• Advanced Cell Biology (BMS PhD program):Membrane transporters & mitochondrial function (1.5 hrs)
• Systems Biology (BMS PhD program):Drug Receptor Theory (1 hr) & Cardiac Physiology (2 hrs)
• Concepts in Pharmacology (MS program) - a one semester pilot project Fall 2008. We gave Just-in-Time-Teaching (JiTT) sessions with Peer Instruction on the following topics:
  

o    Principles of Pharmacology
o    Antimicrobial Drugs *
o    Rx of HIV *
o    Cancer Chemotherapy *
o    Autonomic Pharmacology
o    Treatment of Asthma
o    Rx of Hypertension
         * team taught with Dr. Mondal or Agrawal

An end of course survey indicated a high level of student satisfaction, with a 4.6 out of 5 rating for “This course enhanced my learning” (1-5 scale). The teaching & learning methods developed & refined in this pilot course were then incorporated into other courses in the graduate & medical curriculum, including Principles of Pharmacology & Medical Physiology during the 2009-2010 academic year

 Medical Teaching:

Medical Physiology (T1) - Lectures & JiTT Sessions

Medical Pharmacology (T2) – Lectures      

• Course Introduction
• Pharmacokinetics (2 hrs)
• Cholinolytic Drugs
• Hepatic Drug Clearance
• Antianginal Drugs
• Drugs used in Rx of Asthma
• General & Local Anesthetics
• Adjunct drugs used in Anesthesiology
• Sedative / Hypnotic / Anxiolytics
• Antipsychotics
• Psychostimulants, Drugs of Abuse
• Drug Responses in Children, Women & the Elderly
• Herbal Drugs
• Drug Interactions

Medical Pharmacology (T2) – Just-in-Time-Teaching Sessions  

• Basic Principles of Medical Pharmacology
  
• Antiarrhythmic Drugs (2 hrs)
  
• Digitalis Glycosides
  
• Vasodilators in the treatment of CHF
  
• Antidepressants, MAO inhibitors & Li 
  

Helped develop & facilitate additional JiTT sessions on:

• Glucocorticoids (w/ Dr. Beckman)
• GI Drugs (Beckman)
  
• Penicillin Antibiotics (w/ Dr. Agrawal)
• Cancer Chemotherapy (w/ Dr. Agrawal)
  

Medical Pharmacology (T2)– Block Reviews    

•     Basic Principles & Rx of Inflammation (1 hr)
•     ANS & CV Pharmacology (1.5 hrs)
•     Renal Block (1 hr)
•     CNS Drugs (1.5 hrs)
•     Human Behavior block (1.5 hrs)
•     Endocrine & Toxicology Block (1.5 hrs)

  Medical Pharmacology (T2)- Team Based Learning

• Rx of Venous & Pulmonary Thrombosis -  w/ Drs. Kahn & Crawford
  
• Autonomic Unknowns
• Diabetes (with Drs. Beckman & Jennifer John-Kalarickal)
• Heart failure ( with Dr. Elma LeDoux)
• Thyroid Disorders (under development w/ Drs Beckman & John-Kalarickal)
  

Medical Pharmacology (T2)- Problem Based Teaching

• Drug Metabolism & Drug Interactions
  
• Adrenergic/Cholinergic In Vivo Demonstration
• Antibiotics - Clinical Problem Solving
  
• Chemical Warfare in Iraq
  
• Hypertension
  
• Antiarrhythmic Drugs - Clinical Problem Solving
  
• Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus – Clinical Problem Solving (Graduate)
  
• Oral Contraceptives – Clinical Problem Solving
  
• Treatment of Depression – Clinical Problem Solving

Medical Pharmacoogy (T2) METI Human Patient Simulation Exercises (~35 hrs)

• Mr Boudreaux - Diagnosis & treatment of unstable angina & cardiac arrhythmias(an exercise developed in collaboration with Elma LeDoux MD - Director of Clinical Diagnosis)
• Willie Wheezer - Diagnosis & treatment of severe pediatric bronchoconstriction (an exercise developed in collaboration with Scott Davis MD - Director of Pediatric T3/T4 Clerkship)  

Education Related Committees:

University or Medical Center

• Academic Computing                                                     1988-1993
• Surgery Required Clerkship Review Committee            1991-1993
• Admissions Committee                                                   1994-1999, 2005-present
• Senate Committee on Honors                                        1997-1999
• Graduate Council                                                           1997-2000
• University Senate Commitee on Computing                  1998-2001
• Curriculum Committee                                                   1999-2007, 2009-present
  
• 2nd Year Clinical Curriculum Advisory Committee         1997-present
• Evaluation Committee    (under Dr. Markert in OME)     2004-2005
• MECCA Committee (Medical Education)                        2000-2001
• Student Affairs Committee (chair)                                  2004-present
• Scope Advisory Committee                                            2004-2005
• Educational Technology Committee (chair)                    2007- present
• Evaluation & Assessment Committee – SOM                2008-present
• Simulation Curriculum Committee                                  2008-present
• Simulation Research Committee                                    2010-present
• Educational Policy Committee (Univ Senate)                 2009-present
• Pharmacology Dept Curriculum Comm (chair)               2009-present
• Pharm Dept Med Pharm Course Comm (chair)              2009-present
  

Masters Thesis Committees – (2006-2007 example)

• Bradley Blasair (Leraphanol & NMDA receptor effects on chronic pain)*
• Aaron Boonjindasup (MSC’s in the repopulation of cardiomyocytes)
• Dorothy Contiguglia (Gingko Biloba in Alzheimers)*
• Dustin Hill (Somatostatin Receptor expression in activated Lymphocytes)
• Donald Iocco (Synergistic Drug Effects of Nicotine & Stimulants)
• Chanakaya Jandhyala (Disruption of P-selectin after IRI tissue injury)
• Patrick Lang (Inhaled insulin for diabetes)*
• Edward Mannina (Antibodies for treatment of Cancer)*
• Gregor Manukian (Hyperbaric Oxygen after Ischemic / Reperfusion injury)
• Ehsan Mozayan-Isfanahi (NPY & its pro - & anti-nociceptive effects)
• Megan Stock (NMDA receptor antagonists & Neuropathic Pain)
• Brian Talleur (CV dysfunction with Diabetes)
• Carolyn Tejirian (NO synthetase inhibitors for Migraines)
• Lisa To (DES & estrogenic disruption)
• Megha Upadhyaya (Environmental Factors Underlying the Pharm of Autism)*
• Julie Williams (Drugs of abuse testing methodologies)
  
  * Thesis advisor for these 5 students
  

 

Doctoral Thesis Committees

• William Crumb Jr. (Pharmacology)             1988-1991 (Ph.D. thesis advisor)
• Nick Ferencz (Pharmacology)                    1988-1991
• Jeff McGee (Physiology)                            1989-1992
• Chu Chen (Physiology)                              1991-1993
• Owen Wilson (Physiology)                         1992-1994
• Conrad Mallia (Pharmacology)                   1991-1995
• Etoi Garrison (Pharmacology)                    1994-1995
• Victor Ruiz (Physiology)                             1992-1995
• Jose Santiago (Pharmacology)                  1992-1995
• Ingrid Ehrlich (Physiology)                         1994-1996
• Alan Kaye (Pharmacology)                        1991-1997
• David Lambert (Pharmacology)                 1996-1998
• Neviana Nenova (Pharmacology)              1994-1998 (Ph.D. thesis advisor)
• Walter Robertson (Physiology)                  1994-2000
• Christopher Holt (Pharmacology)              1996-2000
• Hunter Champion (Pharmacology)            1996-1999
• Adam Hendricson (Pharmacology)            1999-2001
• Hoya Lang (Physiology)                             1999-2001
• Christopher Williams (Pharmacology)        1999-2004
• Juan Guo (Physiology)                               2000-2001
• Leena Pradhan (Pharmacology)                2001-2004
• Steve White (LSU Biochemistry)                2001-2005
• Trinity Bivalacqua (Pharmacology)             2002-2004
• James T. Taylor (Pharmacology)                2002-2005
• Brian Keyser (Pharmacology)                     2002-2005
• John Liles (Pharmacology)                         2002-2005
• Allison Intondi (Pharmacology)                   2005-2007
• Anthony (Joel) Greco     (MCB)                  2004-2008
• David Casey (Pharmacolgy) MD/PhD        2006-present
• James Antoon (Pharmacology) MD/PhD    2007-present
• Daniel Petroni (Pharmacology) MD/PhD    2007-present
• Jonathan Pottle (Physiology)                      2009-present