Fortun, Jenny

Fortun, Jenny
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Associate Professor, Cellular Biology and Pharmacology , Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Contact Info

jfortun@fiu.edu

overview

Jenny Fortun, PhD, has been involved in curriculum design and implementation, as well as the teaching of various foundational sciences including biochemistry, physiology, immunology, and neuroscience.

research interests

Fortun is involved in various areas of medical education. She is interested in the development of teaching strategies that promote critical thinking skills and highlight the importance of foundational sciences for clinical reasoning. In parallel, she is involved in the development of assessment methods to evaluate the application of foundational knowledge to diagnostic reasoning and interpretation of clinical information.

selected publications

Article
- 2020
  
  A case for written examinations in undergraduate medical education: experiences with modified essay examinations. ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1714543 Web of Science: 000509187200001
Editorial Material
- 2017
  
  Introduction and evaluation of case-based learning in the first foundational course of an undergraduate medical curriculum. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION. 295-304.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2016.1217909 Web of Science: 000405726500009
Review
- 2019
  
  Meiotic nondisjunction and sperm aneuploidy in humans. REPRODUCTION.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1530/REP-18-0318 Web of Science: 000456067700002

full name

Jenny Fortun

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-9434 (confirmed)

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