{"id":38208,"date":"2011-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/04\/26\/an-honor-for-a-teacher-innovator\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:29:41","slug":"an-honor-for-a-teacher-innovator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/04\/26\/an-honor-for-a-teacher-innovator\/","title":{"rendered":"An honor for a teacher, innovator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kurtis Cornish, Ph.D., professor of cellular and integrative physiology, will be honored for receiving the University of Nebraska’s Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA) for 2011 at today’s Annual Faculty meeting.<\/p>\n


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\nKurtis Cornish, Ph.D., right, received the universitywide Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award.<\/span>
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\n<\/TABLE>An innovator in the research lab and in the classroom, Dr. Cornish is the sixth UNMC faculty member to win the OTICA since it began in 1992. <\/p>\n

Dr. Cornish co-invented a computerized cardiovascular dog lab, which is used in several medical schools around the world. <\/p>\n

For the classroom, he created the “J-term” at UNMC, an intense, three-day June workshop during which medical students learn key diagnostic and treatment skills they need to transition from medical school to the clinical years.<\/p>\n

Below, Dr. Cornish reflects on the art of teaching: <\/p>\n


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\nPast UNMC OTICA award winners are:
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