{"id":40290,"date":"2012-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/otica-recipient-dr-macdonald-discusses-his-teaching-style\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:33:02","slug":"otica-recipient-dr-macdonald-discusses-his-teaching-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2012\/04\/23\/otica-recipient-dr-macdonald-discusses-his-teaching-style\/","title":{"rendered":"OTICA recipient Dr. MacDonald discusses his teaching style"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Richard MacDonald, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, will be honored at Wednesday&#8217;s Annual Faculty meeting for receiving the University of Nebraska&#8217;s Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award (OTICA) for 2012. <\/p>\n<p>He is the seventh UNMC faculty member to win the OTICA since it was first handed out in 1992.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Av9CQ7QJ_08\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<span style=\"font-size:0.85em; line-height:150%;\">Watch a video about Dr. MacDonald.<\/span>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>While Dr. MacDonald had no formal educational training before he took his first faculty position at UNMC, he has emerged as one of the top teachers on campus. <\/p>\n<p>He has:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>Won UNMC&#8217;s Outstanding Teacher of the Year award three times;<br \/>\n<LI>Developed new courses; and<br \/>\n<LI>Routinely receives high evaluations from his students.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>Dr. MacDonald uses an innovative teaching style that incorporates 21st century tools and goals in a multidisciplinary environment to fully engage medical and graduate students.<\/p>\n<p>Below he answers a few questions about his teaching style.<\/p>\n<p><B>How do you keep your students engaged and excited about what they are learning?<\/B><\/p>\n<p>My mentors in education taught me to always keep the message simple and relevant. 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