Backwards Navigation, Time Limits, Anxiety and Test Scores
Release Date: 10/13/2025
Attitudes About Sex in Occupational Therapy Education
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Drs. Jennifer Valli and Anne Zachry discuss their research on how to increase occupational therapist students' comfort in talking to their patients about sexual health. Valli JL, Shearer K, Zachry AH, Weisser-Pike O, Boughter JD Jr. A Missing Piece of Occupational Therapy Education: Attitudes About Sex. Occup Ther Health Care. 2025 Apr;39(2):412-427. . Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38557162. Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. .
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Specifications Grading and Course Mastery
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Dr. Tabitha House and Dr. Katherine March discuss the effect of specifications grading on course mastery and grade distribution in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennesee Health Science Center. House, T., Havrda, D., Littlejohn, T., & March, K. (2025). Specifications grading system impact on grade distribution in a third year pharmacy skills-based course. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 89(11), 101831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2025.101831 Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science...
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Backwards Navigation, Time Limits, Anxiety and Test Scores
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Faculty in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center explored the affect of adding time limits to and removing backwards navigation from exams on test scores. Their poster was presented at the 2025 annual meeting of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Littlejohn, T., Franks, A., Hamilton, L., Havrda, D., Impact of Eliminating Backwards Navigation and Aligning Time Limit on Exams Within a Didactic Curriculum. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Chicago, IL. July 2025. Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the Teaching and Learnng Center at...
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Pediatric Immunization Training for Pharmacy Students
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Dr. Elizabeth Yett, UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, discusses her paper on the challenges of providing pediatric immunization training for students.
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Student Beliefs About How They Learn
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Drs. Melissa Taylor and Sharon Valente discuss thier poster presentation Understanding Student Beliefs About Learning Anatomy in a First-Year Medical Gross Anatomy Class: A Pilot Study. Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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Evidence-Based Learning Strategies
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Dr. Rachel Barenie discusses five evidence-based learning principles and how they can be used to actively engage students. Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the Teaching and Learning Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. You can find additional recordings of this series at
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Sensitive Conversations with Patients
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Drs. Janet Tucker and Lisa Beasley from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing discuss the simulation exercise for their students that helps them with their communication skills with patients when having sensitive conversations. Tucker JA, Beasley LD, Bradford J. Simulation Expert Modeling to Teach Sensitive Screening in Nursing Education. J Nurs Educ. 2024 Dec;63(12):872. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20240522-05. Epub 2024 Sep 18. PMID: 39292718. Teach Well Learn Well is produced at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences
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How Students Use Practice Questions, Part 2
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Research on how medical students use practice questions for learning and the theory behind how it works.
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How Students Use Practice Questions, Part 1
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Research on how medical students use practice questions for learning and the theory behind how it works.
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Supporting SoTL in a Center for Teaching and Learning
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Amy Hall, Devin Scott, Tom Laughner, and Kelly Jo Fulkerson Dikuua discuss their article on the importance of SoTL and how best to support it in a Teaching and Learning Center. Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
info_outlineFaculty in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center explored the affect of adding time limits to and removing backwards navigation from exams on test scores. Their poster was presented at the 2025 annual meeting of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Littlejohn, T., Franks, A., Hamilton, L., Havrda, D., Impact of Eliminating Backwards Navigation and Aligning Time Limit on Exams Within a Didactic Curriculum. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Chicago, IL. July 2025.
Teach Well Learn Well is produced by the Teaching and Learnng Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. http://tlc.uthsc.edu.