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Development Of A Certification Exam To Assess Undergraduate Students' Proficiency In Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Core Concepts, Quira Zeidan, Jennifer Loertscher, Adele J. Wolfson, John T. Tansey, Erika G. Offerdahl, Peter J. Kennelly, Daniel R. Dries, Victoria Del Gaizo Moore, Diane M. Dean, Ludmila Tyler
Development Of A Certification Exam To Assess Undergraduate Students' Proficiency In Biochemistry And Molecular Biology Core Concepts, Quira Zeidan, Jennifer Loertscher, Adele J. Wolfson, John T. Tansey, Erika G. Offerdahl, Peter J. Kennelly, Daniel R. Dries, Victoria Del Gaizo Moore, Diane M. Dean, Ludmila Tyler
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department Faculty Publication Series
With support from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), a community of biochemistry and molecular biology (BMB) scientist-educators has developed and administered an assessment instrument designed to evaluate student competence across four core concept and skill areas fundamental to BMB. The four areas encompass energy and metabolism; information storage and transfer; macromolecular structure, function, and assembly; and skills including analytical and quantitative reasoning. First offered in 2014, the exam has now been administered to nearly 4000 students in ASBMB-accredited programs at more than 70 colleges and universities. Here, we describe the development and continued maturation of the …