Updated ASM Curriculum Guidelines describe core microbiology content to modernize the framework for microbiology education.

IF 1.6 Q2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES
Nancy Boury, Amy Siegesmund, David B Kushner, Davida S Smyth, Mary E Allen, Adronisha Frazier, Illona Gillette-Ferguson, Miriam Markum, Glenn Patriquin, Sara E Reynolds, Sarah Rosario, J Jordan Steel, Rachel Horak
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Abstract

Curricular guidelines promote standardized approaches to coverage of essential knowledge and skills in undergraduate education. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Microbiology were developed in 2012. Continuous, rapid growth of knowledge in science and a dynamic, changing world necessitate updates to these guidelines. As such, ASM formed a task force in the summer of 2022. The task force assessed the 2012 ASM Curriculum Guidelines considering advancements in technology, an understanding of an expanded role of microbes, and a broader scope addressing relevant social and environmental aspects of microbiology. Language in the updated guidelines was also modified to better include eukaryotic microbes, viruses, and other acellular microbes. The task force formed working groups, each aimed at revising specific sections of the 2012 ASM Curriculum Guidelines. The revisions to the ASM Curriculum Guidelines were reviewed by subject matter experts and education stakeholders. Feedback from this peer review was incorporated into the updated guidelines, and further comments were solicited from the ASM Conference of Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE) attendees in November 2023 before these guidelines were finalized. In this article, we describe the rationale and development of updated ASM Curriculum Guidelines which identify foundational concepts that will serve to improve microbial literacy and that can be expanded upon to address more advanced and specialized topics.

更新的 ASM 课程指南描述了核心微生物学内容,使微生物学教育框架现代化。
课程指南提倡在本科教育中采用标准化的方法来涵盖基本知识和技能。美国微生物学会(ASM)本科微生物学课程指南于 2012 年制定。科学知识的持续快速增长以及世界的动态变化要求对这些指南进行更新。因此,ASM 在 2022 年夏天成立了一个特别工作组。考虑到技术的进步、对微生物作用扩大的理解以及涉及微生物学相关社会和环境方面的更广泛范围,特别工作组对 2012 年 ASM 课程指南进行了评估。更新版指南中的语言也进行了修改,以便更好地纳入真核微生物、病毒和其他无细胞微生物。特别工作组成立了多个工作组,每个工作组的目标都是修订《2012 年美国微生物学会课程指南》的具体章节。学科专家和教育利益相关者对《ASM 课程指南》的修订进行了审查。同行评审的反馈意见被纳入更新后的指南,在指南最终定稿之前,我们还向 2023 年 11 月举行的 ASM 本科生教育者大会 (ASMCUE) 的与会者征集了进一步的意见。在本文中,我们介绍了更新版 ASM 课程指南的基本原理和制定过程,该指南确定了有助于提高微生物素养的基础概念,并可在此基础上扩展以解决更高级和更专业的主题。
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Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES-
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