Faculty:
Carlos A.C. Baptista, MD, MS, PhD.
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Summary: I
have both bench and educational research
interests. My research interest involve
the role of neural crest cells in the
development of the outflow tract of the
heart. The pioneer research of Dr. Margaret
Kirby established
that neural crest cells migrate to the
heart outflow tract and the absence of
these cells result in cardiac congenital
malformations. My interest lies in the
development of the parasympathetic cardiac
ganglia (also originated from cardiac
neural crest) and its role if any in
the development of the coronary arteries.
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Research
Interests:
I
have both bench and educational research interests. My
research interest involve the role of neural crest cells
in the development of the outflow tract of the heart.
The pioneer research of
Dr.
Margaret Kirby established
that neural crest cells migrate to the heart outflow
tract and the absence of these cells result in cardiac
congenital malformations. My interest lies in the development
of the parasympathetic cardiac ganglia (also originated
from cardiac neural crest) and its role if any in the
development of the coronary arteries.
My more recent research interest has been Educational
Research. In 2001, a grant from
Ohio
Board of Regents and the
Research
Center for Educational Technology was
awarded to study and identify conditions that influence
web-based educational outcomes in distance learning.
Our findings showed that the preferred learning channels
of students and faculty (kinesthetic and visual) have
some influence on the utilization and appreciation of
web-based material development.
A major focus of my research is to know what influences
multimedia, especially animations, have on memory retention
over time. The multimedia effect described by several
researchers state that students exposed to multimedia
explanations are able to build two different mental representations,
a verbal model and a visual model. Researchers believe
that the capacity for better retrieve information lies
in the number of connections created between these two
models. Two groups of students, one exposed and other
not exposed to multimedia should have different memory
retention. Students exposed to multimedia should retain
the information longer than the students not exposed
to multimedia. I am testing this theory by exposing one
group of students to lectures and text and exposing another
group of students to a multimedia unit containing videos
and animations.
Teaching
Interests:
I enjoy interdisciplinary work and
view my academic career and my educational background
as the foundation for such integrated activity. My
current teaching interests involve Gross Anatomy which
embodies the following courses:
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Human
Structure and Development (Block 2)
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Anatomy for Physician Assistants
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INDI-555 - Anatomy and Pathophysiology
(MSBS)
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INDI-515 – Introduction
to Anatomy and Physiology to Medical Physics
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Fundamentals of Clinical
Practice Course
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In addition, I currently facilitate in the problem-based
pathophysiology course throughout the year, teach
Congenital Heart Defects in the Organ Systems (Block
7) course and facilitate in the Fundamental of Clinical
Practice course.
I am the Course Director and primary teacher for
HDSC-521 Scientific and Clinical Foundations for
Human
Organ Donation and Transplantation in the Human Donation
Science Certificate Program. I teach the
basic science component of the course, which includes
anatomy, physiology, pathology, pathophysiology,
and neurosciences. I am also Course Director for
the Graduate Pathophysiology Course.
Educational
Technology Interests:
A critical question in medical education today is
how best to incorporate emerging technologies into
medical students education. Today's student populations
have changed drastically. They are no longer the
community that our educational system was designed
to teach. The students of today are born into the
digital age and they expect their educators to speak
the digital language of computers, internet and video
games. Students expect their learning to be engaging
and interactive.
I have a special interest in designing interactive
learning environments using multimedia, hypermedia,
and web-based technologies and investigate the impact
of using such new media technologies on teaching
and learning. Since 1998, I have been developing
Flash® animations for use as stand alone tools
in my lectures or as a part of “units” published
in the
academic
intranet and in the
internet. These
animations are of great help in explaining difficult
concepts in anatomy, pathology and physiology. (Please
see Online
Portfolio above examples of these animations).
Do animations appeal equally to the visual, auditory,
or kinesthetic learner? Do animations contribute
to retention of knowledge? These are some of the
questions I would like to answer in the near future.
Another issue that I am particular interested in
is Electronic Response System, a hand-held electronic
device used to engage student participation and accumulate
feedback, transforming lecture hall PowerPoint presentations
into a powerful vehicles for two way communication.
Is learning enhanced or attention improved when students
use this device?
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1981 |
M.D.
- Itajuba, School of Medicine, Brazil
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1986 |
M.S.
- Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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1987 |
Ph.D. - University of Sao Paulo,
Brazil
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1990-1993
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Post-Doc. - Medical College
of Ohio, Molecular Genetics of Hypertension (NIH
Training Grant) - J. P. Rapp, Ph.D.
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1993-1994
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Post-Doc. - Medical College
of Georgia, Developmental Biology - M. L. Kirby,
Ph.D.
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2001 |
Research Center for Education
Technology, Kent State University
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2002-2003 |
Teaching Scholar Fellowship,
Medical University of Ohio
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