Spring semester 2004 Jack Petersen is teaching Medical Entomology on the main campus of
Florida A&M University. The 204 mile round trip twice a week presents some challenges
to both the teacher and the students, but the Internet is one way to keep everyone on the
same page. A web site http://famumedent.intranets.com
has been developed to maintain some structure and order to the graduate course. Class
notes and online resources posted to the site facilitate communication when office hours
are out of the question. All class quizzes have been archived online to make it easier to
get ready for the mid-term exam. And PowerPoint presentations missed in class can be
viewed (or reviewed) at home on a laptop. The World Health
Organization, the Pan American Health Organization and the U. S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention all maintain online resources helpful to the medical entomology
student. The FAMU Medical Entomology site merely serves to guide the student to the best
and most relevant of these services.
The web site is available for anyone to visit. Just login as a
guest. Feel free to take the quizzes! [although visitors have non-credit status only!]
Reported by Jack Petersen