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ArticleCBE life sciences education2021

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, L Michael Carastro and 2 more

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Article in CBE life sciences education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Cultivating Enduring Changes in Assessment Through a Life Sciences Community of Practice.Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Quira ZeidanAmerican Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockville, MD 20852.
Jennifer LoertscherDepartment of Chemistry, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98122.
Adele J WolfsonDepartment of Chemistry, Wellesley College, Wellesley MA 02481.
John T TanseyChemistry Department, Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH 43081.
Erika G OfferdahlSchool of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164.
Peter J KennellyDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
Daniel R DriesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652.
Victoria Del Gaizo MooreDepartment of Chemistry, Elon University, Elon, NC 27244.
Diane M DeanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT 06117.
L Michael CarastroDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL 33606.
Sachel M VillafañeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831.
Ludmila TylerBiochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 exam program, including the organic role of faculty volunteers as drivers and stewards of all facets: content and format selection, question development, and scoring.

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