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ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2024

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

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 and 3 more

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Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nancy BouryDepartment of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1438-8299
Amy SiegesmundDepartment of Biology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, USA.
David B KushnerDepartment of Biology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6260-5094
Davida S SmythDepartment of Natural Sciences, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4049-0337
Mary E AllenDepartment of Biology, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, USA.
Adronisha FrazierNatural Sciences, Northshore Technical Community College, Hammond, Louisiana, USA.
Illona Gillette-FergusonDepartment of Animal and Natural Sciences, SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, New York, USA.
Miriam MarkumMicrobiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5356-8036
Glenn PatriquinDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sara E ReynoldsDepartment of Natural and Physical Sciences, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, USA.
Sarah RosarioScience Division, Valencia College West Campus, Orlando, Florida, USA.
J Jordan SteelDepartment of Biology, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Rachel HorakEducation Department, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9921-1788

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6 · The paper itself

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.

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curriculumlearning objectivesmicrobiology education

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PMCPMC11636387

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