header shadow

Jared A Danielson

Jared Danielson
Jared Danielson

M.S., Ph.D.

Director of Curricular and Student Assessment and Assistant Professor
Veterinary Pathology
(515) 294-7945
2256 Vet Med
Expertise / Research Area

Assessment and Continuous Curricular Quality Improvement in Medical Sciences Education

Teaching, Learning and Assessment of Diagnostic Problem Solving

Teaching

VPTH 530X: Teaching and Learning in Veterinary Medical Education (3 CR course intended for graduate students and residents. Discusses the design and evaluation of effective learning environments and settings, with examples drawn from Veterinary Medical Education.)

Education

Ph.D. - 1999

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Major: Curriculum and Instruction -- Instructional Systems Development

Dissertation: The design, development and evaluation of a web-based tool for helping veterinary students learn how to classify clinical laboratory data.

M.S. - 1996

Syracuse University, Major: Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation

B.A. - 1994

Brigham Young University, Major: English, Minors: Film, Music

Selected Publications

Danielson, JA, Wu, T-F; Molgaard, LK, and Preast, VA (2011). Relationships among common measures of student performance and scores on the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 238(4) 454-461.
 
Bender, HS and Danielson, JA. (2011). A Novel Educational Tool for Teaching Diagnostic Reasoning and Laboratory Data Interpretation to Veterinary (and Medical) Students. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine. 31(1) 201-215.

Danielson JA, Fales-Williams AJ, Sorden SD, Myers RK, Bender HS, Mills EM. (2008). Peer Assessment of a Senior Year Capstone Experience for Formative Evaluation of a Pathology Curriculum. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 35(3) 466-474.

Danielson, JA, Mills, EM, Vermeer, PJ, and Bender, HS (2008). The Diagnostic Pathfinder: Ten years of using technology to teach diagnostic problem solving In F. Columbus (Ed.), Educational Technology Research Advances: Nova Science Publishers

J.A. Danielson, P.J. Vermeer, E.M. Mills & H.S. Bender (2007). Teaching diagnostic problem solving: Principles learned from studies of the diagnostic pathfinder. Iowa State University Animal Industry Report 2007 (A.S. Leaflet R2177). Retrieved November 7, 2007 from http://www.ans.iastate.edu/report/air/2007pdf/R2177.pdf

Preast, V.A., Danielson, J.A., Bender, H.S. and Bousson, M. (2007). Effectiveness of a computer-based tutorial for teaching how to make a blood smear. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 36(3) 245-252.

Amanda Fales-Williams, Jared Danielson, Ronald Myers, Steven Sorden, Holly Bender. (2007) The Case Correlation Assignment: Connecting Antemortem and Postmortem Data in the Senior Year at Iowa State University. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 34, 183-193.

Danielson J.A., Mills, E.M, Vermeer, P.J., Preast, V.A., Young, K.M., Christopher, M.M., George, J.W., Wood, D.R. and Bender, H.S. (2007). Characteristics of a Cognitive Tool that Helps Students Learn Diagnostic Problem Solving. Educational Technology Research and Development 55, 499-520.

Fales-Williams, A. Kramer, T. Heer, R. and Danielson, J. (2005) A Quiz Becomes a Multidirectional Dialogue with Web-based Instructional Tools. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32(1) 144-149.

Danielson, J. A., Bender, H.S., Mills, E.M., Vermeer, P.J., Preast, V.A. (2004). Helping Learners Gain Diagnostic Problem Solving Skills: Specific Aspects of the Diagnostic Pathfinder Software Tied to Learning Outcomes. In Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the National Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT] (25th, Chicago, IL, October 19-23, 2004).

Danielson J. A., Bender, H.S., Vermeer, P.J., Mills, E.M., & Lockee, B.B. (2003) A Tool for Helping Veterinary Students Learn Diagnostic Problem Solving. Educational Technology Research and Development 51(3), 63-81.

HS Bender, KM Young, JW George, MM Christopher, JA Danielson, PJ Vermeer, EM Mills, RD Wood, PD Pion, VA Preast, CB Andreasen. (2003) Implementation of the Diagnostic Pathfinder, an Internet-Based Tool to Teach Clinical Pathology in Diverse Educational Settings. Conference Proceedings of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology 346-359.

Leadership

International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)

Program Committee, 2009-10

 Research and Theory Division, Association for Educational Communication and Technology

President-Elect, 2006-07

President, 2007-08

Immediate Past President, 2008-09

Honors & Awards

Outstanding Presentation Finalist – International Association of Medical Science Educators annual meetings, 2007, 2008

ISU Wakonse Teaching Fellow, 2007

Miller Faculty Fellow, Iowa State University, 2003/04

Virginia Tech XCaliber Award for excellence in teaching with technology, 2002

Memberships

Association for Educational Communication & Technology

International Association of Medical Science Educators

Central Group on Educational Affairs of the AAMC