Novel Modules to Teach Evolutionary Medicine: an Australian and a Swiss Experience

                                                                                 Frank Ruehli, of the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine at the University of Zurich, has this paper out in Medical Science Education, co-written with Martin Haeusler, Arthur Saniotis and Maciej Henneberg, which describes three courses on evolutionary medicine taught at both the University of Zurich and in the University of Adelaide. Here are their very upbeat conclusions (bold typeface inserted by the editors):

“The presented courses obviously meet a growing need, and they were positively received by the students. The format of the courses seems to be appropriate yet minor organizational and content changes based on actual evaluation may also happen in the future. Most importantly, the actual courses seem to stimulate critical thinking about issues relating to health and evolution. Another significant outcome measure is the direct involvement of students into full research activities, which already resulted in various publications [31–36]. Last but not least, the courses lead to a growing number of Bachelor, Master, and PhD students at the involved institutes.”