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National Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor White has received numerous teaching awards by Duke University. See for example: Prof. White wins Duke University teaching award again.
This time he receives a national teaching award. The national Distinguished Teaching Award by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC), the 2021 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award. With this award (only received by 4 individuals each year) the AAMC draws the attention to outstanding contributions to medical education made by gifted teachers (2021 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award See their press release
The learning community of our MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) ‘Medical Neuroscience’ really benefits from Prof. White’s educational skills and the effort he takes to facilitate learning neuroscience for students outside the academia. The AAMC recognizes this and on their press release we read:
..” White created and teaches “Medical Neuroscience,” a medical school-caliber online course that has been experienced by over 500,000 learners from more than 190 countries since it began in 2013. The course was named one of the “Top 50 Free Online Courses of All Time” by Class Central….
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