Valerie D. O'Loughlin, PhD
Director of Undergraduate Medical Education at IUSM-Bloomington
Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
President Emeritus, Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
Fellow, American Association for Anatomy
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Bio
Valerie Dean O'Loughlin received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary, and her PhD in biological anthropology from Indiana University. She is Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology at Indiana University School of Medicine - Bloomington (IUSM-B), where she teaches human gross anatomy to medical students, basic human anatomy to undergraduates, and human anatomy for medical imaging evaluation to undergraduate and graduate students. She also teaches a pedagogical methods course and mentors MS and PhD students pursuing anatomy education research.She is active in the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) and the International Association for Medical Science Educators (IAMSE). She is a President Emeritus of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and currently serves on the Steering Committee of HAPS. She received the AAA Basmajian Award for excellence in teaching gross anatomy and outstanding accomplishments in scholarship in education. In 2014 she received the Scholar Educator award from the Indiana University School of Medicine, which recognizes a single faculty member who approaches teaching through a scholarly lens, and in 2018 received the IUSM Seifert Anatomical Sciences Achievement Award. In 2018, she received the Henry Gray Distinguished Educator Award from AAA and became a Fellow of AAA. Valerie is coauthor of two textbooks: McKinley/O’Loughlin/Pennefather-O’Brien: Human Anatomy, 6th edition and McKinley/O’Loughlin/Bidle: Anatomy & Physiology: An Integrative Approach, 4th edition.
Key Publications
McKinley, MP, O’Loughlin, VD, and Pennefather-O’Brien, E. Human Anatomy, 6th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill LLC, © 2021.
O’Loughlin, VD, Bidle, TS and McKinley, MP. Human Anatomy and Physiology: An Integrative Approach, 4th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill LLC © 2022.
O’Loughlin, VD. (2020) Chapter 52: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Anatomy. In: LK Chan and W. Pawlina (eds.) Teaching Anatomy – A Practical Guide, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Robinson, JM, O’Loughlin, VD, Kearns, K and Plummer, L. (editors) Teaching as if Learning Matters: Next Generation Faculty Learn to Teach in Higher Education. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 376 pp. © 2022.
Reynolds, AM, Goodwin, ME, O’Loughlin, VD. (2022) General Trends in Skeletal Muscle Coverage in Undergraduate Human Anatomy and Anatomy & Physiology Courses. Advances in Physiology Education, 46(2):309-318. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00084.2021
O’Loughlin, VD, Reynolds, AM, Goodwin, ME. (2022) Skeletal Muscle Coverage in Undergraduate Courses, Part 2: A Comparison of Stand-alone Human Anatomy and Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) Courses. Advances in Physiology Education (online ahead of print) https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00038.2022
O’Loughlin, VD, Griffith, LM. (2020) Developing Student Metacognition through Reflective Writing in an Upper-Level Anatomy Course. Anatomical Sciences Education 13:680-693. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1945
Husmann, PR and O’Loughlin, VD. (2019) Another nail in the coffin for learning styles? Disparities among undergraduate anatomy students’ study habits, class performance and their reported VARK learning styles. Anatomical Sciences Education 12:6-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1777
Upson-Taboas, C, Montoya, JR, O’Loughlin, VD. (2019) Impact of Web-Based Animations on Understanding and Learning Cardiovascular Embryology. Advances in Physiology Education 43:55-65. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00121.2018
O’Loughlin, VD, Husmann, PR, and Brokaw, JJ. (2019) Development and Implementation of the Inaugural Anatomy Education Research Institute. Anatomical Sciences Education 12:181-190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.1825
O’Loughlin, VD, Kearns, KD, Robinson, JM, Sherwood-Laughlin, C. (2017) How do we train our future faculty to teach? A multidisciplinary comparison of graduate level pedagogy courses offered at a large Midwestern university. College Teaching 65(4):172-181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2017.1333081
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | PhD | Indiana University |
| 1992 | MA | Indiana University |
| 1989 | BS | College of William & Mary |
Much of my teaching, educational research, and service activities have a common focus: preparing future (and current) faculty to become teacher-scholars. In the SOTL literature, a distinction is made between excellent teachers and scholarly teachers (or teacher-scholars). An excellent teacher may use best classroom practices and properly gauge students’ level of understanding. A teacher-scholar goes further by using evidence-based practice in one’s teaching. They gather evidence about their teaching and reflect and analyze the data in order to improve as an educator. Some graduate level pedagogy courses may help guide graduate students along this path of development. My colleagues and I have used a variety of quantitative and qualitative educational research methods to examine how graduate pedagogy courses, including the assignment of a teaching statement, help graduate students develop as teacher-scholars.
McKinley, MP, O’Loughlin, VD, and Pennefather-O’Brien, E. 2017
McKinley, MP, O’Loughlin, VD, and Bidle, T 2016
Thompson AR; O'Loughlin VD; Anatomical sciences education 2014 Dec 16
Brokaw JJ; O'Loughlin VD; Anatomical sciences education 2014 Aug 6
O'Loughlin VD; Collier LM; Dunham S; Braun MW; Anatomical sciences education 2013 Jan 30
Collier L; Dunham S; Braun MW; O'Loughlin VD; Anatomical sciences education 2011 Nov 8
Husmann PR; O'Loughlin VD; Braun MW; Anatomical sciences education 2009 Oct
O'Loughlin VD; Advances in physiology education 2006 Jun
O'Loughlin VD; American journal of physical anthropology 2004 Feb
O'Loughlin VD; American journal of physical anthropology 1996 Nov
Desc: Inspirational Educator Award
Scope: School
Date: 2023-09-01
Desc: Seifert Anatomical Sciences Achievement Award
Scope: University
Date: 2018-05-01
Desc: Henry Gray Distinguished Educator Award
Scope: International
Date: 2018-04-01
Desc: Fellow of AAA
Scope: International
Date: 2018-04-01
Desc: Trustee Teaching Award
Scope: University
Date: 2017-05-01
Desc: Scholar Educator Award
Scope: School
Date: 2014-09-01
Desc: Trustee Teaching Award
Scope: University
Date: 2014-05-01
Desc: Trustee Teaching Award
Scope: University
Date: 2012-05-01
Desc: Trustee Teaching Award
Scope: University
Date: 2008-05-01
Desc: IUSM Outstanding Professor in the Basic Sciences - 2016
Scope: University
Date:
Desc: IUSM Outstanding Professor in the Basic Sciences - 2015
Scope: University
Date:
Desc: Basmajian Award 2007 (in recognition of excellence in teaching gross anatomy & outstanding accomplishments in scholarship of education)
Scope: International
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