Fortun, Jenny

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Fortun, Jenny

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Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education , Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

jfortun@fiu.edu

overview

Jenny Fortun, PhD, has been involved in curriculum design and implementation, as well as the teaching of various foundational sciences including biochemistry, physiology, immunology, and neuroscience.

selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2025
  
  Exploring the Efficacy of an Acute Coronary Syndrome Simulation Scenario for Fourth-Year Medical Students.. Cureus. 17:e88968.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.88968
- 2024
  
  Interstitial Lung Disease: Comparing Lecture and Large Group Case-Based Learning for Preclinical Medical Students. Cureus. 16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63100 Web of Science: 001257337900026
- 2024
  
  Combatting “Neurophobia”: A Proposed Preliminary Educational Model to Promote “Neurophilia” (P10-7.003). Neurology. 102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206628
- 2024
  
  The Neurological Examination: Overcoming Language Barriers to Increase Access to Patient-directed Neurologic Care (P1-4.013). Neurology. 102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206585
- 2024
  
  Combatting Neurophobia: A Proposed Preliminary Educational Model to Promote Neurophilia. Cureus. 16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51855 Web of Science: 001153835700042
- 2024
  
  Pharmacology of Sedating and Anesthetic Agents: A Case-Based Flipped Classroom Exercise for Preclinical Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL. 20:11462.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11462
- 2023
  
  "Meet the patient" session: a strategy to teach medical students about autonomic dysfunction after spinal cord injury. BMC Medical Education. 23.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04871-4 Web of Science: 001107220300003
- 2021
  
  Remote Learning and Its Impact on Newly Matriculated Medical Students. Cureus. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.7759/cureus.17223 Web of Science: 000685536500029
- 2020
  
  A case for written examinations in undergraduate medical education: experiences with modified essay examinations. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. 45:926-939.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2020.1714543 Web of Science: 000509187200001
- 2016
  
  Design of a Platform to Discuss Ethical Considerations of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: a Case for Integration of Ethics in Foundational Science Medical Curriculum. Medical Science Educator. 26:213-219.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s40670-016-0234-y
- 2015
  
  Case-Based Discussion: Hypertension. MedEdPORTAL.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9994
Other Scholarly Work
- 2023
  
  Identifying the most effective instructional resources to support the preparatory phase of active learning. Physiology.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/physiol.2023.38.S1.5733581 Web of Science: 001062046401517
- 2017
  
  Introduction and evaluation of case-based learning in the first foundational course of an undergraduate medical curriculum. Journal of Biological Education. 295-304.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2016.1217909 Web of Science: 000405726500009
Review
- 2019
  
  Meiotic nondisjunction and sperm aneuploidy in humans. Reproduction. R15-R31.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1530/REP-18-0318 Web of Science: 000456067700002

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