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Michelle Murphy

MS, PhD
  • Community Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies
    • Pathophysiology

Contact Info

  • Email: michelle.murphy@lrsc.edu
  • Alt Email: michelle.murphy@und.edu
  • Office: 701.777.4217
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School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room E435
1301 North Columbia Road Stop 9037
Grand Forks ND 58202-9037

Biography

Michelle Murphy joined the PA program as community faculty in March 2017, teaching Physiology and Pathophysiology. She earned her MS degree in Physiology from the UNDSMHS in 1998 and her PhD in Teaching & Learning: Instructional Design and Technology from UND in 2022. She has been teaching physiology for over 30 years, and has been teaching online since 2000. In addition to teaching, she has clinical experience working in corporate pharmaceutical research.

Systems Modeling/Active Learning in Physiology Education

Publications:

Hung, W., & Murphy, M.P. (2021). Instructional models in course design. In Rudestam, K.E., Schnoenholtz-Read, J., & Snowden, M.L. (Eds.), Handbook of online learning in higher education (pp. 277-303). Fielding University Press.

Presentations:

Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2022, April 25). Using systems modeling in facilitating undergraduate integration of physiological concepts [Poster presentation]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2022, April 23). Ranked benefit of active study strategies among physician assistant students [Conference session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2022, April 21). Ranked benefit of active study strategies among physician assistant students [Poster presentation]. Frank Low Research Day, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND.

Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2022, April 7). Ranked benefit of active study strategies among physician assistant students [Conference session]. University of North Dakota College of Education and Human Development Research Fair, Grand Forks, ND.

Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2022, April 7). Using systems modeling in facilitating undergraduate integration of physiological concepts [Poster presentation]. University of North Dakota College of Education and Human Development Research Fair, Grand Forks, ND.

Murphy, M., Estenson, K., & Haugland, G. (2020, August 19). Flex Training: HyFlex [Training session]. Lake Region State College Faculty Inservice, Devils Lake, ND.

Santini-Levenhagen, J., Murphy, M., Estenson, K., & Driessen, D. (2018, July 19). There is no try – only do: Thriving during technological change [Conference session]. Blackboard World, Orlando, FL.

Murphy, M.P., Adkins, S.D., Samson, W.K., & Vari R.C. (1998, April).  The role of adrenomedullin in the natriuretic response to acute and chronic salt loading in the rat [Poster presentation]. FASEB, San Francisco, CA.

Murphy, M.P., Adkins, S.D., Samson, W.K., & Vari R.C. (1998).  The role of adrenomedullin in the natriuretic response to acute and chronic salt loading in the rat [Poster presentation]. Frank Low Research Day, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND

Murphy, M.P., Samson, W.K., & Vari R.C. (1997). Porcine adrenomedullin (26-52) attenuates the natriuretic  response to infused adrenomedullin (1-50) in the anesthetized rat. [Conference session]. North Dakota Academy of Science, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Murphy, M.P., Samson, W.K., & Vari R.C. (1997). Porcine adrenomedullin (26-52) attenuates the natriuretic  response to infused adrenomedullin (1-50) in the anesthetized rat. [Poster presentation]. Frank Low Research Day, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND

Ph.D. Teaching & Learning: Instructional Design & Technology  University of North Dakota (2022)

M.S.  Physiology  University of North Dakota (1998)

M.Ed.  Curriculum and Instruction  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1991)

B.S.  Physiology  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1990)

Slides: slides pdf

Recording: final defense recording

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