User:Joewalker45

Hello,I'm Joe Walker,

I grew up in the north east Mississippi area close to Memphis, TN and obtained my undergraduate degrees in Cell and Molecular Biology before attending the Cytotechnology program at the University of Tennessee-Memphis. Upon completion of the program I worked as a staff cytotechnologist with Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, providing clinical work and educational support for residents, fellows and Cytotechnology students. Over the next 8 years, I served as the education coordinator and instructor of the Cytotechnology program at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS). This program is a professional training program that generally accepts senior level college students, post baccalaureate and graduate students into the 11.5 month intensive curriculum. Over the summer of 2010, I left my post with ACPHS and went back to the clinical setting where I hold the position of Anatomical Pathology Manager at Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland, VT. I hold my specialist certification in Cytotechnology and I am completing my MS in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology (CDIT) through the University of Albany’s Educational Theory and Practice Department. While I am no longer in an academic setting, I am still faced with teaching opportunities in the workplace. I hope that my CDIT degree will help me systematically design interactive teaching materials for the workplace that put the student in control of their learning.