Faculty/Staff: Anthony Azenabor

Title: Clinical Immunology

Course #: 246-427-001
Fall 2004

PART A. COMMENTS: COURSE EVALUATION

Course content was challenging, but the format of the exams made it harder. Instead of
exam essay questions being worded “Tell about this,” it would be better to be prompted
with more specific questions. Otherwise, we have to memorize whole paragraphs, and
short term memory questions like that do not help us remember the material in the long
run.

Too much information at a time. If you are going to ask questions out of a book – make
it available to the students!

I think the course is fine and the material were understandable

The lecture notes were helpful w/ the material, but the length of time we spent copying
notes was not a good use of time, it would have been easier to concentrate if taking notes
on powerpoint or outlines instead of ___(illegible). Also we were always rushed to write
everything fast & the class went over time 5-10 min. every class. The exam reflected the
lecture, but the multiple choice part of the exams was not fair- it was straight from the
book, & taken randomly from chapters – so it was hard to study for – also,the books is
necessary & the instructor told us it was not and did not have the book available in the
bookstore until a month into the course. The multiple choice questions were taken
directly from the book – so it was a disadvantage not to have the book until a month into
the course.

The course was extremely fast pased & amount of material that had to be remembered for
one exam was extremely difficult while having other classes. I feel there was too much
expected. Course was organized well.

I think that the textbook that was only “recommended” for class should have been
required since the material that was presented in class came straight from the book.

This course went way to quickly for the amount of material that was taught. You could
almost break this up into two semesters.

The detailed course content seemes to be at a graduate level instead of undergraduate in

some situations. I do not feel this level of detail will be necessary in a MED Tech
profession. This course is more appropriate for those continuing onto research or
advanced degrees.

Testing style is very good. It covers a lot of material but it is a good amount. It forms a
great basis of knowledge.
Course should be changed to reflect clinical immunology applications not research
immunology (or biochemistry)

While this course covered a lot of topics, I don’t feel like it was a whole course. It
jumped around a lot and coming out of it, I feel like I know som concepts but I don’t
have a good overall immunology understanding. The instructor picked topics he likes
instead of giving us the wide picture.

If we are to be tested & expected to memorize all the details he expected us to, I would
want the class to be 2 semesters in length.

PART B. COMMENTS: INSTRUCTOR EVALUATION

Professor sometimes tends to go a little fast.

I didn’t like the way the instructor spoke at length about a topic & then put the notes on
the overhead so we had to hurry to write them down. It would have been better to do
them simultaneously. Also, I didn’t like the format of the notes – usually in paragraph
form almost verbatim from the text book. The exams were sometimes too long. They
didn’t test our knowledge, but how fast we could write & memorize exact passages from
the notes.

Professor Azenabor was very enthusiastic about the material which is good but he would
talk for 15 minutes on a particular subject, then put up a huge page of notes and only give
you 5 minutes to write them. When some of the students asked him to put it back up, he
did not but called our class slow and made us feel rather stupid. We are here to learn; if
we knew the material already, we wouldn’t be here. Perhaps he should talk about the
notes while we write or just work on being less rude.

There were many points during the semester when he said that we needed to keep up the
pace and learn the material quickly, he probably just wanted to encourage us but it made
for a difficult learning environment. He has to realize that with his accent he is hard to
understand and he must slow down his speaking accordinetly.

Memorizing book paraphrases to be regeratate in essay format does little in teaching

applications great for mechanisms

Instructor cannot teach, cannot communicate well with students, instructor expects us to
listen to him talk while he puts 100 million pages of notes on board. That we must copy
because he does not follow a text book. But that is impossible. The only thing I learned
in this class was how to write fast

Needs to remember that students cannot write as fast as someone can talk. Slow down a
little bit. He did not leave class room for evaluation.
A suggestion is to provide the course notes on D2L and save this time in class for
interactive class discussions about the topics and how they relate to our future clinical lab
sciences professions. The instructor was always very enthusiastic. Overall, I enjoyed him
as a teacher but the class structure could have been better utilized.

Firstly, he did NOT leave the room as I filled out this evaluation, lending itself to a bad
situation. I would also suggest having Dr. Azenabor put his notes onto D2L or
someplace where they are accessible, he goes way to fast and makes it impossible to
really comprehend what is going on because all you’re doing is rushing to get the notes.
The exams were challenging and fair, but the grading was a bit questionable as he
stressed things in his grading that he didn’t really stress in class.

I appreciate the material more when Dr. Azenabor lectures on important material and
then allows us to take notes. A lot of times, it seems we go through the material too fast
and are expected to keep pace. Dr. Azenabor is in the room during this evaluation. A
postitive point is that he is very energetic & enthusiastic.

Instructor showed enthusiasm for the topic & knew the subject very well. Moved
through materials so fast it was hard to undertand it and I could never listen to what was
being said because I was too busy writing. Also, instructor said students were too slow or
weren’t going fast enough while we were all writing our arms off!

The instructor had the ability to explain the material clearly and in an effective way

Overall, he was a decent instructor, but with regards to writing/taking notes, I thought he
was a little demanding. He would talk about the notes & put them up on the board
expecting us to copy them “quickly” and would complain sometimes that we were not
fast enough. I think the notes should be on the overhead when he’s talking. It would
make writing easier.

He was difficult to understand at times. I feel he talked down to the students and made
questions & comments unwelcomed because student were always wrong in answering.
The note taking was excessive & very fast paced – there was not time to digest the
material before he would continue to the next topic. I feel it inhibited a lot of learning
that could have been done during class time…when you give evaluations out, LEAVE
THE ROOM!

The instructor had enthusiasm for the material, but otherwise he was very
unapproachable and it was very frustrating to try to talk to him talking about grades or
course material. It was a very frustrating course due to the instructors attitude and the
note taking (fast pace) in class, also the exams were not clear. The questions were very
general – yet he wanted specific answers – so it was hard to study & answer the questions
w/out knowing what he was looking for. I learned a lot about immunology, but it was not
a good learning experience, I would not recommend this course to other students.