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:
Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2024). Using text mining to elucidate mental models of problem spaces for ill-structured problems. TechTrends. DOI: 10.1007/s11528-024-00951-4
Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2024). Perceived benefit of active over passive strategies for pathophysiology learning and retention among physician assistant students. Journal of Physician Assistant Education. DOI: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000570
Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2023). Exploring progressive mental model representation of core physiology concepts in physician assistant students through word frequency and association analyses. Advances in Physiology Education, 47, 673-683. https://doi:10.1152/advan.00124.2022
Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2023). Systems thinking and modeling: From butterfly posture to artificial intelligence. TechTrends, 67, 813-821. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-023-00891-5
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. (2023, May 5). Facilitating physiology threshold concepts development with systems modeling: A longitudinal study using R text mining [Conference session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Virtual Session.
Murphy, M.P. (2023, April 21). Open Science Framework (OSF) as a platform for OER collaboration and distribution [Workshop]. North Dakota General Education Council Summit, Minot State University, Minot, ND.
Murphy, M.P. & Hung, W. (2022, December 1). Assessing meaning with text mining in R [Workshop]. University College Bedër, Tirana, Albania.
Murphy, M.P. & Hung, W. (2022, October 26). Facilitating physiology student mental model development through systems modeling [Roundtable session]. Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Murphy, M.P. (2022, September 15). Facilitating physiology student mental model development through systems modeling [Seminar session]. Teaching, Learning and Scholarship Faculty Development Series, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND.
Murphy, M.P., & Hung, W. (2022, May 24). Constructing system models to bolster threshold concept mental model accuracy [Conference session]. North Dakota State University Teaching and Learning Conference, Fargo, ND.
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