Episode 027 - Gilbert Gonzales

In this episode, we talk with Gilbert Gonzales, assistant professor of health policy at Vanderbilt University. He discusses his interest in designing assignments for students that give them opportunities to make a different in the world outside their classroom. One of those assignments was “Health Policy Radio,” a podcast that he and his health policy students created. In the interview, he describes the assignment and the ways it enhanced his students’ learning. Links • Health Policy Radio with Gilbert Gonzales, https://soundcloud.com/user-175461561 • Gilbert Gonzales’ faculty page, https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/person/gilbert-gonzales-phd • @gilbgonzales on Twitter, https://twitter.com/GilbGonzales • Vanderbilt News story on Gilbert’s University Course, https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/03/06/university-course-students-meet-with-legislators-during-visit-to-general-assembly/ • Course Design Institute at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching, https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/cdi/