Assistant Medical

Sarah K. McIntosh

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EXPERIENCE

HR Partners, Inc. 01/05 - Present

Instructional Design Consultant

Northwood University (03/08-05/08)

Assist in an educational needs analysis of Northwood University’s online course offerings and in defining the standards, scope of content,

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curriculum and delivery methods for these educational programs.

o Evaluate existing courses and make recommendations for improvement.

Research applicable adult learning theories, best practices for online learning, and various resources to support online courses.

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o Design and develop instructional materials for an instructor-led online faculty orientation course, including instructional objectives, lectures,

PowerPoint presentations, discussion forum questions, external resources to support the course, and assessment instruments.

Virtual College Prep.com

o Evaluate existing online business courses.

o Develop course materials, including lecture outlines, PowerPoint presentations and supporting resources.

Grade discussion forums.

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Alliance for Excellence In Online Education (A4EOE)

o Secretary for the Board and Special Projects Coordinator in charge of coordinating A4EOE meetings, event planning for symposiums, and

creating and maintaining the website.

Northwood University 09/08-11/08

Instructional Design Consultant

• Revise, design and develop instructional materials for a self-paced online faculty orientation course, including instructional objectives, lectures,

PowerPoint presentations, discussion forum questions, external resources to support the course, and assessment instruments.

• Research applicable adult learning theories, best practices for online learning, copyright and intellectual property laws, and various resources to

support online courses

Thomas M. Cooley Law School Law Library 01/07 - 01/09

Part-time Reference Librarian

Provide reference services regarding various legal information sources, both print and electronic, to Law School students, faculty, members of the Bar,

and the general public.

Participate in collection development efforts in support of both new and existing courses, as well as creating research guides on specific topics.

. Feeney Kellett Wienner & Bush, P.C. 04/95 – 06/03

Legal Assistant Supervisor/Mentor March 2000 – June 2003

Managed and monitored the workload of 5-8 legal assistants in managing the disposition of their overall responsibilities.

Mentored legal assistants to develop their understanding of policies, procedures and work processes within the firm.

Acted as a resource to legal assistants needing guidance in preparing, documenting or managing their caseload.

Responsible for ensuring that there was enough legal support for assigned cases/teams, including recruiting efforts.

Oversaw reporting requirements for clients.

Worked on special assignments, both independently and as a team member, preparing legal documents; creating and managing form documents;

researching and analyzing applicable legal issues, automotive standards, regulations and medical issues; organizing, indexing and weeding

documents for use as standard trial exhibits; analyzing and reviewing background materials on expert witnesses; and creating trial exhibits, tables,

graphs, charts and PowerPoint presentations for use by attorneys.

When necessary, filled in as a legal assistant in supporting caseloads.

Litigation Legal Assistant April 1995 – March 2000

Functioned as an integral member of the automotive litigation defense team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Duties included: organizing and calendaring due dates for trial and for case team; analyzing and preparing legal documents; case

management/prioritization and document organization; scheduling expert witness depositions; researching and analyzing applicable legal issues,

automotive standards, regulations and medical issues; preparation of discovery requests and responses; preparation of case budgets to meet client

requirements; analyzing and summarizing medical, employment, insurance and other records; liaison with expert witnesses to coordinate schedule,

research and materials needs.

Prepared numerous cases for trial and attended trials.

EDUCATION

• Certificate, Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

• Master of Library and Information Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

• Dale Carnegie Course by Dale Carnegie Training, Inc.

• Certificate – Paralegal Studies, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI.

• BA Degree, Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• International Society for Performance Improvement

• Association for Educational Communications and Technology

• American Library Association (ALA)

• Michigan Association of Law Libraries

• Beta Phi Mu Honor Society

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Microsoft Office, Blackboard, Educator, Oncourse, Dreamweaver, Camtasia, Various Electronic Research Products (First Search, Hein

Online, Legal Trac, LexisNexis, Lois Law, Matthew Bender, Westlaw), Docutek

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