Dr. Corchado is one of the Instructional Designers in the Educational Innovations Team directed by Dr. Helen Rhim. As part of the Office of Medical Education, they design and/or redesign courses and curriculum. They use the resources of subject experts to test and develop their material before proposing it to learners.

Dr. Corchado is an honors graduate from the University of Salamanca in Spain. Her thesis dissertation work in Audiovisual Communication about self-presence in social virtual worlds and her subsequent education and experiences have given her extensive knowledge and skills in new technologies and virtual environments.

Dr. Corchado has worked in Academia since 1993, initially focusing on teaching Communication courses to undergraduate students at universities in Puerto Rico. Since 2011, she has concentrated mainly on Distance Learning, reinforced by her Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning from New Mexico State University. In addition to online applications and techniques, Dr. Corchado uses flipped classroom, gamification and other instructional approaches to enhance face-to-face courses and to deliver engaging online educational programs.

Corchado, N.M. (2015). Characteristics of the computer interaction inside virtual social worlds or MUDs (Multi User Dungeons). Doctoral Thesis,

University of Salamanca, Spain

Corchado, N.M. (2015). The persistence of consciousness. Prisma, (19),136- 146.

Inter American University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo

Corchado, N.M. (2016). The reality of the seemingly. Prisma, (20), 52-56. Inter American University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo

Corchado, N. M. (2019). La lectura de la identidad en los entornos sociales virtuales.

Prisma, (23), 67-74. Inter American University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo

Corchado, N. M. (2023). Perceptions, Misconceptions, and Generalizations of Hispanic Populations in Healthcare. Clinical Pathology & Research Journal, (1), 1-5.

Presentations:

La lectura de la identidad en los entornos sociales virtuales. 1era. Jornada Internacional de las Humanidades. Inter American University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo. April, 2019.

¿Qué hace viral a un video de TikTok? XIV Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso (ALED). Virtual Conference. October, 2021.

How to address Intercultural Communication in a multicultural society. Health Care Professionalism and Bias Reduction: Sharing Global Strategies. Academy for Professionalism in Health Care. June 2023.