# PATRICIA BRENNAN — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

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### importer version

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

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### term

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### departments

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| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### source

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### identity basis

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### identity status

unresolved

### name

PATRICIA BRENNAN

### first observed at

2025-04-16 05:20:33.104844+00:00

### last observed at

2026-01-22 01:00:26.555427+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

4

#### quality

2.25

#### difficulty

4

#### quality count

4

#### difficulty count

4

#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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###### review count

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###### quality

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###### difficulty

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#### prior weight

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### current

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### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2015-11-09 16:49:03 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Completely unclear with expectations and gives very vague descriptions for all assignments including weekly projects. A significant portion of the grade is petty and unnecessary (notes from assigned readings, subjective rating on participation in class). Puts down any student that attempts to participate and offer their opinion.",
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    "review_date": "2015-09-24 18:22:35 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Expectations for the course are clearly not given, the course talks about transparency in health care system and she can't even make grading expectations in her own designed course transparent. The course is also taught on the flipped learning model, however assignments and readings are done after the her lecture so students end up doing poorly.",
    "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/888870",
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    "review_date": "2014-12-17 04:34:33 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Tough, but knowledgeable. Don't get on her bad side, made some of the class write an apology to someone at Epic after they showed up late to a field trip, where you had to provide your own transportation ",
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    "review_date": "2013-03-08 18:25:07 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "She doesn't memorize students' name. However, she assigned class participation points based on her \"notes\" about students... Not sure how that worked out for her, but it was definitely confusing for the students. Great experience also comes with ... great ego!",
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```

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### page

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### courses

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