COSM13: Education Expert Urges Medical Teachers to Rethink Their Approach

L. Dee Fink, PhD, delivered the keynote address April 13th.

ORLANDO—Medical education, and how to improve the teaching experience, were the focus of the keynote address, given by educational consultant L. Dee Fink, PhD, at the 116th Annual Meeting of the Triological Society, held as part of the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings.

Myriad factions within medical education that are urging those members of academia to make improvements in how they educate, arguing that we need to maximize the effectiveness of our teaching, said Dr. Fink. To accomplish this task, he outlined key issues that should be re-examined: