As a medical student at Stanford University, my schedule is packed. I examine cadavers and spend hours in lectures. I love ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Kelly Butnor, center, professor of pathology and laboratory ...

But Are Medical Lectures Harmful? The answer is yes and no, depending on the ability of the lecturer and the emotional mind-set of the audience members. At times, excellent lecturers may stimulate ...

For the last two years the Faculty of Medicine has been giving on Sunday afternoons during the winter a series of free public lectures on important medical subjects. These lectures at the Medical ...

The traditional lecture-based format of medical education has become obsolete, according to two Stanford faculty researchers who have instead put forward a proposal for medical education in the 21st ...

an empty lecture hall with a stack of books on the table Medical students are choosing to forego lectures to use the time studying for the Step 1 exam instead. Travel to any medical school, and you’ll ...

For students starting medical school, the first year can involve a lot of time in a lecture hall. There are hundreds of terms to master and pages upon pages of notes to take. But when the new class of ...

Many lecturers say little more than can be found in textbooks or journals. Should that occur, some trainees may pay someone to tape-record the lectures and transcribe the material to typewritten pages ...