Date: May 13, 2010

Teaching in Medicine: Opening Doors to Learning

The Complete Physician: Educating Tomorrow's Caregivers lecture series

The Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System lecture series continues:

The Complete Physician: Educating Tomorrow's Caregivers

Second Lecture on Learning

Teaching in Medicine: Opening Doors to Learning

Please join us on Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 3 p.m.
at the Feinstein Institute Seymour Cohen Memorial Lecture
Directions to The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

For a discussion with
Kelley Skeff, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Educational Programs, Department of Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine
George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine

For questions contact (516) 463-6818 or the School of Medicine at (516) 463-7515.

About the Lecture Series

The Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System is hosting a two-year long lecture series, entitled The Complete Physician: Educating Tomorrow's Caregivers. Each lecture of the series will examine one of our core values, through the eyes of a guest scholar, public policy maker or advocate.  The Hofstra University School of Medicine in partnership with North Shore-LIJ Health System, which hopes to admit its first class in 2011, is currently pursuing preliminary accreditation with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and approval from the State of New York, and in a culture of community, scholarship and innovation, is dedicated to inspiring diverse and promising students to lead and transform medicine for the betterment of humanity.  Our values, which will guide and shape the development and culture of our school, are:  Community, Diversity, Scholarship, Professionalism, Innovation, Patient Centered, Learning, Reflection, Humanism and Vision,  We host this public and mostly free lecture series in order to build support and understanding of our vision of a new kind of medical education, create a collaborative culture between Hofstra University's scholars and North Shore-LIJ Health System's medical professionals, educate the community and our colleagues at educational, health and scientific institutions about our mission and values, and engage in active discussions about our core values. 

Dr. Kelley Skeff has been Vice Chair for Educational Programs, Department of Medicine at Stanford School of Medicine since 2003. Among his other administrative positions, between 1989 and 2009 he was Director for the Medicine House staff Program at Stanford University School of Medicine. In 2009 Dr. Skeff received the Distinguished Medical Educator Award, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM). His academic career – focusing on methods of assisting faculty and residents to improve their teaching effectiveness – led to the creation of the Stanford Faculty Development Center in 1985, which he has co-directed since.

Dr. Skeff's current research interests include development and evaluation of improved teaching methods; assessment of teacher's attitudes toward their teaching role; study of clinical teaching; and evaluation of alternative methods of learning in clinical clerkships (e.g. computer assisted instruction, video tape review, etc.).

Dr. Skeff's many honors include the Stanford University Walter J. Gores Faculty Achievement Award, the first national award for Career Achievement in Medical Education from the Society of General Internal Medicine, the AAMC/AOA Distinguished Teacher Award in the Clinical Sciences, the Flexner Award, the highest award given by the AAMC for Distinguished Service to Medical Education and the Franklin G. Ebaugh Jr. Award for Outstanding Dedication to Advising Medical Students.