Technology should not define medical education

In July, I began an exciting role at Einstein: assistant dean for educational informatics. One of my main objectives is to optimize the use of technology to advance and deepen learning. But as much as I welcome it, technology alone will not achieve our educational goals.

Recently, David J. Hefland, the president and vice chancellor of Canada’s Quest University, characterized the model of contemporary education as “students as empty vessels that must be …

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