Educational Theory and Challenges in Medical Education
November 18th, 2025
Medical Education is a complex process to teach knowledge, skills, and attitudes. However, the structure of the current process has challenges that have to be addressed. This lecture will discuss a few educational theories and concepts and highlight challenges in the current system. The speaker will collaborate with the audience to identify opportunities and approaches to the current challenges.
Dr. Kelley Skeff , MD PhD MACP
Dr. Skeff is the George DeForest Barnett Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Stanford University, and Co-Director of the Stanford Faculty Development Center for Medical Teachers (SFDC). Dr. Skeff was the internal medicine residency program director at Stanford for 2 decades. He received his MD from the University of Colorado and his PhD from the Stanford School of Education. Dr. Skeff ’s academic career has focused on methods to assist faculty and residents internationally to improve their teaching effectiveness, resulting in the development of the Stanford Faculty Development Center (SFDC). The SFDC has used a dissemination approach to train faculty from institutions internationally to train their own faculty colleagues and house staff to become more effective teachers. Since 1986, the SFDC trained 395 faculty trainers from 156 institutions in 19 countries to become local, regional, and national resources for the improvement of medical education.
