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Meet Dr. Richard Zeff...
 Department
of Pathology
Associate Professor
For me, teaching is one of the most enjoyable
parts of my career, and I recall with pleasure receiving the
Charles N. Loeser Award for Teaching from the UConn medical and
dental students. My commitment is to prepare our students for a
future of success in their chosen area of health care.
I teach immunology to the first- and second-year
medical, dental and graduate students, and serves as a
laboratory preceptor. For me, teaching represents total
immersion in the process of sharing my involvement in immunology
with interested learners. Since my graduate education emphasized
training as a bench scientist, I would never have predicted the
extent to which I find fulfillment in teaching. I give much of
the credit for that to the friendly, but scholarly, environment
of UConn.
There is value in the different approaches to
medical education, such as correlated medical problem solving,
the advanced elective experience, and investigative research.
Through exposure to these different learning styles, our
students highlight and broaden their medical training. In this
way, students can take ownership of their education, a first
step in making independent decisions about their future as
health-care professionals.
“My commitment is to prepare our
students for a future of success in their chosen
area of health care.”
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The advanced immunology electives for first- and
second-year medical students have been extremely enjoyable from
the standpoint of fostering discussion around classic and
recently published scientific literature. During weekly classes,
medical students take more of a traditional graduate school
approach towards learning by probing a variety of topics in
immunology through discussion and student presentations.
It was the shared pleasures in learning and
discussions that led me and several students to develop an
informal literary club. The monthly meetings, which my wife and
I hold at our home, are great fun and an ongoing reminder of how
much our students contribute to the scholarly atmosphere of
UConn. One of the best parts of my work day? That’s simple. It’s
seeing one of my students in the hallway and hearing, "Hey, Dr.
Zeff, how’s it goin?" |
