Adam Puche, PHD: Educator of the Year
What is the anatomy of an effective teacher?For Adam C. Puche, PhD, it is to be engaging, approachable, organized, respectful of the learner, and mindful of what it is like not to know something. This philosophy has led Puche, professor and vice chair, Department of Neurobiology, to become one of the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) most popular teachers.Puche is widely known across the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) schools for teaching the foundational medical disciplines of gross anatomy, histology, and embryology. He has received awards from every graduating medical class he has taught. And now he has been named the 2024 UMB Founders Week Educator of the Year.Learn more: https://www.umaryland.edu/founders/founders-week-award-winners/educator-of-the-year/
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