{"id":4554,"date":"2021-12-29T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T11:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecfmg.org\/news\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T16:29:08","slug":"ecfmgfaimer-storytellers-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intealth.org\/storytellers\/2021\/12\/29\/ecfmgfaimer-storytellers-6\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIMER Experience Was an Epiphany for Award-Winning Educator"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether you call them epiphanies or \u201caha moments,\u201d Dr. Gang Xin experienced several of them, both as a FAIMER Fellow and later as a faculty member for the International FAIMER Institute and Regional Institutes in China. Dr. Xin is a professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Associate Director of the Center for Faculty Development at Shantou University Medical College in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Name:<\/strong> Gang Xin, MD, PhD
\nTitle:<\/strong> Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Center for Faculty Development
\nInstitution:<\/strong> Shantou University Medical College, China
\nFAIMER Fellow:<\/strong> China Medical University-FAIMER Regional Institute (CMU-FRI) 2015<\/div>\n

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She applied for a FAIMER fellowship with the China Medical University-FAIMER Regional Institute (CMU-FRI) in 2015 at the recommendation of a colleague at Shantou University, Dr. Zhongfang Zhang, a 2013 CMU-FRI Fellow. Dr. Xin hoped to learn more about medical education and faculty development from the experience, but what she gained was an entirely different perspective on teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, while participating as a faculty member with the Southern Medical University-FAIMER Regional Institute (SMU-FRI) based in Guangzhou, China, Dr. Xin met a second-year Fellow who reminded her of herself when she was in the program. The Fellow told Dr. Xin that FAIMER changed her perspective on education from focusing on teachers teaching to students learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cEducation should focus on the students, not the teacher,\u201d Dr. Xin said. \u201cI think I\u2019m just like her. I changed a lot. I changed to be a student-centered, outcomes-based educator and I\u2019m committed to spreading these ideas to more educators,\u201d Dr. Xin said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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