Hi – I teach basic sciences as well as clinical pathology and medicine course and it’s always very satisfying for me when the students demonstrate either in lab or in class discussions that they understand how all the little pieces of info. they have learned are applied to patients whether in the context of normal physiology, clinical evaluation of patients or disease states. The vast majority of my students these days are not prepared for college level work, particularly in a medical program, so when they show that they can be successfully guided to put it all together themselves and learn with an appropriate depth of understanding – as opposed to just memorizing facts as many are used to doing – it’s a really good day. – R