… learning.
In these pages and many times, I’ve said the benefit of teaching is learning.
In order to stand up in front of a group of people and try to sell your point or your principle or your process, you have to know it.
To save being embarrassed it’s best to know what the objections are likely to be from people and how to overcome them whether you’re using science or scientific literature or argument or just personality.
You have to be prepared and you have to know your subject, or the risk is you will look ridiculous.
Similarly, if you’re working practically with people you better understand how to do the practical thing you’re doing, or you will be found out.
On the recent course I was invited to provide for the Osteology group in London I personally oversaw and interacted with 25 sinus grafts in one afternoon (on deer heads). That’s not far short of how many sinus grafts I’d normally do in a year and I did it in one session.
I had to explain what I was doing and justify it to the people I was talking to as I helped them get out of trouble of tears and perforations in the sinus or poor design of the window approach that they’ve carried out or just general difficulties that we look to make the best of.
I’m now likely to be better or worse at sinus grafting after that?
Every delegate that came had the opportunity to do one (or even two) sinus grafts.
I got the opportunity to view and do 25.
I got paid for that too.
Teaching makes you better at doing and doing (with reflection and introspection) makes you better at teaching.
Blog Post Number - 3060
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