As a professor in biomedical science, I have been conducting research, supervising postdoc, medical student, graduate student, and graduate/undergraduate student as well as exceptional high schooler for over 20 years, and teaching for general bio, cell bio, molecular bio, genetics/genomics, biochemistry as well as pre-Med classes both in person...
To help my students/mentees understand a topic/concept, I believe in:
1) breaking down the concept into easy-to-understand parts.
2) prioritizing the elements of the topic/concept on the basis of importance.
3) using as many examples as possible.
Key points that I focus on:
# To help the mentee/student be able to explain the concept to...