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Dear Mr. Karl Fisch –
In your article “The Learning Studio”, I feel that the idea of allowing students to have hands on training with real world situations such as the University of Virginia’s learning studio is a great idea, and certainly an immense improvement from the 1910 learning style mentioned in your post. As a student, I can whole heartedly agree that the “study then test method” does not allow students to learn information, only to memorize it for a short period of time the forget it. Also, as mentioned in your post, in a learning studio students work in groups which I feel is very beneficial because not only can students bounce ideas off each other, but because in the real world, when students are working at a hospital, they will need to socialize and help their coworkers. In the future, I hope to see this change made to medical colleges around the country.