Speaker Introduction

David Steele, PhD is the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM) in El Paso Texas. Prior to joining the faculty of the PLFSOM, Dr. Steele taught at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, and he was a founding faculty member and administrator at Florida State University College of Medicine. In his role as Senior Associate Dean at PLFSOM, Dr. Steele also directs the Office of Curriculum, Evaluation and Accreditation which is responsible for supporting all phases of curriculum development, student assessment, and program evaluation for the school of medicine. Dr. Steele's research and scholarly interests are in innovation and change in medical education; physician-patient communication; curriculum development, program evaluation; and the humanities, social and behavioral sciences in medical education. Dr. Steele earned a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he also completed a two year postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral medicine and health psychology.