Florida International University Search Menu In September of 2020, Dr. Robert Poppiti teaches one of our first in-person classes since the pandemic. 'I have hope.' Reflections on medical education from the first wave of the pandemic As part of an op-ed series, FIU News shares the expertise and diverse perspectives of members of the university community. In this piece, Dr. Suzanne Minor, assistant dean for faculty development at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, reflects on the challenges the pandemic posed for medical education and how medical students and faculty responded to those c...