Tinatini Giutashvili
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Tinatini Giutashvili of Kingston delivers "Share@Geisinger" talk

2017 Dec 7

Tinatini Giutashvili of Kingston, a member of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's master of biomedical sciences (MBS) Class of 2018, recently delivered a "Share@Geisinger" talk entitled, The Sweeter Side of Life: A Journey with Type 1 Diabetes.

MBS students at Geisinger Commonwealth inaugurated the series of talks that focus on health, science and medicine, as well as inspirational personal experiences, struggles and achievements, and current and past health-related issues in collaboration with MBS faculty and leadership.

The talks have grown very popular at the School of Medicine and, since the inception of the series, faculty and staff have joined in delivering talks. The series is a way for MBS students to hone their presenting skills, but more importantly, it provides a vehicle for discussing issues that are important to the Geisinger Commonwealth community.

"In my mind, schools are very much monologue-oriented. We, the instructors, always talk to our students, and rarely listen to them. This is our loss, because all of our students have amazing stories to tell and lessons to teach us too," said Darina Lazarova, director of the MBS program and associate professor of molecular biology at Geisinger Commonwealth.

The series is modeled on the popular TED talks. TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks of no more than 18 minutes. TED began in 1984 as a conference where technology, entertainment and design (TED) converged, and today covers almost all topics - from science to business to global issues - in more than 100 languages.

The first Share@Geisinger talks were presented in September and have been taking place on a monthly basis since.