Topic: “Recent Advances in Health Professional Education”.
Organized by: Medical Education Unit of MGMCRI in collaboration with IQAC of SBVU.
Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Hall (College Block).
Date, Time& Duration: 19.07.2013 / 8.30hrs to 16.30hrs/ 8hrs.
Target audience: Faculty from medical, dental, nursing and information technology interested in health professional education.
Aims:
The aim of the course is to produce practically competent and academically informed educators operating within the field of medical education. This will contribute to the improvement of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education, through the professional development of those who undertake the course.
Objectives:
The course will provide participants with the knowledge, skills and academic grounding necessary to work professionally within the environment of medical education. By the end of the course participants will:
- Understand the recent development that has taken in the Curriculum. Learning and knowledge and how theories of learning inform practice in medical teaching.
- Develop knowledge of the major policies governing the conduct of medical education.
- Understand the principles of teaching-learning methods within medical education.
- Develop an understanding of assessment, curriculum design, evaluation and feedback methods within medical education.
- Understand how to integrate advancement in computer with the medical education in teaching the Web 2 generation.
Total no of registration: 206 , Total no of participant: 202
(Delegates from different parts of Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and Kerala attended the seminar)
Methods
The objectives were translated into practice by the use of
a. Didactic short presentation
b. Plenary sessions
Role of the resource person
Besides short and interesting power point presentations, the resource person shared their experience for the better understanding of the various topics. They also clarified the queries raised by the participant.
Program evaluation
Evaluation of the program was done using programme evaluation form. The questionnaire involved the subjective assessment of the quality of the program, the usefulness of the subject and general comment. Feedback was collected and delegates were awarded the certificate of participation at the end of the program.
This program was accredited by 10 seminar credit point by Dr.MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu.
