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The role a teacher has to play in shaping the next generation has been recognized by all cultures of all periods. While a teacher trains the minds of children and makes them responsible citizens, a medical teacher has a more challenging job. The students are to be trained not only as mature citizens but also as caretakers of the health of the next many generations. No doubt they are to be taught about the intricacies of the human body, the deviations from normal and the interventions needed at various stages; but more importantly the sense of responsibility, humane consideration and commitment to the society must be inculcated. It is not enough that our students become knowledgeable & compassionate caregivers; they should also be good teachers and managers. They should also uphold the traditions of this noble profession and ensure that the light is carried on to future generations as well.
However the majority of teachers entering the medical education service do not receive significant exposure to the scientific aspects of teaching. It is said that any knowledge skill can be learned at any stage of life. We should be aware of the various methodologies in teaching, learning, evaluation, certification and updating.
Aim: To improve the quality of medical education by training the teachers
Objectives:
- To sensitize teachers about new concepts in teaching and assessment methods,
- To develop knowledge and clinical skills required for performing the role of competent and effective teacher, administrator, researcher and mentor,
- To assist clinicians to acquire competency in communication, ethics and behavioral skills
- To update knowledge using modern information and research methodology tools.
The Medical Council of India, by the MCI Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997, made it mandatory for all medical colleges to establish Medical Education Units / Departments of Medical Education in order to enable faculty members to avail modern education technology for teaching. In order to boost this activity, Basic Course Workshops in Medical Education Technologies are being conducted by the medical regulator since 2009 through selected Regional and Nodal Centres, (Nodal Centres are upgraded regional Centres) located at medical colleges with required infrastructural and trained manpower.
Regional Centres in Medical Education TechnologiesThe 12 Regional Centres (tier I Centres) conduct Workshops in (1) Basic Course Workshop (BCW) in Medical Education Technologies, (2) Attitude, Ethics and Communication Module (AETCOM), and (3) Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP). The 10 Nodal Centres, in addition to these three types of Workshops, also conduct Advance Course in Medical Education (ACME).
TRAINING
Revised Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies (rBCW)This program has been ongoing since 2009 though the contents have undergone periodic revisions, keeping in mind the changing needs of faculty and advances in medical education.
Training in Attitude, Ethics, Communication (AETCOM) moduleIn 2015, teaching of the AETCOM module was mandatorily introduced in the Faculty Development Program along with the 3-day revised Basic Course Workshop.The module was published in 2018 and is available on NMC Website.
The AETCOM module endeavors to strike a balance between the five identified roles of an ‘Indian Medical Graduate (IMG)’ viz; Clinician, Leader and Member of health care team, Communicator, Life-long learner and Professional, right from the first professional year of training. This module is based on the premise that changing a person's attitude can change his/her behavior. The proposed teaching-learning and assessment methods for implementation of this module are also given across the three professional years. It was envisaged that the successful implementation of the AETCOM module will be the forerunner of the transition to competency based undergraduate medical education program proposed by and implemented now by the Regulator.
Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP)The revision of the Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum to the competency based pattern in 2018 required focused training of faculty in the medical colleges on the content and nuances of the new competency based curriculum. Considerable logistical and educational handholding was provided in a well-planned CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT PROGRAMI. During the second year of implementation of the competency based UG curriculum, the program of CISP I was tweaked to include subjects which were part of the second year of the Competency based UG curriculum and CISP II is of two-days duration and is under implementation from 01-02-2020, mainly in the on-line mode due to COVID-19 pandemic.
At SNIMS
We have been conducting the Basic Course Workshops since 2014 & AETCOM since 2015. The latest was held in December 2021. We have also conducted CISP I & II.
The medical education Department of Sree Narayana institute of Medical Sciences sent three faculty for the 1st basic course on medical education technologies conducted at the medical council of India appointed regional centre at Government Medical College, Kottayam. The training was conducted over 4 days in the 1st week of September. This training programme was supervised by Dr. Rajalashmi, Director academic, medical council of India and the formal launching was conducted by MCI governor Dr. Sita Naik.
The faculty trained there are:
- Prof. Dr. Sunchnada Sahu MD (Biochemistry)
- Dr. Joseph John MD (Paed) Dip NB (Paed)
- Dr. Jose P Augustine MD (Microbiology)
Two more faculties are being sent for the 2nd basic course on medical education technologies to be conducted in December 2010 at medical college, Kottayam.
These enthusiastic young doctors plan to conduct an in house for our own faculty early next year.
The medical education Department at SNIMS presently is composed of:
- Dr. Joseph John - MEU, In charge, Associate Professor, Paediatrics.
- Prof. Dr. P J Vincent - Professor & HOD, Surgery.
- Prof. Dr. Kunjamma George - Professor & HOD, Medicine.
- Dr. Abdul Khader - Associate Professor, Physiology.
- Prof. Dr. Suchanda Sahu - Professor & HOD, Biochemistry.
- Dr. Jose P Augustine - Assistant Professor, Microbiology.
- Dr. Joseph John took over as in charge of the medical education Department due to the vacancy created with Dr. P J Vincent being promoted to the post of medical superintendent.
January 2011 update
The 2nd MCI Regional centre for medical education technologies at Kottayam medical college conducted the 2nd basic course on medical education from 1st to 3rd December 2010. Dr. Abhishek, Assistant Professor, department of Anatomy and Dr. Pramod C, Assistant Professor, department of ENT attended the course.
They have learned a lot from the training. Here are their Comments:-
Dr. Abhishek Prasad Sinha:-
The MET workshop was basically aimed to focus on the effective and structured teaching pattern in this high tech era.
The emphasis was given on the merits and demerits of different modes of teaching like chalkboard teaching, overhead projector, liquid crystal display teaching and the use of flip charts.
After attending this workshop I am able to understand the educational objectives and their different types such as, general educational objective, intermediate educational objective and specific instructional objective etc, and also the different domains of these objectives.
I was definitely enriched by the session which dealt with the planning of lecture classes.
We were exposed to those factors affecting learning & the Principles guiding, teaching learning methods.
There was a short training program on the following events:
- To conduct a group discussion
- How to conduct Problem Based Learning etc
- Time management
- Conducting a seminar
- Principles of evaluation and assessment
- Framing a question paper
- How to develop communication skills
- How important is the eye contact to the audience
- Importance of feedback
We were asked to present a topic of our own interest and that presentation was monitored and assessed by the experts and the merits and drawbacks of the presentation were discussed.
OVERALL SUMMARY ANALYZED BY ME
Education is the most essential part of human life, it is not bound to a classroom.
Education can be achieved anywhere or everywhere, but the most important aspect is how we perceive the things or the changes and convert them into learning.
So the question arises is what is learning?
What I perceived is that: - Learning is a process which comes with time and also which brings about changes in behaviour and attitude of an individual. This change in an individual should be able to bring changes in life of a mass which ultimately reaches the goal of serving mankind.
Dr. Pramod Chirakkal:-
This is my first kind of workshop as teacher rather than a surgeon. I really learned a lot, especially how we go about discussion with students and even to set the question for exams etc. I would like to suggest all Doctors especially young doctors to attend this workshop in order to start their carrier not only as consultant but also a teacher, a good teacher.