SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY

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1 S SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY (Declared under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956) Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute DR. P.V. VIJAYARAGHAVAN DIRECTOR (ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION N) & DEAN-EDUCATION January 13, 2015 We are very happy to announce that the Medical council of India has launched the Advance course in Medical Education in 10 nodal centres across the country. Your collegee is allocated to Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research institute Nodal Centre. The first Contact Session of the 2 nd Advance course of our Nodal Centre is scheduled between 4 th and 8 th of March It is to be noted that the Medical council of India has prescribed the minimum qualifications required for the teachers to be considered for being resource persons/faculty for the Basic course as any one of the following: 1. Degree in medical education 2. Diploma in medical education 3. FAIMER ( Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research) Fellowship 4. Advanced course in medical education (project based longitudinal course) Who will be eligible to take the Advance course? The eligibility criteria for the course is as follows: Successful completion of the MCI Basic course Workshop in MET (certificate to be attached) At least three years of teaching experience as a faculty (Asst. Professor upwards)* Recommendation from the Dean/ Principal Institution specific eligibility of participants: 30% of faculty who have undergone Basic Course Workshop in MET and should spread across specialties and Cadres. * First preference will be given to MEU Coordinator/Members with above eligibility criteria-kindly attach evidence for this thru your Dean What is the structure of the course? The course is structured for a period of one Year with 2 contact sessions of 5 days (1 st contact session for 5 days and 2 nd contact session of 3 days) at the Nodal Centre in March/April and September/October. The intersession period will include online discussions and project submission. The certificates will be awarded only after the completion of requirements as specified and due assessment of every participant. What is the course fee? The course fee for the entire course will be Rs 10000/. Travel and stay will be arranged at our venue on payment basis. Mode of Payment: 1. Payment by Demand Draft payable at Chennai. 2. Money transfer thru Bank details provided below: for Rs.10,000/- drawn in favour of Sri Ramachandra University (or)

2 Beneficiary Name & Address: Bank Name Bank Branch Address Sri Ramachandra University No.1, Sri Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai CITY UNION BANK LIMITED Ayyappanthangal Branch No.1, Ramachandra Nagar Ayyappanthangal, Chennai Account Number IFSC Code CIUB While transferring money thru Bank, please write your name in the Name of the Sender column How to apply? You are informed to nominate one or two suitable faculty members as per the criteria given above to attend this course. The duly filled Registration form with details of payment along with the documents as indicated in the registration form need to be sent to the following Address. Dr.P.V.Vijayaraghavan Convenor MCI Nodal Centre Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur Chennai deanedusrmc@gmail.com Phone : Mobile: The participants need to make their own arrangement for accomodation. If they need accommodation inside the campus, they can call Archana Annex. Their contact number is (Extn.8310). Outside the campus near SRU: Encl: 1. Hotel Ashok Residency, Porur (Contact No )- Opposite to SRMC & RI 2. Hotel Grand Residency, Porur ( ) 1 km from the venue 1. Course Structure and contents 2. Nomination Form.

3 CURRICULUM DOCUMENT FOR ADVANCED COURSE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION 1. BACKGROUND: There is a recognized need for advancing the field of medical education as well as to bring in current trends and practices into it. However, there are limited opportunities for faculty in India to advance in the field of medical education. The MCI basic workshop in Medical Education Technologies require faculty to attain a certain level of expertise in medical education for quality assurance of the basic courses. There is also a need to provide a platform for medical educators to network. Keeping all this in cognizance, Medical Council of India proposes the following curricular reform: Advanced course in medical education for medical faculty to be conducted by the MCI recognized Nodal centres. 2. GOAL/PURPOSE: To develop educational practitioners who can lead educational changes in their institution to make medical education responsive to the health needs of the society. 3. EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES a. Broad Objectives: To develop educational leaders Build capacity of medical faculty to become effective facilitators of learning Develop ability to take better pedagogic decisions Be able to promote self learning & reflective learning in classroom situations Promote educational networking Developing a community of learners Able to serve as effective resource persons for the basic course at their own institution Empower faculty to implement and sustain educational innovations in their institutions Augmenting use of ICT devices in teaching learning processes b. Content Domains Competencies Topics Objectives 1 Context and Linkage 2 Curriculum development be able to develop, implement and evaluate need & competency based curriculum in their Context and linkages of medical education in India Needs Assessment Ability to demonstrate an understanding of gaps in the health status of Indian population and variations in access to basic health care across the country Ability to identify the factors responsible for the same Ability to identify current health needs of the society Ability to describe overall organisation, resources, learning environment and culture of the medical institutions in India Ability to appreciate the need for aligning medical education towards provisions of health care needs of the Indian society in a global perspective a need for linkages - between medical education institutions and health care providing centres at different levels - between laboratory and clinical practices - between basic and clinical sciences - among health care team members Ability to appreciate the need for incorporating concepts of social accountability in medical education approaches for need assessment Ability to plan for need assessment project with appropriate data collection methods Ability to identify and critically analyse the 1

4 institutions Curriculum Goal/ Purpose Educational strategies Curriculum alignment Curriculum implementation Curriculum organization Curriculum / Program evaluation health care needs Ability to describe terminologies and concepts Ability to formulate goal/purpose of curriculum taking into consideration various curriculum Ability to formulate relevant, specific, measurable educational objectives Ability to select and organize contents to facilitate deep learning Ability to construct educational interventions based on the best possible evidences and resources available to meet the objectives importance given to curriculum alignment Ability to demonstrate steps to be undertaken to bring in such alignment issues and challenges in curriculum implementation Ability to discuss these issues and challenges and evolve solutions Ability to plan the programme details to present a meaningful programme to the learners that can lead them from known to unknown or superficial to deep learning Ability to demonstrate ways to maintain sequences between with multiple educational experiences and interactions between faculty for smooth running of a programme. Ability to identify and evolve strategies to deal with unexpected events that may affect the outcome of educational programme concepts of curriculum / program evaluation Ability to plan curriculum/ programme evaluation Ability to evaluate efficacy of educational programme Ability to design feedback mechanisms that can be built in for evaluation (e.g. ratings forms, self-assessment forms, questionnaires, tests, direct observation, performance audits and group discussions etc.) models of curriculum with emphasis on competency based model Ability to decide selection of competencies, methods for teaching the skills and planning and selection of assessment methods 2

5 3 Teaching- Learning apply appropriate principles of learning and use appropriate models of learning to enhance student learning 4 Assessment apply principles of assessment to enhance the validity of classroom assessment and university assessments, wherever applicable 5 Leadership and Organization 6 Research and Scholarship develop and demonstrate leadership and management skills to a. Develop medical education units in their institution which are responsive to the needs of the country b. bring about need based educational reforms in their institution conduct scientifically Applications of principles of learning Models of learning Application of principles of assessment Assessment for learning Workplace based assessment Integrated Assessment Principles of leadership and management Change management Conflict management Educational Research Ability to select appropriate T-L methods depending on the group size, domains of learning, resources available their advantages and limitations Ability to plan and demonstrate use of some of the T-L methods e.g. OMP, methods for Interactive learning methods, CBL, Concept maps. concept of distance learning Ability to pan an e-learning module various models of learning Ability to identify various strategies to promote Self directed learning, Ability to appreciate importance of reflective practices while learning Ability to develop and apply valid, reliable and standardised tools to test competencies in cognitive, psychomotor, communication and attitudinal domains Ability to plan valid assessment tasks keeping alignment with the objectives and the instructional method Ability to develop blue print Ability to set a paper taking into consideration various factors that can affect validity and reliability critique the roles and responsibilities of medical education units propose strategies to make the medical education units fully functional analyze the role of an effective leader in setting up an effective medical education unit/department discuss and describe the principles of change management demonstrate strategies for effective change management describe and discuss the principles of conflict management demonstrate strategies for effective conflict management similarities between research in medical 3

6 7 Project Management 8 Educational Networking rigorous need based educational research develop, implement and evaluate educational projects aligned to the needs of the institution actively network to develop the field of medical education Qualitative research Educational scholarship Project planning Project implementation Project evaluation Mentoring science and education Ability to identify challenges in carrying out educational research Ability to differentiate between an educational research and programme evaluation Ability to differentiate between quantitative and qualitative research ethics in education research Ability to make a proposal for an educational research grant perspective of qualitative research Ability to select appropriate data collection methods for qualitative research Ability to explain basic steps in content analysis Ability to use content analysis for analysing feedback of students necessity to maintain rigor in qualitative research Ability to explain measures taken to ensure rigor in qualitative research Ability to appreciate the need for mixed methods research demonstrate the use of common project planning tools including the Gantt chart, Backward planning start to develop and design an educational innovation project, which is relevant and feasible in their medical college receive and provide feedback to peers on the project plan To provide a platform for the participants to share their educational projects In helping the participants to learn from each other s experiences with implementing and evaluating educational projects To plan for next steps in implementation and evaluation of the educational project In motivating the participants to do educational projects in their field of work In motivating the participants to collaborate for educational projects To provide a platform for networking with each other as well as with the participants from the next group for advance course Online discussions 9 Faculty Planning and will plan and organize a basic course 4

7 Development plan and conduct educational workshops including the basic workshops conducting educational workshops Faculty evaluation workshop in their groups will demonstrate facilitation skills in sessions for basic course will be observers for at least 2 workshops and provide standardized feedback on planning and execution c. Teaching- Learning Methods Interactive workshop based supported with online discussions and project guidance d. Assessment: Self assessment Assessment on group presentations: a. Peer assessment b. Faculty assessment Assessment of project work Assessment of online discussions 4. CURRICULUM ORGANIZATION 90% Standard Format 10% as per local needs 5. IMPLEMENTATION a. This curriculum will be delivered by the MCI Nodal centres twice a year. A prior two day training to cover the logistics and online facilitation for 5 Resource faculty from each Nodal Centre will be organised at MCI. b. Duration of the Course: One year Two onsite sessions of 5 days and 3 days each Overlap of one day on Day 3 between two batches Parallel session for Batch A and Batch B from Day 4 onwards Session 1: Five days Session 2: Three days Batch A 5 days onsite Batch A 6 months online for discussion on 4 educational themes. Also have some content delivered electronically. Batch A 3 days onsite Present their project Encourage networking and mentoring partnerships Batch B 5 days onsite Batch A and B 6 months online. Batch A will also act as Observers for at least 2 workshops and provide standardized feedback on planning and execution Project work c. Eligibility criteria for participants: Successful completion of the MCI Basic course At least three years of teaching experience Recommendation from the Dean/ Principal First preference will be given to MEU Coordinator/Members with above eligibility criteria-kindly attach evidence for this thru your Dean d. In case the number of participants are more selection criteria needs to be developed. Few guidelines for selection criteria: Member of MEU Educational publications Faculty in basic workshop and other educational workshops Awards in educational related activities ii. Participant registration fees: Rs 10,000/ participant/course e. Criteria for course completion: Overlap 5

8 Hundred percent attendance in onsite session 1 and session 2 Active participation in all online discussions Completion of educational project Poster presentation of educational project at the end of 6 months Satisfactory performance in the assessment criteria Course completion certificate will be issued jointly by MCI and the Nodal centre at the end of one year, in the same pattern of the Basic Course Workshop. The conferment of Certificate will be done ceremonially. 6. Plan for Evaluation of the advanced course Immediate: To evaluate participant satisfaction and learning Daily session feedback Retro pre evaluation Assessment criteria Expected outcome: Medical faculty will apply educational principles in bringing about educational reforms. Plan for evaluation has to be made and implemented by an evaluation core team for intermediate and long term outcomes to evaluate whether transfer of learning has occurred and if it brings beneficial effects to the society and addresses the needs of the country. Credit Hours for entire course: 25 hours 6

9 Medical Council of India (MCI) Nodal Centre for Faculty Development Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute Registration Form 4 th to 8 th March st Contact Session of 2 nd Advance Course 1. Name. 2. Designation. 3. Department & Institution Qualifications.. 5. Medical council name and registration number 6. Mobile:..Tel:.Fax: address (must-all further communication will be through only-write clearly)..@ MCI basic course in Medical Education training details: (mandatory, attach certificate) Dates Place. Approved by MCI Yes / No 9. MEU Member / Co-ordinator Yes / No 10. The Title and a 200 word description of the educational project enclosed (Mandatory submission) I agree to participate full time during the both sessions of the course. I understand that the certificate of participation will be denied in case of absence from any session for any reason. Decision of local organizing committee will be final in this regard. Signatures in the attendance sheets kept for the purpose for both morning and evening sessions will be ensured by me. The invitation for second session will be based on my satisfactory project work and participation in discussions during the intervening 6 months. My performance will be assessed by the course faculty. Cancellation policy: There is no refund of registration fee under any circumstances. I have read and understood terms and conditions including cancellation policy. Dated: Signature:.. Endorsement by the Principal The above participant is a potential candidate for Advanced course as per MCI guidelines. I recommend the Nomination of Dr..for the above course. In case of selection, he/she will be relieved from duty to enable full time participation in both the sessions. He/She will be provided necessary logistic help for his project work during the intervening 6 months. Dated. Signature. Office Stamp

10 Kindly provide the payment particulars: D/D No... dt for Rs.10,000/- drawn on.. Bank,.Branch in favour of Sri Ramachandra University payable at Chennai. (or) Money transfer thru Bank details provided below: (Date of Transfer..) Beneficiary Name & Address: Bank Name Bank Branch Address Sri Ramachandra University No.1, Sri Ramachandra Nagar, Porur, Chennai CITY UNION BANK LIMITED Ayyappanthangal Branch No.1, Ramachandra Nagar Ayyappanthangal, Chennai Account Number IFSC Code CIUB While transferring money thru Bank, please write your name in the Name of the Sender column