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Sunday 30 June 2019

Workshop on Curriculum Implementation - KSHEMA

The Medical Education Unit of K S Hegde Medical Academy conducted a Workshop on Curriculum Implementation from 18th to 20th June 2019 at the college premises. The Workshop was conducted in association with St Johns Medical College, MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development.

Dr Pretesh Kiran, Assoc. Professor of Community Medicine and MEU Member, St Johns Medical College, Bengaluru was the MCI deputed observer. Prof Dr Satheesh Kumar Bhandary, Vice Chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University) inaugurated the workshop. He stressed the importance of a new curriculum and said that the faculty needs to be prepared to face the challenges of implementing it. Prof Dr Prakash P S, Dean, KSHEMA, Prof Dr Amrith Mirajkar and Prof Dr Jayaprakash Shetty, Vice Deans, KSHEMA were also present.

Concepts like competency-based medical education, alignment and integration, foundation course, skill development, electives, early clinical exposure, assessment issues, GMR 2019, curricular governance and the role of faculty development were discussed. Dr Harsha H N, Dr Kishan Prasad H L, Dr Srinivas Bhat, Dr Rashmi Kundapur and Dr Sukanya Shetty were the resource persons. A total of 28 Professors from pre/para/clinical specialities participated in the program.

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