Medical Education Unit

The Velammal Medical Education unit was established in the year 2014, with few members who were passionate about the cause of Medical education. Only one member was trained at the Nodal center at Sree Ramachandra Medical University Porur Chennai with the trainer of trainer course and Basic course workshop in Medical education technologies. Currently, the Velammal Medical Education unit has been allocated to the MCI regional center for Medical education at JIPMER Pondicherry.

At present, the unit has 14 Members with 13 members who have been trained at a regional center in ATCOM and Revised Basic course workshop. 5 members have finished a one-year “Advanced Course in Medical Education’ from MCI. One member is currently undergoing an advanced course. One member is undergoing FAIMER. 6 members have undergone the CISP workshop at the Regional Center for the implementation of CBME.

The Medical education unit is active throughout the year. Three basic course workshops have been completed at our center, out of which two were the Revised Basic Course Workshop. Three Module Based Research methodology courses were successfully conducted for three days spanned over three months period. During the end of May 2019, we have successfully completed the CISP workshop under the aegis of JIPMER Pondicherry which is the MCI regional center for Medical Education. A basic workshop in the use of PowerPoint technique was conducted as part of the faculty development program. Student oriented programs by the MEU includes Integrated teaching programs and CISP for fresh MBBS students. There are also collaborative activities with other departments for example Bioethics unit. Some research projects are underway in Medical education, a few have been published.

The MEU plans to upgrade Velammal MEU to the Velammal Department of Medical Education and upgrade MCI Regional center for Medical Education in the near future.