MEU

The NMC (erstwhile Medical Council of India) as per the MCI Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997, had made it mandatory for all the medical colleges in the country to establish Medical Education Units (MEUs) in order to enable faculty members to update themselves in modern teaching methodology and educational technology for carrying out the UG /PG teaching effectively. Keeping these directives of NMC/MCI in mind, a MEU was established in AVMC&H in the year 2004. The MEU of AVMC is quite vibrant with academic and educational activities round the year with highly experienced and qualified medical educationists viz., Prof .P.F. Kotur, Dean, as the Chairman of MEU, Prof. V.N. MAHALAKSHMI, Professor Paediatric Surgery as Convener, Prof. B. Vishnu Bhat, Director Medical Research as mentor, Prof. K.R. Sethuraman a Pioneer in Medical Education in the country as visiting faculty and Prof. B.R. Asokan, HOD, Pharmacology, as the Coordinator with 15 Core MEU Faculty members many of them have completed ACME-MCI and NTTC-JIPMER courses. The MEU of AVMC&H comes under purview of the MCI Regional Centre, NTTC, JIPMER, Puducherry and the Nodal Centre at SHRIHER, Porur, Chennai. The unit is committed to capacity building in medical education by conducting faculty development programs such as MCI Revised Basic Course Workshop (RBCW) in Medical Education Technologies NMC’s Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP) and other focussed Basics in MET programs.

MEU of AVMC boasts of a state of art infrastructure and logistics viz., Fully air conditioned and furnished Conference/ Seminar Hall with demo rooms for breakout activities. SMART board, LCD projector, AV Aids, document camera and Video conferencing facilities with internet connectivity and high speed Wi-Fi accessibility and uninterrupted power backup. AVMC MEU has a well-stuffed library with over 142 books and Journals. A thematic, MEU wall museum displays important concepts/ strategies in medical education.

In addition, to carrying out the capacity building activities for the faculty members of AVMC, in MET including medical Educational research, round the year, the MEU core members are also invited by the other institutions as resource persons for conducting various FDPs elsewhere. The faculty members are also sponsored to undergo ACME courses at Nodal Centres of NMC, Certification courses in Simulation, Communication skills, Courses for training of standardised patients, etc in other centres of excellence. They are also encouraged to attend national and international conferences in ME.

AVMC MEU has its own ‘Annual Calendar of Events’ to host/conduct the routine programmes such as Interns Orientation Programme and Training Program, Postgraduate Orientation Programme (for first year postgraduate students) and Foundation Course for first year MBBS students. Introduction to Medical Education Technology, Microteaching, and Training on Teaching Clinical/ Practical skills and Gurudhakshatha – the Faculty Induction Program series are some of the other workshops and training programs organised by the MEU. The MEU facilitates the transition, implementation and monitoring of the new CBME curriculum of NMC for UGs and PGs.

AVMC MEU also provides support and guidance to faculty development programs organised by the School of Allied Health Sciences, School of Physiotherapy and the College of Nursing located in the campus. The MEU works in close association with Clinical Skills Lab in carrying out the Hands on Training Clinical Skill Training workshops/activities for the staff and students.