Medical Education Unit KSHEMA

Medical Education Unit KSHEMA

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 (MEUs) or departments to enable faculty members to avail modern education technology for teaching. Medical Education Unit- K. S. Hegde Medical Academy is established as per the MCI guidelines. It conducts regular faculty development programmes, guest lectures on medical education, clinical society meetings, inputs to strengthen the curriculum design and evaluation, skill lab utilization, interns and Postgraduate orientation programmes and research methodology workshops for the faculty and the postgraduates.

MEU-KSHEMA Teams

Chairperson- Dr. P S Prakash, Dean, KSHEMA
Coordinator- Dr. Kishan Prasad HL, Additional Professor of Pathology

MEU members-
Dr. Harsha HN, Professor of Physiology
Dr. Sukanya Shetty, Professor & Head, Biochemistry
Dr. Rathika Shenoy, Professor & Head, Paediatrics
Dr. Rashmi Kundapur, Professor &Head, Community Medicine
Dr. Shrinivas Bhat, Professor &Head, Psychiatry
Dr. Rajashekar Mohan, Professor &Head, General Surgery
Dr. Sudheendra Rao, Professor of Medicine
Dr. Shipra Sonkusare, Professor of OBG
Dr. Sumalatha R Shetty, Professor of Anaesthesiology
Dr. Sunil Kumar Y, Additional Professor of Pathology
Dr. Nikhil MP, Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Dr. Ravichandra, Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Dr. Amith Ramos, Associate Professor of Anatomy
Dr. Amit Khelgi, Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Dr. Shricharith Shetty, Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Activities

1) Interns orientation
2) Webinar on “CBME-Concepts and challenges.”
3) PG Orientation
4) Curriculum Implementation support programme 2
5) Research methodology workshop for the PGs of 2020-21 batch
6) Monthly Clinical Society Meetings

Upcoming activities

1) Revised basic workshop in medical education
2) Foundation course for Ist year Medical students

Aims

• To sensitize teachers about new concepts in teaching and assessment methods
• To update knowledge using current information and research methodology tools.
• Provide oversight on the educational activities of the medical college (UG&PG)
• Ensure continuous quality improvement in Medical education plan, implement and evaluate curricular development and faculty development in the medical college in alignment with the Medical Council of India initiatives
• Ensure curriculum development through the curriculum committee
• Ensure Faculty development by conducting Faculty development programs and workshops
• Help develop specialized educational labs, like Skill lab, Simulation Centre, Communication labs etc
• Facilitate educational research through projects and research publication
• Keep the medical college updated on the current trends in Medical education by conducting workshops and conferences

MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development programme-Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belagavi Convener- Dr. Roopa Bellad, Professor of Paediatrics, JNMC, Belgavi Co-Convener- Dr. Padmaja Wolvekar, Professor of Community Medicine, JNMC, Belgavi