Orientation Program for MEU Coordinators & Co-coordinators

This Program was HELD on 2nd Dec. 2014

Orientation Programme - Training of MEU Coordinators

MEU coordinators can play a very important role in implementing the concept of faculty development promoted by Medical Council of India. In a way, the whole process follows the ‘cascade approach’ tocontinuing medical education, wherein concepts developed at the central level are percolated down to one and all. The message, in this approach, may get distorted as it passes many levels. The MEU coordinatorswill play a crucial role in ensuring that the message is properly delivered without distortion. They are also the linking pins between the faculty, colleges and regional centers.

This role requires a training and orientation of MEU coordinators to enable them to optimally undertake these roles. With this perspective, the objectives of training MEU coordinators are:

a. Orient them to the concept of faculty development, trends and tools used globally and their applicability in our setting

b. Enable them to use sound managerial concepts like program planning, implementation and evaluation

c. Enable them to produce with assistance from course faculty the syllabi, faculty guides and reading materials for the workshops

d. Orient them to the administrative requirements associated with this function

To meet these objectives, it is proposed to have a one day training of MEU coordinators. This training will be interactive and prepare the MEU coordinators to act as role models of interactive teaching for their co-faculty and workshop participants. The topics covered will include:

a. Concept of faculty development

b. Roles and responsibilities of MEUs/ MEU coordinators

c. Learning in workshops: Sharing of best experiences of learning in workshops and how to use these experiences for planning FD workshops

d. Program planning tools like Gantt charts, backwards planning etc. with practical examples

e. Material preparation: syllabi, faculty guides, resources

f. Program evaluation: tools like session evaluation, retrospective pre-post evaluations Long term program evaluations at own institutions

g. Administrative aspects: record keeping, reporting, networking, relationship and expectations from Regional centers

This training should happen once a year and should include MEU coordinators as well as co- coordinators from the attached colleges. Faculty from Regional Centers will organize such training for theirattached colleges. Regional centers will also evaluate this training.