Tagore Medical College & Hospital

Medical Education Unit

The medical education unit of Tagore medical college and Hospital was formed in 2010 with the Dean Dr.S.Shanta as its Chairman. Since then the MEU has actively participated in improving and reforming the medical education in the college.

The unit has dedicated faculty members who meet regularly to plan and implement various medical education activities.The minutes of these meetings are maintained with the members.

Objectives

To evaluate and promote quality of medical education.
To equip the teaching staff with the necessary skills to undertake effectively their roles as medical teachers.
Curriculum development for innovations in medical education
To conduct research and provide scientifically sound information that advances and promotes medical education.
To develop attitude and communication skills
To nurture the careers of faculty members who wants to focus on educational scholarship and develop as future medical educationists.

Staff

S.NO		NAME	DESIGNATION
1	Chairman	Dr. Kumudha Lingaraj, MD, DA	Dean
2	Co-ordinator	Dr. D.H. Gopalan .,M.S., ACME	Professor & Head Department of Anatomy
3	Secretary	Dr. Mario Leesha Fernando., M.D., M.B.A	Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biochemistry
4	Member	Dr. Preetha Paul., M.D	Professor & Head Department of Physiology
5	Member	Dr. R. Geetha., M.D	Professor & Head Department of Pharmacology
6	Member	Dr. S. Jamuna rani., M.D	Professor Department of Pathology
7	Member	Dr. R. Shankar Anand., D.N.B	Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology
8	Member	Dr. P. Preethi., M.D	Associate Professor Department of Anatomy

SUPPORT STAFF

S.No	Name	Designation
1.	Ms. Jeevitha	Stenographer
2.	Mr.Jennifer	Computer operator

Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute Mci Nodal Centre For Faculty Development Attitude And Communication (At-Com) Module Sensitization Programme

S.No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department	Date
1	Dr.D.H.Gopalan	Associate Professor	Anatomy	1/9/2015
2	Dr.Beulah Edwin	Associate Professor	Microbiology	1/9/2015
3	Dr.Vincent Prasanna	Professor	ENT	22/11/2015
4	Dr KR.Sowmiya	Associate Professor	Community Medicine	22/11/2015
5	Dr.R.Geetha	Associate Professor	Pharmacology	18/01/2016
6	Dr.A.Balaji	Professor	Community Medicine	15.7.2016
7	Dr.Prasanna	Associate Professor	General Medicine	15.7.2016

Faculty Development Revised Basic Course Workshop attended at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute MCI Nodal Centre

S.No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Department	From	To
1	Dr.D.H.Gopalan	Associate Professor	Anatomy	2/9/2015	4/9/2015
2	Dr.Beulah Edwin	Associate Professor	Microbiology	2/9/2015	4/9/2015
3	Dr.Vincent Prasanna	Professor	ENT	23/11/2015	26/11/2015
4	Dr KR.Sowmiya	Associate Professor	Community Medicine	23/11/2015	26/11/2015
5	Dr.R.Geetha	Associate Professor	Pharmacology	19/01/2016	22/01/2016
6	Dr.A.Balaji	Professor	Community Medicine	12.7.2016	14.7.2016
7	Dr.Prasanna	Associate Professor	General Medicine	12.7.2016	14.7.2016

Functioning

Basic Course Work Shop conducted by Medical Education Unit

S.No	Date	No. of participants	MCI Observer
1.	11th to 13th June 2014	17	Dr.S.Sujatha, Professor SRMC
2.	5th – 7th November 2014	23	Dr. Santhi silambanan, Professor SRMC
3.	24th June – 26th June 2015	19	Dr.Surendran, Professor SRMC

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

CME program list
Clinical society meetings are conducted every first Thursday of every month.
Foundation course:is done every year for the first year students.
Interns orientation program: The Department of Medical education has been organizing the “ CRRI Orientation Program” for the interns.

PUBLICATIONS ON MEDICAL EDUCATIONS:

Madasamy Balamurugan et al. Simulation exercise using cadavers to train Bone Marrow aspiration technique – Second year Undergraduate medical student’s perspective. International Journal of Current Research, 2015 Sep; 7(9); 20698-701.
Madasamy Balamurugan et al. A Novel strategy for teaching Hematology to second year MBBS students by training interns as Standardized Patients. International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology. 2016 Jan; 17(3): 198-201.
Madasamy Balamurugan et al. Open book examination as an effective tool for reviewing the subject and reinforcement of the concepts in medical education – IInd MBBS student’s perspective. International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology. 2016 Jan; 18(2): 281-285.
Arumugam B, Nagalingam S. Career Guidance in Medical Education :Is it Mandatory? Int J Sci Stud 2015;3(7):1-2
Balaji Arumugam & Saranya Nagalingam. VIVA VOCE Examinations- cursory and mysterious journey. International Journal of current Medical and Applied Sciences:2016, 9(3), 132-133.
Arumugam B, Nagalingam S. Workshop: An alternative way of learning FOR Medical Graduates. Int J Med Res Rev 2015;3(2): 197-202, doi: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i2.035
Balaji Arumugam & Saranya Nagalingam. Vertical Integration in Medical Education- Are we on right track? EBPS 2016, vol 3, 467-469.
Arumugam Balaji and Nagalingam Saranya. A need for feedback….”Deeds do not aspire to ameliorate- Justify your deed”. JETHS Dec 2015, vol2.
Dr.D.H.Gopalan, M.Vani, Dr. Beulah Edwin, Dr. Balaji Arumugam. Career Advice during Indian Medical Graduate Training- An urgent need. IESRJ April 2016. Vol 2. 9