The Medical Education Unit (MEU) was established in 1997 and was upgraded as University Department of Medical Education from in 2014. The department formulates calendar of events of its own for each year reflecting the activities spread throughout the year to train the medical teachers and conduct orientation courses for students. The department is monitored and supervised by two committees: Core committee which meets once in four months and Monitoring and advisory committee which meets twice a year.
UDOME has the vision to develop into a hub of educational research to generate evidence by scholarly activities. With Ph.D programs being offered to further advance in health profession educations, the centre aims at being the facility center for all training activities that will empower faculty in reaching greater heights.
To be a Centre of excellence that offers faculty development programs to nurture the medical educators and empower them with the latest skills in medical education technology
To train the Medical teachers in the use of the principles, tools, and techniques of teaching and training efficiently and effectively.• To co-ordinate Academics and Research in the University.
To encourage Educational Research.
| SL. NO | NAME OF THE FACULTY | DEPARTMENT | DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. P.N.Sreeramulu | Principal, SDUMC and Professor of Surgery | Chairman |
| 2 | Dr. Vinutha Shankar M S | Professor and HoD of Physiology | Director |
| 3 | Dr. K N V Prasad | Professor of Pediatrics | Co-convener |
| 4 | Dr. N Sarala | Professor of Pharmacology | Member |
| 5 | Dr. C Muninarayana | Professor of Community Medicine | Member |
| 6 | Dr. Suresh T N | Professor of Pathology | Member |
| 7 | Dr. M Mohan Reddy | Professor and HoD of Psychiatry | Member |
| 8 | Dr. Prasanna Kamath B T | Professor & HoD of Community Medicine | Member |
| 9 | Dr. Sudha Reddy V R | Professor & HoD of Pediatrics | Member |
| 10 | Dr. Geetha S | Associate Professor of Physiology | Member |
| Sl no | Courses offered | Course | Course objectives | |
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1
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Undergraduate
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MBBS
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1st MBBS |
Not applicable
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| 2nd MBBS | ||||
| Final MBBS – Part 1 | ||||
| Final MBBS – Part 2 | ||||
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2
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Post graduate
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MD in
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First Year |
Not applicable
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| Second Year | ||||
| Final Year | ||||
| Diploma in | First Year |
Not applicable
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| Second Year | ||||
| 3 | Doctoral / Fellowship | Not applicable | ||
| 4 | Others | Not applicable | ||
| SL. No. | Project No. | Title of the Research Project | Principal investigator | Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E/C No. 80/2015-16 | Problem Based Learning (PBL) as the tool for comprehensive learning of communicable and non-communicable diseases by the students of 6th term students of MBBS |
Dr. Prasanna Kamath B T |
Community Medicine |
| 2 | E/C No. 152/2015-16 | “3600/Multisource feedback (MSF) as a tool for assessment and improvement of Intern’s performance – An interventional Study | Dr. K N V Prasad | Paediatrics |
| 3 | E/C No. 09/2015-16 | Perception and attitude of students regarding part completion tests (PCT) | Dr. Bhuvana K | Pharmacology |
| 4 | E/C No. 174/2015-16 | Student and faculty perception regarding open book tests in Physiology |
Dr. Vinutha Shankar M S |
Physiology |
| 5 | E/C No. 31/2016-17 | Objective structured practical examination (OSPE) as a tool for formative assessment in Community Medicine |
Dr. Muninarayana C |
Community Medicine |
| 6 | E/C No. 34/2016-17 | Effectiveness of using video-assisted teaching compared to traditional didactic lectures in teaching psychiatry amongst undergraduates |
Dr. Mona Nongmeikapam.
|
Psychiatry |
Research Projects on-going:
| SL. No. | Project No. | Title of the Research Project | Principle investigator | Department |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E/C No. 24/2014-15 | Is computer assisted learning superior to the conventional methods in understanding the principles of blood grouping? |
Dr. Geetha S |
Physiology |
| 2 | E/C No. 42/2015-16 | Mind mapping as learning tool in anatomy for undergraduates |
Dr. Vinay Kulkarni Dr. Shashidhar K Dr. Venkateshu K V |
Anatomy |
| 3 | E/C No. 40/2016-17 | A comparative study on Ist MBBS students performance in Multiple Choice Questions and by conventional methods |
Mrs. Krishnaveni C Dr. Divya C Dr. Shashikanth K Dr. Venkateshu K V |
Anatomy |
| 4 | E/C No. 49/2016-17 |
Effectiveness of OHP transparent sheet overlay technique as Teaching Learning Media in Anatomy
|
Dr. Venkateshu K V Dr. Ashwini N S Dr. Shashidhar Dr. Divya C |
Anatomy |
| 5 | E/C No. 63/2016-17 |
Introducing Problem Based Learning in Anatomy for first year MBBS students
|
Dr. Divya C Dr. Ashwini N S Mrs. Krishnaveni C Dr. K V Venkateshu |
| Sl. No | Name of CME/ Workshop | Conducted by | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80th National Course on Educational Sciences for Teachers of Health Professionals | JIPMER, Puducherry from 4th to 9th Feb 2019 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar J (Physiotherapy) |
| 2 | Participating in the Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP) | MCI Nodal Centre, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 20th – 22th Feb 2019 | Dr. Vinutha Shankar M S (Physiology) |
| 3 | Participated in the Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP) | MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 12th – 14th March 2019 | Dr. Sarala N (Pharmacology) |
| 4 | Participated in the Curriculum Implementation Support Program (CISP) | MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore from 9th – 11th April 2019 | Dr. KNV Prasad (Peadiatrics) |
| 5 | Attended the 1st Contact session of the MCI Fellowship in Medical Education | MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore from 22nd – 26th April 2019 | Dr. Prakash Dave (Surgery) |
| 6 | Participated as Resource Person for the CME on Capacity Building of Medical Educators for Competency Based Medical Education | Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore on 5th April 2019 | Dr. Vinutha Shankar M S (Physiology) |
| 7 | Workshop on Specific Learning Objectives (SLOs) on 20th April 2019 | UDOME | SDUMC |
| 8 | Guest lecture on “CBME – Implementing Flipped Class Room” on 6th july 2019 | UDOME | SDUMC |
| 9 | A Tri- Series Workshop on Academic Leadership on 19th july 2019 | UDOME | SDUMC |
| 10 | Workshop on OSPE & OSCE for faculty on 21st-26th june 2019 | UDOME | SDUMC |
| 11 | Workshop on “Curriculum Implementation Support Program” (CISP) on 17th – 19th june 2019 | UDOME | SDUMC |
| 12 | Research Methodology Workshop | MERT for post graduates in Bengaluru on 4th August 2019. | Dr. Sarala N (Pharmacology) |
| 13 | Research Methodology Workshop | PESIMSR, Kuppam on 08th August 2019 | Dr. Sarala N (Pharmacology) |
| 14 | Workshop on “ Competency Based Assessment” on 23-10-2019 | UDOME | External faculty : Dr. Sunitha Setty , FRCA, MD, DNB Anaesthetics, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Education Lead Post graduate Anesthetics, United Kingdom & the faculty of SDUMC |
| 15 | Second Academic Leadership Training Program Of “Tri-Series Workshop On Leadership Skills on 26-10-2019 | UDOME | External faculty- Dr. Vimal Kumar Govindan, Prof. of Surgery, PSG Hospital, Coimbatore, Ex-Medical Director, PSGIMER, Coimbatore & FAIMER fellow , Philadelphia. & the faculty of SDUMC |
| 16 | Medical Educational Technology Workshop on 28-30 november 2019 | UDOME | Faculty of SDUAHER |
| 17 | Faculty Development Programme on 20th december 2019 | UDOME | External faculty – 1. Dr. Ramnarayan .K, Chairperson-Manipal University Jaipur, Vice-President-faculty Development Manipal Academy of Higher Education 2. Dr. Shashidhar Venkatesh Murthy, A/Prof. & Head Dept. of pathology College of medicine & Dentistry, James Cook Unoversity, QLD 4811 Australia. |
| 18 | Planning and conduct of Aligned Integrated Topic (AITo) and its assessments on 19th feb 2020 Topics – 1.New Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum for undergraduates 2. Session regarding the use of InPods software to understand the competency table. |
UDOME | External faculty – 1.Dr.Pragna Rao, Medical Educationist and Former Dean of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. 2.Mr.Kalidas M.V, Vice President at InPods Inc, Bangalore. |
| 19 | Orientation Course for new Interns on 11th march 2020 | UDOME | Interns |
| Sl. No | Name of the Project | Name of the Faculty & Dept. | Institute & date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowledge, attitude and practice of specific learning objective among Teaching Medical faculty |
Dr. Suresh T N Professor of Pathology |
MCI Advance Course in Medical Education at MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 17th –20th Sept. 2014 17th –19th April 2015 Awarded on 4th Oct 2017 |
| 2 | Mini clinical exercise evaluation (Mini Cex) : students and faculty members perception |
Dr. Sudha Reddy V R Professor & HoD of Paediatrics |
MCI Advance Course in Medical Education at MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 17th –20th Sept. 2014 17th –19th April 2015 Awarded on 4th Oct 2017 |
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Sl.No |
Name of the Project |
Name of the Faculty & Dept. |
Institute & Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Objective structured practical examination (OSPE) as a tool for formative assessment in Community Medicine |
Dr. Muninarayana C Professor of Comm. Medicine |
MCI Advance Course / Fellowship in Medical Education at MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 22nd – 26th April 2016 9th -11th Sept. 2017 |
| 2 | Effectiveness of using video-assisted teaching compared to traditional didactic lectures in teaching psychiatry amongst undergraduates |
Dr. Mona Nongmeikapam Asst. Professor of Psychiatry |
MCI Advance Course / Fellowship in Medical Education at MCI Nodal Centre for Faculty Development, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore 22nd – 26th April 2016 9th -11th Sept. 2017 |
| Sl. No. | Faculty | Dept. | Institute & date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr. Vinutha Shankar M S | Prof. & HOD of Physiology | was a FAIMER Faculty at DAFFRI Workshop during 9th National Conference of Health Professionals’ Education (NCHPE) at Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat, Assam from 9th – 11th November 2017 |