Medical Education Unit

About the Department

The Medical Education Unit for Sri Ramachandra Medical College was formed in 1997 with the Principal
of Medical College as its Chairman and senior faculty member interested in Medical Education its coordinators. The main activity early on was to conduct Basic Teachers Training Workshops focusing on
developing objectives, group dynamics, taxonomy, teaching learning methodology, assessment and
micro teaching on a 3 day program annually. About 30 faculty members were trained during each
workshop by a core group of five faculty members who had already undergone training at National
Institute of Medical Education (JIPMER) and in New Delhi. External resources were invited to be part of
the faculty. The unit members and co-ordinators also participated in National and Regional Workshops
organized by MCI to consider MBBS curriculum and regulations for undergraduate and postgraduate
studies.
In 2003, a curriculum development initiative was developed under the aegis of the Medical Education
Unit. Keeping in view the MCI guidelines and guidance from the Harvard Medical International. The
curriculum development initiative developed competencies for 9 Diseases as per Global burden over a
period of 2 years and piloted the cardiovascular block in 2005. The PRODEV, professional development
program for the undergraduate student was the first innovation in the UG curriculum. An Integrated
Curriculum for the MBBS course was developed and was implemented in 2006 June.
The MEU was reconstituted by the Dean of Faculties in March 2005 with a Principal Medical College as
Chairman and was divided into 2 major wings the Curriculum development Committee and Faculty
Development committee each with a Chair man and Secretary
The MEU also was permitted to co-opt other faculty members as per requirement and conduct
workshops with resource persons both inside and outside the MEU. A faculty member co-coordinating
with Harvard Medical International was made consultant for curricular process.
The Dean of Faculties again reconstituted the Medical Education Unit with eleven members in 2007.By
now the MEU had evolved into a complete curriculum development wing and faculty development
wing. While the former committee was dynamically introducing curricular reforms the latter was
preparing the Faculty simultaneously for the change (Refer Curriculum development process at SRMC)
The final outcome at the curriculum development end was an integrated UG curriculum with
innovations such as professional development, block based curriculum, small group case discussions,
PBL, clinical Skills development etc.
The outcome at the Faculty Development end was that the institution became recognized as the
Regional Centre for Medical education technology workshop by the Medical Council of India in 2009

and then upgraded as Nodal Centre in 2010 responsible for training Faculty for around 30 Medical
colleges.
The objective of the MEU is to
1. Be responsible for all the educational processes of the Sri Ramachandra Medical College
2. provide oversight on the educational activities, and
3. ensure continuous quality improvement in Medical education
4. To have an ongoing followup plan on the implementation of action plans to be carried out by
different faculty members. This followup action would be done by the faculty development
sub committee.
5. To oversee the Professional Development Course Objectives and its implementation across
departmental barriers in the undergraduate curriculum
6. To have core committee headed by Chairman Curriculum Committee to interact with faculty
in terms of developing curricular reforms and forward it for approval by the MEU.
7. MEU also would sensitize faculty and students in using the active learning centre.
8. MEU also would recommend and help in the development of a clinical skills lab and
simulator lab for the Medical College and University.
9. MEU shall also be responsible for the conduct of faculty skill enhancement workshops once
every 2 months. This will be based n faculty surveys and completely faculty driven
programme.
The Curriculum Committee also comes up with its objectives which are as follows.
1. To schedule, organize and integrate the undergraduate education program through the three
phases
2. To ensure a continuous system of student assessment, feedback and remediation
3. To continue the development of SRMC - competency based curriculum
The responsibilities include
1. Co-ordinate the activities of the Faculty Development and Curriculum development through
its 2 sub committees , Faculty Development and Curriculum development
2. introduce innovative curricular reforms and curriculum development initiatives
3. advice and get the approval of curriculum and faculty development initiatives through the
Dean of faculties
4. Coordinate the Medical Council of India Regional Centre initiatives
5. oversee the Professional Development Course Objectives and its implementation across
departmental barriers in the undergraduate curriculum
6. conduct annual student and faculty Orientation programs
7. Liaison with Harvard Medical International on educational needs for the University
8. Recommend and help in the development of a clinical skills and simulator lab for the Medical
College and University.
9. Responsible for quality assurance in Medical education
10. Recommend resources on Medical Education
11. Promote research in Medical education
12. Ensure coordination and implementation of the Educational initiatives of the Governing

body
Functioning
MEU meets 10 times a year
Need based additional meetings
Predetermined agenda circulated to all members, deliberate on agenda issues during meeting followed
by action taken
The Office copies of all these proceedings are available with the Secretary MEU.
The Curriculum Committee
Objectives:
The curriculum committee functions with the following objectives
Co ordinate the undergraduate education program through all the three phases
Coordinate - curriculum development process
Responsibilities
Students Schedule and Rotation
Centralizing the students attendance and evaluations
Generating a student report
Plan Feed-back and remedial program for students
Ensure the logistic support
Will co ordinate the periodic review of the curriculum based on the evaluations
Implementing curricular reforms
Functioning
The Curriculum Committee will meet once a month to discuss issues regarding the students program,
assessment, performance and attendance
The committee will also meet once in 3 months with the HODs and the Dean of Faculties to look
through the issues arising from the monthly meeting
The committee will send the minutes of the meeting to the Secretary of the Medical Education Unit
A complete report of both processes will be presented to the Medical Education Unit
Faculty Development Committee
Objectives:
The Faculty Development wing of the MEU was created with the objective of to enable faculty to
improve their knowledge and skills in teaching, educational research and educational administration
Prepare institution and faculty members for their various roles
Play role in capacity building
Sensitize, equip and empower teachers for discharging their professional responsibilities.
Responsibilities
The responsibility of the Faculty Development committee
Survey the strength and weakness of faculty members of the Medical College
Improve faculty interaction and communication
Create effective mentorship program
Conduct remedial workshops for faculty
Evolve policies in consultation with Dean of Faculties regarding institutional sponsorship to faculty
members for Academic and Scientific presentations at National and International level
To recommend for faculty incentives

To coordinate and organize the faculty development workshops in Medical Education

The MCI Regional Centre Workshops on Medical Education Technologies
The Annual Ramachandra Harvard Faculty Development Workshops
The Biannual Leadership Program For Leaders in Medical education
Focused workshops for the faculty based on the need
Functioning
The Faculty development Committee will meet once a month to discuss faculty development programs
The committee will send the minutes of the meeting to the Secretary of the Medical Education Unit
A complete report of both processes will be presented to the Medical Education Unit