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অখিল ভাৰতীয় আয়ুৰ্বিজ্ঞান প্ৰতিষ্ঠান, গুৱাহাটী

अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान, गुवाहाटी

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati

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MEDICAL EDUCATION UNIT
Convener:

Dr. Forhad Akhtar Zaman

Additional Professor, Department of Community & Family Medicine

Co-convener:

Dr. Himashree Bhattacharyya

Associate Professor, Department of Community & Family Medicine

Members:

Dr. Manasi Bhattacharjee

Professor, Department of Physiology

Dr. Bhupen Barman

Professor, Department of General Medicine

Dr. Masaraf Hussain

Professor, Department of Neurology

Dr. Jaya Shankar Kaushik

Additional Professor, Department of Paediatrics

Dr. Md. Jamil

Additional Professor, Department of General Medicine

Dr. Vinay G

Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy

Dr. Praveen K

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy

Dr. Joonmoni Lahon

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Dr. Rajeshwarie S

Assitant Professor, Department of Microbiology

Dr. Ramdas Ransing

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Sharan Mallya

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics

Dr. Samarendra Barman

Assistant Professor, Department of forensic Medicine

Dr. K Newme

Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery

The Department of Medical Education, AIIMS Guwahati is functional since December 2020. 

Vision:

The Department aims to be a Medical Education Centre of Excellence for the entire North Eastern Region and provide an educational platform for National and International networking and collaboration. It also plans to develop specialized State of the Art educational labs like Skills Lab, Simulation Centre, Communication Labs etc., thereby facilitating educational research through projects and research publications.

Objectives:

The main objectives of the Department are to train all the faculty in Medical Education and to be responsible for all educational processes at AIIMS Guwahati. The Department aims to ensure continuous quality improvement in medical education, implement and evaluate curricular development and faculty development at the Institute. It will ensure curriculum development and ensure faculty development by conducting faculty development programs and workshops.

Education:

The Department has been taking regular classes on Attitude, Ethics and Communication for all the batches. The sessions are mainly interactive by use of various small group teaching methods like role play, group discussion, panel discussion, cinema-education, reflection, SDL etc. to make the teaching learning process livelier and more interactive. The students were also introduced to the local language and were taught communication skills, and humanities in Medical Education and Bioethics. The Department had also started an in-house faculty development programme including hands-on workshop. The mentor mentee program is also being looked into by the department whereby the students are allotted faculty mentors to counsel them on various issues and monitor their progress.

Cmes/Workshops/Symposia/National and International Conferences

The Department of Medical Education at AIIMS Guwahati was formally inaugurated on the 19th April,2023 in the 1st floor, Medical College Building.

  • The department conducted a Faculty development program on “Teaching Learning Methods” on the 19th and 20th April,2023.
  • A workshop on Work Place Based Assessment was conducted on 18th August,2023 wherein live demonstration of DOPS and mini Cex was given to the participants.
  • A workshop on OSCE and OSPE was conducted on 11th and 30th October,2023 wherein live demonstration of OSCE and OSPE stations was given to the participations followed by an interactive discussion.
  • A Workshop on “Designing MCQ and Item analysis” was conducted for all faculty on 8th December,2023. Dr. Dinesh Badyal, one of the experts in medical education was invited as the key resource person along with Dr. Purnima Barua.
  • An orientation program “Senior Resident Training on Educational Principles-STEP” was organized for the Senior resident doctors of the institute on 13th and 20th April,2024.
  • Dr. Himashree Bhattacharyya (Co-Convener-MEU) had moderated a panel discussion on “Challenges in the implementation of CBME in Medical Colleges” at the North East Zonal Conference of IAPSM on the 14th October,2023 at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh.