I have great pleasure and privilege to present
four novel programs for improvement of pediatric education. These
include:1) Faculty training program; 2) Intensive clinical training
program for post graduate; 3) CD on undergraduate teaching; and 4)
Art and science of paper writing.
Faculty Training Program
Teaching is an art in itself. Good teaching calls
for more training in subject knowledge. It requires you to have
total mastery over the class room with leadership and communication
skills, teaching tools and techniques. This two day course aims to
develop the teacher in you and enhance your effectiveness in class
room. The themes and topic in this workshop include educational
objectives, communication skills, teaching learning, self-learning,
audio visual aids, voice control, use of black boards, projection
slides, power point presentation, time management, group discussion,
seminar, symposium, panel discussion, microteaching, questions,
project methods, transaction analysis, oral examination, teacher
evaluation, personality development and computer education. Based on
these, we have prepared a module. The program was launched on a
national level at AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore on 20th
and 21st August 2011. I congratulate Dr
Santosh T Soans, the National convener and convener of the Head of
Departments (HOD) Cell of IAP; Dr Anil Kumar, President of IAP, DK
Branch; Dr Prasad Naik, Secretary of DK Branch and Organizing
Secretary and all members of organizing team.
Intensive Clinical Training Program for Postgraduate Students
The results of the DNB examination are not upto
the mark at present. This program has been initiated to improve the
skills of postgraduate students in pediatrics. We have already
conducted this training program at IMCH Calicut, Kerala, ICH
Chennai/Tamil Nadu, and DY Patil Medical College, Pune. The next
program will be conducted at Patna from 15th
to 19th September. This program includes
clinical case discussion, theoretical discussion of common pediatric
cases and one day OSCE. I congratulate Dr Gunasingh, the National
Chairperson and Dr Nagaraju, Joint National Coordinator for their
untiring efforts.
CD on Undergraduate Teaching
The first CD on undergraduate training was
released by Dr Nitin Shah under his presidential action plan. The
new CD contains powerpoint presentation of all theoretical topics
according to the MBBS curriculum, the common clinical cases,
clinical examination, OSCE and a separate chapter on oral
examination. Dr NK Subramanya is the chief editor of this CD and the
newly appointed HOD Cell is also involved in this project. More than
100 teachers have contributed topics to this CD which is expected to
be released at Pedicon 2012.
Art and Science of Paper Writing
This two day workshop on the Art and Science of
Paper Writing is conducted by the faculty of Indian Pediatrics
under the leadership of IP editor Dr Piyush Gupta. The national
launch of the program was done at ICH, Kottayam, and the 2nd
program was conducted at Apollo Hospital Delhi. The 3rd
will be conducted at Bangalore. I congratulate Dr Piyush
Gupta for his whole hearted commitment for this project.
Finally, I thank all IAPians for their help, guidance and
encouragement given for all my action plans.