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MCI identifies 27 themes for review of medical education

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CORDIALITY: Sri Ramachandra University Chancellor V.R. Venkataachalam (right) greeting executive member of MCI Ved Prakash Mishra at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the MCI in Chennai on Tuesday. Partners Harvard Medical International vice-president, education Thomas.H. Aretz, is in the picture.

CHENNAI: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has circulated 27 themes among medical colleges in order to brainstorm and evolve concrete methodologies for a meaningful review of the medical education system, Ved Prakash Mishra, executive member, MCI, said here on Tuesday.

The idea was to improve the existing system in order to produce trained health manpower that would be employable across the world.

The aim was to examine the objectives of medical education, improve the health care delivery systems and put Indian medical education on a par with the global standards.

Delivering a lecture on ‘Impact of methodology on teaching and learning in medical education,’ Dr. Prakash said what was required was a judicious mix of real and virtual teaching. It was time to move from teacher-oriented learning to student-oriented learning. and MCI was working out the modalities.

Delivering the keynote address, Thomas H. Aretz, vice-president, education, Partners Harvard Medical International, pointed out many advantages of using technology in medical education. It would provide greater efficiency, improve effectiveness, expand capabilities and reach and serve new markets.

The tools that were being used across the world in medical education included computers and IT, Web-based courses and materials, IT-based administrative systems and simulators.

Dr. Aretz, however, was very clear that technology, which would come to play an increasing role in certification of healthcare professionals, needed to be paired with other methods. In cohesion with technology, the teacher would also gain a new identity. The lecture was organised in connection with the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Medical Council of India organised by Sri Ramachandra University. S. Anandan, associate dean of faculties, and S. Rangaswami, vice-chancellor, were among those who spoke. Chancellor V.R.Venkataachalam was present.

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