How to Improve Medical Education In KMU

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By the name of Most Merciful
and Almighty Allah
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How to Develop Medical Education Center In KMU

• Prepared by
• Prof. Dr. A.H.Baray
• Member of Internal Medicine Department in KMU
• Dr Hekmatjo
• Member of Infectious Diseases Department in KMU

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Current Status of Medical Education in KMU

• MEDC established at KMU by the year of 2003
• MEDC revised to EDC by cooperation of JICA in
  2005
• JICA trained five groups of KMU lecturers at
  University of Tokyo yet, totally 36 lecturers in
  field of medical education.
• 34 lecturer's from KMU
• 2 lecturers from Ningarhar Medical Faculty

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Current Status cont.

• JICA has held some seminars about PBL and CBL
• Medical education is teacher-centered
• This is the wish of Professor that he or she
  explains everything he or she wants and prepares
  the lecture notes from various sources according
  to his or her desire
• Each professor teaches according to the
  curriculum of which country he or she has been
  trained

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• There is no limitation between undergraduate and
  postgraduate curriculum. For example the same
  amount of Anatomy is being taught for both of
  them
• There was not coordination between departments

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• There is no generalized principles for all
  departments
• Just knowledge is assessed not skills and
  attitude
• PBL and CBL have already been implemented in KMU
• Undergraduate curriculum was revised
• PBL committee has been established

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Goals

• Faculty development
• Curriculum development

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Objectives

• Undergraduate and postgraduate education,
  continuing professional development and
  continuing medical education
• Standardization of teaching methods among the KMU
  lecturers through
• Training courses for lecturers
• Conduction of workshops and seminars
• Refresher courses

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• Replacement of teacher-centered method to
  student-centered method by implementation of new
  methods such as PBL, CBL and OSCE.
• Training excellent GPs for the better future of
  the society.
• Improving quality of health services.

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Strategy

• Improvement of Undergraduate and Postgraduate
  education by implementation of standardized
  curriculum.
• Continuing professional development programs
  specially for the junior staff of KMU.
• Continuing Medical Education with the cooperation
  of ex-trainees.

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Functions

• Teaching
• Research
• Health services
• Nurturing the careers of academic staff

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Teaching

• Familiarization of lecturers with new methods of
  teaching like PBL and CBL
• Implementation of new methods.
• Refreshment courses about new methodology of
  teaching for the lecturers of KMU.

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Medical Education Research

• Establishment of Medical Education Research
  center.
• Establishing relation of the research center with
  worldwide research centers.
• Hiring expert staff.
• Providing human resources through relation with
  worldwide research centers.

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Challenges

• Cooperation of senior lecturers.
• Participation and cooperation of ex-trainees.
• Financial support
• Preparation of stations for OSCE
• Training of simulated patients
• Equipments and materials

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Action Plan

• Enlist the support of the dean and other powerful
  advocates within the KMU
• Appoint a medically qualified director
• Demonstrate practical ways in which the
  department of medical education can help the KMU
  early on
• Ensure a nonthreatening and nonjudgmental
  approach to the KMU and faculty members

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• Establish effective lines of reporting and
  communication with the KMU
• Employ appropriate staff
• Expertise
• Skills
• Background
• Focus on the health professions education
• Create enthusiasm for teaching at KMU

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• Obtain a guarantee of funding for a few years
  until self-supporting
• Attract financial resources
• Gain recognition for the development of the
  scholarship of education in the KMU
• Establish contract with other groups both
  nationally and internationally

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• Community based learning.
• Establishing General Practitioners program.
• Training of educational staff in different
  specialized fields

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Thanks for your attention
Arigato Gozimashita
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• Any Questions?