Preparation of Teaching Aids

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Preparation of Teaching Aids
Objectives of the Workshop
sponsored by the Indian Journal of Pharmacology
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Workshop

• A meeting during which experienced persons in
  responsible positions come together with experts
  to find solutions to problems that have cropped
  up in the course of their work.
• Active involvement by each participant who works
  and learns from practical (hands-on)
  experience.

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This workshop will focus on

• The preparation of teaching aids that will
  enhance your classes and help learners

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Objectives

• At the end of this workshop, a participant shall
  be able to
• Appreciate the need to make impressive teaching
  aids.
• Construct low-cost models for teaching simple
  psychomotor skills or principles of physiology /
  pharmacology
• Prepare Power point slides using animations to
  explain mechanisms
• Formulate problems and case-studies which
  represent important prototypical clinical
  situations for problem-centered learning
• Design check-lists for OSPE
• Design CAL programs

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How will we go about it?

• Introduction by the resource person
• Tasks using a computer/OHP
• Discuss the problem you had while doing the task
  with the resource persons
• Interact with the whole group

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During the workshop

• Please be on time after the breaks.
• Do not hesitate to ask questions, voice your
  opinions or disagree with the resource person.
• There may be more than one correct answer for a
  question.
• Some questions may not have an answer as yet.
• There is no single correct method of doing
  anything - even the faculty may disagree among
  themselves on some points.
• Try to finish the given task within the allotted
  time.

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a few assumptions

• Very much interested in improving the impact of
  your teaching.
• Most participants will have access to a PC.
• You will use a computer for preparation of
  lecture
• Will use the skills learnt today
• Will continue to experiment.

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Have a nice day