CMC trains 51 doctors in NMC advance course

Ludhiana: Christian Medical College, Ludhiana is conducting 10th ‘Advance Course in Medical Education (ACME)’ as part of National Faculty Development Program of National Medical Commission (NMC). The 7 day course is being conducted online by Nodal centre for Faculty Development.  Fifty one faculty of various medical colleges of India from as far as West Bengal, Assam, Mizoram and Jammu & Kashmir attended the poster session today. The faculty presented 21 research posters in medical education. The program will conclude on Nov 7, 2020. The various research projects were conducted using online methods too due to COVID-19. 

Dr. William Bhatti, Director, CMC inaugurated the program and highlighted the efforts of Department of Medical Education, CMC in continuously training the doctors of various medical colleges using online methods during the COVID-19 period. 
Dr. Jeyaraj D. Pandian, Principal, CMC, welcome the participants and informed that the training in advance course is mandatory for the faculty who are training the faculty in their respective medical colleges. 

Dr. Dinesh Badyal, Convener of the Nodal center informed that the 10th Advance course required many innovations as the contact session of the course is being conducted online. This included full day trainings online. He added that the total duration of the course is one year and monthly online modules are being used for the course. Poster session is being conducted in a thematic session manner. Nodal centre is training facility in components of new curriculum of MBBS. The training is in alignment for new curriculum for MBBS in India. The new curriculum for MBBS has been implemented from academic year 2019 throughout India. He added that CMC is one of the ten Nodal centers for faculty development in India.

Dr. Monika Sharma, Co-convener of Nodal Centre and Incharge ACME informed that advance course trains doctors in skills training, skills assessment, innovative teaching learning and assessment methods, leadership skills, mentorship practices, scholarship and curriculum planning. The course also trains doctors in attitude, ethics and communication aspects. She added that in this course medical doctors are trained to adopt a student centered approach in teaching the MBBS students. 

The resource faculty of program included  Dr. Badyal, Dr. Monika, Dr. Bharti Uppal, Dr. Roma Issac, Dr. Pamela Alice K., Dr. Aroma Oberoi, Dr. Gagandeep Kwatra,  Dr. Anjali Jain, Dr. Kavita Mandrelle, Dr. Maria Thomas, Dr. Christina George, Dr. Clarence, Dr. Deepshikha Kamra, Dr. Suchitra Deolalikar, Dr. Ajay Kumar and faculty from Amritsar, Bathinda and Faridkot.