BCME NEWSPAPER – NEWSLETTER

Medical Education Unit MEU of Swamy Vivekanandha Medical College Hospital and Research Institute SVMCHRI has organized a three day Basic Course in Medical Education BCME on medical education technologies and Attitute, Ethics & Communication AETCOM from 1st to 3rd April 2024, under the aegis of National Medical Commission NMC Regional Centre  Madurai Medical College, Madurai. Dr. Shanthakumari Sivanandam, Professor and Head, Department of Pathology and Medical Education Unit Coordinator from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research PSGIMSR was NMC observer for the BCME Faculty Development Program. 30 faculty members from different discipline underwent training regarding the Competency Based Medical Education CBME curriculum by NMC.
The workshop was formally inaugurated by Dr. Shanthakumari Sivanandam NMC observer), Dr.K.Prakasam Medical Director, SVMCHRI, Dr.S. Balasubramanian Dean, SVMCHRI, Dr Somasundaram RAMO, SVMCHRI and Dr.P. Sasikala MEU coordinator, SVMCHRI and resource faculties for workshop. All the interesting and interacting training sessions were conducted by MEU resource faculties including Dr.P.Sasikala, Dr. K.Muthukumar, Dr.K.Udhaya, Dr.A.Sivaraman, Dr.C.Sujeetha, Dr.N.E.Nandhini, Dr.S.Kavinkumar, Dr.Mahesh Khanna SA, Dr.S.Dharini, Dr.K.K.Kavitha, and Dr.Jayaprakash Kuppusamy.
At the end of third day, the participants were addressed by Medical Director SVMCHRI, Dean SVMCHRI and NMC observer. Few of the participants also shared their experiences of this three days workshop. The certificates were distributed to all the participants and resource faculties. The program was concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by MEU coordinator.