Department of Medical Education & Research
Welcome to the Department of Medical Education & Research
The Medical Education and Research department was established in 2005. The initiative was taken by the former Chancellor of EUSL Prof. T. Varagunam who is a pioneer in medical education in Sri Lanka. The department is dedicated to providing assistance in medical education and research in the faculty.
The department works closely with the office of the Dean in curriculum development, implementation and evaluation of the study programmes. Also, the department convenes curriculum committee, research committee and ethical review committee.
The present MBBS and BSc.The nursing curriculum is outcome-based with the integration of disciplines, problem-based learning, early clinical exposure with provision for varied learning experiences to take place in the community and peripheral health facilities rather than restricting to the large teaching hospital. By organizing integrated modules and selecting study problems relevant to community needs and level of learning of students, education becomes relevant rather than memorising a massive amount of information that is usually forgotten.
The department also conducts interprofessional courses for both medical and nursing undergraduates like a module on Peace Medicine to promote peace through health and in addition other co-courses like IT and English are coordinated by the department.
Functions of the Department
| Functions | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| Health-Care educational think tank and expert resource | Expert resource particularly in the areas of curriculum Development and Assessment. |
| Access the literature in educational decision-making and maintain archives of seminal articles. | |
| Promote collaboration between academics given the multi-professional nature of staff in most health professional education programmes. | |
| Curriculum planning and enhancement | Play leading role in academic committees involving curriculum planning and evaluation |
| Curriculum review | |
| Curriculum mapping (course/programme) | |
| Innovation in teaching, learning and implementation | |
| Problem-based learning and its implementation | |
| Implementation of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing phases of professional education | |
| Contribute to Continuing Professional Development(CPD) by conducting workshops and short courses and developing a distance learning programme | |
| Initiate curriculum development in new programmes with expertise from relevant disciplines | |
| Teaching & learning | Coordinate scheduling and follow up of academic activities of the different departments to facilitate curricular dynamics |
| Take part in the teaching/learning activities of the faculty in areas wherever expertise is available and needed | |
| Conduct Peace medicine module | |
| Conduct Nursing education module | |
| Delivery of the communications and study skills course and clinical skill course for the undergraduates through the clinical Sciences Department | |
| Assessment | Review of the systems and components of assessment |
| Development of question bank | |
| Examination analysis by working out the “difficulty index” and “discrimination index” | |
| Research into health professional education | Faculty development in research methodology |
| Undertake healthcare-related education research | |
| Supervise students registered for higher degrees in health professional education (MSc and PhD) | |
| Staff development | Provide educational training courses, for new staff members and practitioners/consultants |
| Design learning resources to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and assessment | |
| Foster career development and provide recognition for achievements of staff | |
| Managing clinical placements of health professional | Facilitate coordination of the main clinical placements in the hospital |
| Provide a major contribution to the Quality Management and Education (QM&E) | |
| Students academic counselling | Provide & Coordinate academic counselling to individuals and groups of students |