Annual Administrative Report 2010-11 - Department of Health ...

MEDICAL TEACHERS TRAININGObjectiveMedical teachers usually take up the teaching profession without undergoing formaltraining in the technique of teaching prior to their posting as medical teachers and theyvery often find themselves handicapped while imparting training.Teachers have, over a period of time, desired to undergo a suitable training course andlooked for a document to fall back upon as a handy reference material at the time of need.The training and the reference material will help the medical teacher in enhancing theirteaching skill.Appreciating the need the Directorate of Medical Education in collaboration with theInstitute of Health and Family Welfare has developed a six days’ training course onEducation Science Technology for Medical Teachers and is carrying out the said trainingsince July 2009.A hand book has been developed for medical educators containing medical teachers’training course, principles of Medical Education, Research and Technology. This documentis a compendium of the hand outs that were used during the training. The handouts have23 | P a g e Institute of Health and Family Welfare