educational networking for growth in medical education

Educational Networking for Growth

Dr. Z. Zayapragassarazan Associate Professor of Educational Techonology

Department of Medical Education

JIPMER

Puducherry-6

E-mail: zprazan@yahoo.co.in

9894846929

Objectives

• Understand avenues for growth in education

• Educational networking

• Create networks among MEUs

• Making networking work for you and your institution

Growth Avenues in Medical Education

Best practices in medical education • Selection of Students

• Innovations in curriculum

• Teaching learning Materials & Methods

• Teaching learning environments

• Assessment methods & QP setting

• Continuing medical education

• Inter-professionalism in medical education • Community oriented medical education

• Student support services

Growth Avenues in ME

• Quality assurance in medical education • Faculty development and capacity building

• Collaboration among medical schools

• Application of ICT in medical education

• Educational administration & leadership

• Accreditation

Choosing a New Avenue

SWOT Analysis

Networking

Networking refers to the art of creating interdependent or interconnected groups or systems for the mutual benefit of all members of the system

Networking in ME

The conscious creation of interconnected relationships among various students, teachers, and other stakeholders with similar interests, either directly or through intermediaries, for the purpose of achieving common or individual goals, sharing resources, as well as social communications.

Community of Practice

• A ‘community of practice’ is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do, and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

• Reflects social nature of human learning.

Functioning of a Educational Network

• Identify the area of expertise

• Decide what is to be shared for expansion of existing knowledge and creation of new knowledge

• Whom you want as members?

• Operating modality-Team

• Best practices-CoP

Network of people

New Avenues

Helps to update (an effective educational tool)

Professional Growth

Quality

Activity

MEU Networking

Take Home Message

• Medical Educators no longer need to feel as if they are teaching in isolation. When networked they can communicate instantly, and directly, with the experts in their fields and grow in all respects.

• Let us network for our professional growth and development and make our presence felt professionally.

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