Workshop on Non-lecture Teaching Methods
A Workshop on Non-lecture Teaching Methods was
organized by Medical Education Committee
for the Faculty members on the 28th
& 29th of February 2024.
Dr
Jacintha Veigas, Professor & Clinical Coordinator, Dept of Community
Health Nursing, NITTE Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences, Mangaluru was the
Resource Person
There was a short
Inaugural program 28.02.2024. Rev Fr Roshan Crasta Administrator, FMHMC, in his
inaugural address, emphasized the importance of involving innovative techniques
in Education Methodology and motivated the faculty members to thereby evolve
with the new generation.
It was an informative
session where Dr Jacintha Veigas stressed upon the correlation of education
& discipline. She explained the various techniques to be used as Teaching
Learning Methods & requested to implement different methods for different
topics to create interest in students to learn. She also explained the
importance of planning the academic & Internal assessment schedule for the
upcoming academic year so that the students as well as the departments are aware
of the schedule. She focused on student centric mode of teaching &
highlighted the importance of Continuous assessment plan & Formative
assessment. Give wheigtage to all the works of students including attendance,
assignments etc. giving chance for the students to score Internal assessment
fairly well & avoid stress among the students while writing summative exam.
The program was made more dynamic with few group activities pertaining to the
topic like presentation of a seminar, Integrated classes, reflective method, preparation
of Specific Learning objective etc.
After the session on
the second day, Dr E S J Prabhukiran, Principal, gave the concluding remarks of
the two day program. He specified the importance of implementing various
teaching strategies to ensure that the
institutional curricular plan & its delivery are aligned to & in
accordance to the principles & requirements as per NCH regulations, which
is a requirement for NAAC accreditation as well.
A token of
appreciation & certificate was presented to the resource person by the
Principal.
It was a unique
experience for the faculty members to experience the various methods of
teaching. A total of 34 faculty members attended the program.
