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Dr. Ragini Vaishnav Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy

Comprehensive faculty development programmes-empowered faculty excel in creating vibrant pharmacology education. Dr. Ragini Vaishnav Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University P O Box 35, Al Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman.

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Dr. Ragini Vaishnav Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy

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  1. Comprehensive faculty development programmes-empowered faculty excel in creating vibrant pharmacology education. Dr. Ragini Vaishnav Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacy College of Medicine & Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University P O Box 35, Al Khod 123, Sultanate of Oman

  2. Introduction • 7-year MD programme, • (4 years preclinical, 3 years clinical) • Semester calender • 15 weeks-full semester, 8 weeks-summer semester • Credit system • Based on student-teacher contact time, course load • Teaching leans towards PBL- use hybrid PBL models • Intensive English taught in 1st year

  3. Introduction and purpose • Need to “educate” medical faculty ? • SQU College of Medicine offers: • Certificate in Health Professions Education • Train the Trainer Assessment Workshop • Intoductory Instructional Skills Development Programme • E-learning and WebCT Workshop • Ideal Assessment Databank Workshop

  4. Methodology • Certificate in health professions education 3 day programme focussing on: • Principles of learning and teaching • Planning a curriculum- a systematic approach • Skills in facilitating student learning-different settings • Student assessment , course and teacher evaluation

  5. Certificate in health professions education

  6. Student assessment and evaluation

  7. Course and teacher evaluation- a reflective continuum Evaluation by external experts

  8. Pharmacology teaching in the MD programme General Pharmacology 2nd year System-based integrated courses 3rd / 4th year Pharmacology Course 4th year Integrated lecture series programme 5th year Therapeutics course 6th year

  9. Innovative approaches in teaching pharmacology Student–centered case-based discussions System-based integrated approach Use of CAL programmes WebCT and e-learning Integrated seminars

  10. Innovative approaches in teaching 4th year Pharmacology

  11. Course Content (Pharmacology) taught in 4th year ADRs Drug interactions Toxicology Antimicrobial chemotherapy Immunopharmacology Cancer chemotherapy

  12. Case-based discussions…. positive experience

  13. Learning through case-based discussions No. of students

  14. E-learning

  15. Assessment Modalities • Online incourse assessments using WebCT (using A-type MCQ’s, vignettes, extended matching) • Use of ITEMAN for exam analysis. • Feedback to students. • Assessment of case-based presentations • End-course assessment • Viva for borderline students

  16. Students’ opinions on the best way to learn pharmacology

  17. Conclusion • With our innovative approach we are moving towards the following more balanced and modern goals in pharmacology teaching and learning: • more clinically relevant core information • limiting extreme details that may be irrelevant to a ‘Doctor’ • drug-patient disease oriented concepts • improved overall student performance • student autonomy in learning

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