Jul 26, 2024
A "Workshop on mentoring, feedback &
remedial measures for low achievers" was organized by Medical Education Technology
Unit for the Faculty members on the 26th of July 2024. Dr Shrinivasa
Bhat, HOD & Professor, Dept of Psychiatry KSHEMA, Dr Kishan Prasad,
Professor, Dept of Pathology, KSHEMA & Dr Shishir Kumar, Associate
Professor, Dept of Psychiatry KSHEMA
were the Resource Persons.
The Program was held at the Seminar hall of
Skill Lab, FMHMC, Deralakatte from 9.30 am to 1 pm. There was a short Inaugural
Program at 9.30 am. Dr Sheena K N, Coordinator of METU, welcomed the gathering
& introduced the Resource persons.
The first session was taken by Dr Kishan Prasad
on Remedial measures for low achievers. He emphasized the importance of
using different teaching methodology for the students as each student has their
own way of learning. He stressed upon learning by "Do & Learn" as it
retains more than just hearing & learning. He also gave examples of
different kinds of learning methods like Doodles, Mind mapping etc: as well as
peer mentoring which could be used for the slow learners.
Dr Shrinivasa Bhat was the second speaker
who spoke on mentoring. He described the various methods of mentoring &
highlighted the importance of referring to professional counsellors in case of
need.
Dr
Shishir Kumar spoke on Providing Effective Feedback.
He focused the importance of feedback in the process of education. He listed
the principles of effective feedback, also described the different techniques
of feedback & explained how to provide effective feedback to a student.
The program was made more dynamic with few
group activities pertaining to the topic like mentoring & getting feedback
in different situations,
After the session, Dr E S J Prabhu Kiran,
Principal, gave the concluding remarks of the program. He specified the
importance of implementing various methods of mentoring & remedial measures
for low achievers to ensure the competence-based curriculum learning to align in
accordance to the principles & requirements as per NCH regulations. Certificate
were 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 30 faculty members attended the program.