The Medical Education Department (MED) has been existing at KMC since 2003. The first batch of teachers was sent from KMC to the Medical Education Unit of IOM for Teacher Training with the objective of starting a Medical Education Unit at KMC. Teacher Training Cell at KMC was started in June 2001. The training of this core group of faculty was interrupted and the training of this first batch of ten teachers subsequently took place only in February 2003. Since then there have been a number of workshops on Teacher Training at KMC over the years. The Medical Education Department of KMC was further strengthened and activated in the year 2014. The new MED committee was formed in 23 July, 2023.
The functions of the Medical Education Department have been identified as follows:
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Provide training opportunities for the faculty members of Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) in different aspects of educational methodology.
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Counsel interested faculty members to improve their skills in educational methodology/ pedagogy.
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Facilitate various clinical Skill based training at KMC.
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Orient every year PG Student on Research Methodology.
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Conduct and facilitate research projects in the various related files and on different aspects of medical education and contribute to improvement in practices in the education of health professionals.
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Conduct Teacher Training for newly recruited teachers on a regular basis.
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Initiate and establish problem-based learning (PBL) in Basic Sciences and gradually extend it to clinical Sciences.
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Expand collaboration with various national and international originations for the academic benefit of students and teachers.
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Publish journals, newsletters, academic calendars, annual reports, etc of KMC through separate units.
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Work continuously on making instructional libraries more scientific and user-friendly.
It is hoped to further expand the activities of the Medical Education Department in the coming years. This is a body that nurtures the growth of education at KMC. The Medical Education Department has seven committees. They each have their own terms of reference and each of these committees function as per their Terms of Reference.
- Committee Members
- Collaboration Committee:
- Dr. Sunil Kumar Joshi –Coordinator
- Dr. Natalia Oli
- Dr. Deepti Shrestha
- Ms. Narayani Paudel
- Library Committee:
Prof. Dr. Binita Pradhan (coordinator)
Sinamangal
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- Prof. Dr. Ratindra Nath Shrestha – Chairman
- Dr. Natalia Oli – Member
- Dr. Bimal Pandey – Member
- Ms. Sabitra Poudel – Member
- Mr. Arun Kumar Rai – Member Secretary
- Mr. Nirmal Kumar Bista – Invitee
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Duwakot
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- Prof. Dr. Ratindra Nath Shrestha – Chairman
- Dr. Sailesh Pradhan – Member
- Dr. Arun Dhungana – Member
- Dr. Deepti Shrestha – Member
- Mr. Ram Prasad Timsina – Member
- Mr. Kalyan Gautam – Member
- Mr. Ratila Devkota – Member Secretary
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- Publication Committee:
Journal of Kathmandu Medical College
Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. Abhinav Vaidya
Executive Editor:
Dr. Sujaya Gupta
Managing Editor:
Dr. Shreyashi Aryal
Deputy Managing Editor:
Dr. Ashik Rajak
Technical unit:
Dr. Beena Jha
Dr. Binaya Shrestha
Dr. Iju Shrestha
Ms. Narayani Paudel
Dr. Preeti Singh
Mr. Sanjaya Mani Dixit
Scientific unit:
Dr. Deepak Kumar Roy
Dr. Natalia Oli
Ms. Pratibha Khanal
Ms. Sabitra Paudel
Dr. Smriti Mathema
Assistant Editors:
Dr. Aayusha Suwal
Dr. Shirjan Gautam
Dr. Apeksha Bista
Student Editors:
Akanshya Prasai
Apeksha Sapkota
Ashmina Lama
Hridayaraj Sangroula
Rhijuta Pokharel
Simran Bista
Sneha Raut
- Research Committee:
- Dr. Ram Krishna Chandyo (coordinator)
- Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar - Member
- Mr. Eurek Ranjit - Member
- Ms. Roshanee Shrestha - Member
- Ms. Pratibha Khanal - Member
- Dr. Sujaya Gupta - Member
- Training and CPD committee:
- Coordinator: Dr. Pawana Kayastha
Members:
- Dr. Iju Shrestha
- Dr. Gita Khakurel
- Dr. Rachana Sharma
- Dr. Megha Pradhan
- Dr. Sujaya Gupta
- Dr. Deepak Roy
- Ms. Dayana Shakya
- IT and webpage committee:
Coordinator – Mr. Sunil Ojha
Members
Dr. Deepak K. Roy
Ms. Sabitra Poudel
Mr. Sanjay Mani Dixit
- PBL Committee: