The Medical Education Department (MED) has been existing at KMC since 2003. The first batch of teachers 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 workshop on Teacher Training at KMC over the years. Medical Education Department of KMC was further strengthened and activated in the year 2014. The new MED committee were formed in January 2021.

Functions of the Medical Education Department have been identified as follows:

1. Provide training opportunities for the faculty members of Kathmandu Medical College (KMC) in different aspect of educational methodology.

2. Counsel interested faculty members to improve their skills in educational methodology/ pedagogy.

3. Facilitate various clinical Skill based training at KMC.

4. Orient every year the PG Students on research Methodology.

5. Conduct and facilitate research projects in the various related files and on different aspect of medical education and contribute to improvement in practices in the education of health professionals.

6. Conduct Teacher Training for newly recruitment teachers on a regular basis.

7. Initiate and establish problem based learning (PBL) in Basic Sciences and gradually extend it to clinical Sciences.

8. Expand collaboration with various national and international originations for academic benefit of students and teachers.

9. Publish journals, newsletter, academic calendar, annual report etc of and KMC through separate units.

10. 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 coming years. This is a body which 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.

 

1. Committee Members

1. Collaboration Committee:

• Dr. Sunil Kumar Joshi –Coordinator

• Dr. Natalia Oli

• Dr. Deepti Shrestha

• Ms. Narayani Paudel

2. Library Committee:

• Prof. Dr. Sabina Shrestha (coordinator)

Sinamangal

1. 1. • Prof. Dr. Ratindra Nath Shrestha – Chairman

      • Dr. Natalia Oli – Member

      • Dr. Bimal Pandey – Member

      • Dr. K.N. Shakya – Member

      • Dr. Sanjaya Shrestha – Member

      • Dr. Sangita Shrestha – Member

      • Dr. Rupendra Thapa – Member

      • Ms. Sabitra Poudel – Member

      • Mr. Nirmal Kumar Bista – Member Secretary

Duwakot

1. 1. 1. • 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

         • Mrs. Ratila Devkota – Member Secretary

         • Mr. Dilli Bir Jung Karki – Invitee

3. Publication Committee:

Journal of Kathmandu Medical College

• Prof. Dr. Abhinav Vaidya (Editor-in-Chief)

• Dr. Sujaya Gupta [Managing Editor]

Technical Team:

• Dr. Arbin Shakya

• Dr. Subij Shakya

Scientific Team:

• Dr. Deepak Kumar Roy

• Dr. Dhiresh Maharjan

• Dr. Natalia Oli

• Dr. Pratibha Khanal

Management Team:

• Dr. Ashik Rajak

• Dr. Jenash Acharya

• Ms. Narayani Paudel

• Mr. Sanjaya Mani Dixit

Statistical support:

• Dr. Naresh Manandhar

KMC Times

• Coordinator: Eurek Ranjit

Co-Editors:

• Ms. Dayana Shakya

• Dr. Pratikshya Chalise

• Dr. Priyanka Shrestha

• Dr. Dipak Kumar Roy

• Ms. Rita Ghimire

• Mr. Sanjay Mani Dixit

• Mr. Naveen Shreevastava

Administrative Support:

• Ms. Shanta Karki

• Ms. Bindu Phuyal

• Mr. Karun Ghimire

• Ms. Aasmin Pyakurel

4. Research Committee:

• Dr. Naresh Manandhar (coordinator)

• Dr. Sunil Raja Manandhar - Member

• Dr. Ram Krishna Chandyo - Member

• Mr. Eurek Ranjit - Member

• Ms. Roshanee Shrestha - Member

• Ms. Pratibha Khanal - Member

• Dr. Sujaya Gupta - Member

5. Training and CPD committee:

• Coordinator: Dr. Jenash Acharya

• Dr. Smriti Mathema (Clinicals)

• Dr. Ujma Shrestha (Hospitals)

• Dr. Megha Pradhan (Dental Program)

• Dr. Deepak Roy (CPD Unit)

• Dr. Dayana Shakya (Nursing Program)

6. IT and webpage committee:

• Coordinator – Subash Chandra Sharma

Members

• Dr. Deepak Kumar Roy

• Ms. Sabitra Poudel

• Mr. Sanjay Mani Dixit

• Mr. Suraj Nepal

7. PBL Committee:

• Dr Sushil Kharel ( Overall coordinator and MBBS II)

• Dr Deepesh Budhathoki (Coordinator MBBS I)