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i-Medical Education Conference
A four-day summit of workshops, talks and presentations. The goal of this event was to bring leaders in education and education technology together from across the globe.
Speakers included Dr Vinay Kumar, Dr William Burdick and Dr Rashmi Vyas.
A virtual conference on curriculum, teaching and learning, and assessment, with a pre-conference workshop.
Programme
25 March 2021: Curriculum
| 9:30–10:15 am | Covido-pedago-phobia |
| 10:15–11:00 am | Blended Learning: Its Place in Health Professions Education and Beyond |
| 11:00–11:45 am | Technology in Medical Education: Creating Solutions for Education Continuity |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Selected paper presentations |
| 3:00–4:00 pm | Parallel talks: The Generation Gap; Quality Assurance; Online Learning Communities; Virtual Communities of Practice; Cautions in Technology; OBE for Postgraduates |
| 5:00–5:30 pm | What Is Not Taught in Medical Colleges |
| 5:30–6:15 pm | Will Technology Help? |
| 6:15–7:00 pm | Education Technology: Paradigm Shift for Online Learning |
26 March 2021: Teaching and learning
| 9:30–10:15 am | A Model of Technology-Driven Transition from Knowledge-Based to Competency-Based Curriculum |
| 10:15–11:00 am | Continuous Monitoring of Student Participation and Performance in Online Teaching |
| 11:00–11:45 am | Trends of E-learning: Current and Future |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Selected paper presentations |
| 3:00–4:00 pm | Express to Impress; Simulation Training for Undergraduates; Social Obligation and Indian Medical Colleges |
27 March 2021: Assessment
| 9:30–10:15 am | Artificial Intelligence and Medical Education |
| 10:15–11:00 am | Online Faculty Development Programmes: The Need of the New Normal |
| 11:00–11:45 am | Blended Programmatic Assessment |
| 12:00–1:00 pm | Selected paper presentations |
| 2:00–3:00 pm | Entrustable Professional Activities |
| 3:00–4:00 pm | Online Assessment |
| 4:00–5:00 pm | Triangulation: Why Assessments, Learning Objectives and Instructional Strategies Should Align |
Speakers
Dr Chandra M ThipannaAssociate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr Ciraj Ali MohammedHead, Medical Education, National University of Science and Technology, Oman
Dr Girija SivakumarProfessor of Anatomy, Anna Medical College and Research Centre
Dr Prashanti EachempatiHead of Department, Prosthodontics, Manipal University College Malaysia
Dr Rashmi VyasAssistant Vice President for Education, FAIMER; Director, FAIMER Institute
Dr Shashidhar VenkateshmurthyHead of Pathology, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University
Dr Vinay KumarLowell T Coggeshall Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology, University of Chicago
Dr William BurdickClinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine
Shital BhandaryDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Patan Academy of Health Sciences
Dr Amol DongreHonorary Director, Initiative for Empowerment of Health Profession Educators
Dr Anand RProfessor of Respiratory Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
Dr AnanthakrishnanSpeaker, iMECON 2021
Dr Aneesh BasheerProfessor of Internal Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences
Dr Avinash SupeEmeritus Professor, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital
Dr D K SrinivasSpeaker, iMECON 2021
Dr Dinesh BadyalProgram Director, CMCL-FAIMER Regional Institute, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
Dr Harsha HSpeaker, iMECON 2021
Dr Henal ShahAdditional Professor of Psychiatry, Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai
Dr K N V PrasadDirector, CCSS, and Professor of Paediatrics, SDUAHER
Dr K RamnarayanChairperson, Manipal University Jaipur; former Vice Chancellor, MAHE
Dr Manjunatha NAssociate Professor, Community Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute
Dr Nachiket ShankarProfessor and Head, Medical Education, St John's Medical College, Bangalore
Dr Pragna RaoVisiting Faculty, UCHPE
Dr Sanjay BediProfessor of Pathology, Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences; CEO, MEUINDIA
Dr Sitanshu Sekhar KarFulbright-Nehru Fellow 2016; Additional Professor, JIPMER
Dr Stephen John SHead, Department of Medical Education, St John's Medical College, Bangalore
Dr Sucheta DandekarProfessor of Biochemistry and Medical Education, Era's Lucknow Medical College; President, AHPE
Dr Suresh ChariSpeaker, iMECON 2021
Dr Tejinder SinghFounder Director, CMCL-FAIMER Regional Institute; Dr B C Roy National Awardee
Dr Thomas ChackoDirector, PSG FAIMER Regional Institute
Dr Vimal Kumar GovindanProfessor of Surgery, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore
Dr Vinutha ShankarDirector, UCHPE, and Vice Principal, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College
Recordings
Teaching and learning
Blended Learning: Its Place in Health Professions Education and Beyond
Technology and AI
Cautions in Using Technology in Medical Education
Curriculum
Covido-pedago-phobia
Community and collaboration
Creating a Virtual Community of Practice: Is It a Pipe Dream?
Technology and AI
Education Technology: Paradigm Shift for Online Learning
Curriculum
Medical Education and the Generation Gap
Curriculum
OBE Framework for Postgraduates
Community and collaboration
Promoting Collaboration in Online Learning Communities
Quality and accreditation
Quality Assurance in Medical Education
Technology and AI
Technology in Medical Education: Creating Solutions for Education Continuity
Technology and AI
What Is Not Taught in Medical Colleges: A Prelude to Embracing Educational i-Technology
Technology and AI
Will Technology Help?
Curriculum
A Model of Technology-Driven Transition from Knowledge-Based to Competency-Based Curriculum
Assessment
Continuous Monitoring of Student Participation and Performance in Online Teaching
Teaching and learning
Express to Impress
Clinical skills
Simulation Training for Undergraduates
Community and collaboration
Social Obligation and Indian Medical Colleges: Where Do We Stand?
Technology and AI
Trends of E-learning: Current and Future
Technology and AI
Artificial Intelligence and Medical Education
Assessment
Blended Programmatic Assessment
Assessment
Entrustable Professional Activities
Assessment
Online Assessment
Teaching and learning
Online Faculty Development Programmes: The Need of the New Normal
Assessment
Triangulation: Why Assessments, Learning Objectives and Instructional Strategies Should Align
Paper award winners
Fishbowl discussion on renin hormone as a small group teaching tool
How undergraduate medical students perceived and conducted ‘qualitative research’ for the first time? – Experiences through exploration
Introducing reflection to undergraduate dental students. Experience sharing from a dental institution in Bangalore under the theme teaching-learning methods
Effectiveness of Flipped Class Method of Teaching Compared to Traditional Teaching Among Medical Students
Distance simulation using virtual patients to compensate for lost clinical hours during the COVID-19 pandemic among final-year medical and nursing undergraduate students
A quantitative and qualitative approach to evaluating the clinicians' perception of CBME and related concerns
Committees
Organising Chairman
- Dr Vinutha Shankar
Organising Secretary
- Dr Swaroop Raj B V
Joint Organising Secretary
- Dr Ashwini Shetty
Members
- Dr Sarala N
- Dr Subhashish Das
Advisory Committee
- Dr Pradeep Kumar G
- Dr K N V Prasad
- Dr Sreeramulu P N
- Dr Pragna Rao
