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1. Faculty Skill Building for an Interdisciplinary MD/MSFoundation Program The purpose of this proposed program is to build appropriate skills among the existing faculty of the medical college so that they could act as resource persons in the interdisciplinary foundation program for postgraduate students Dr. Ms. Sanghamitra Pati Asst Professor, SCB Medical College Cuttack, Orissa753007 Sanghamitrapati@yahoo.com Description Why the NEED? The three - year MD/MS study is a crucial phase of Medical career • m productivity • This period should be best utilized by every student with maximu in terms of knowledge and skills. • Past experiences suggest that most of the students find it diff icult to acquire the relevant skills relating to Bio statistics, Research proposal submission, - seminar presentation, ethical regulation • The problem is more pronounced for in - service students who after their clinical career often grapple while acclimatizing with the new academic a mbience cular aspect. • Keeping this in view an innovative change is needed in the curri An interdisciplinary foundation program should be incorporated c ommon to all MD/MS study program. Design and Implementation of a Foundation Program towards • The Program should comprise of components on Statistical methods , Basic Fostering Appropriate Skill and Knowledge among MD/MS Students Laboratory investigations, Essentials of Scientific Writing, Bas ic research ethics, Fundamentals of Computers including Internet and navigat ion, life style modification and stress handling . It will also facilitate better interaction among the student community Program Components Essential Components of the Proposed Foundation Program COMMUNICATION SKILLS ETHICS BIOSTATISTICS Bioethics • Computer • Seminar Presentation • Guidelines for • statistical Ethics Undergraduate • Clinical Packages teaching basics research Computers Quantitative • Patient • Scientific Writing and Qualitative Coping skills like • consent stress handling, life research FOUNDATION Ethics • style modification methodology Committee PROGRAM SCIENTIFIC COMPUTERS LABORATORY WRITING PROCEDURES Biostatistics How to write a Routine Biochemical, • Internet • Research Pathological, Navigation Laboratory proposal Microbiological and Communi- cation Basics of • Procedures Radiological How to write a • Computers Investigations scientific paper for publication Faculty Capacity Building Framework NEEDS ASSESSMENT TRAINING DESIGN SKILL BUILDING FOUNDATION PROGRAM Design Program Course • Preliminary survey among the faculty to identify core competence • Design a faculty skill building program incorporating the needs • Inviting faculties to act as resource persons • Capacity building of the faculty in the core skills and knowledge • A core team will be constituted comprising the trained faculty • The team will design the course content of the foundation program • Implementation of the program with both medical and non medical resource persons CORE TEAM Identifying Core skills Selecting Resource Persons Faculty skill Building Design Faculty Training Program FACULTY NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDENTS’ NEEDS ASSESSMENT