CME

Government Medical College, Palakkad

Medical Education Unit

Officer In-charge : Dr. T.B Culas, Principal, Govt. Medical College, Palakkad

MEU Co-ordinator : Dr. Rajnish Borkar, Associate Professor, Community Medicine

Faculty Members:

1. Dr. Anila Mathew, Professor & HOD, Microbiology

2. Dr. Reshma Sajan , Associate Professor, OBG

3. Dr. Kiran Thomas, Associate Professor, Medicine

4. Dr. N Sunil, Associate Professor, Pharmacology

5. Dr. Shilu Zachariah, Associate Professor, Community Medicine

6. Dr. N Swarnalatha, Associate Professor, Physiology

7. Dr. Vishal Babu G.N, Associate Professor, Biochemistry

8. Dr. Ayesha Ali, Associate Professor, Pathology

9. Dr. Bindu Rani, Assistant Professor, Dermatology

10.Dr. Sheeba P.M, Assistant Professor, Microbiology

11.Mrs. Sheeja Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Anatomy

Faculty Development Programme

Number of Faculties who have completed MCI Basic Course Workshop – 15 MEU is planning to conduct Revised Basic Course Workshop for faculty in our college near future after getting permission from MCI regional centre, GMC, Kozhikode

Faculty who have Completed/undergoing FAIMER/FIME

1. Dr. Rajnish Borkar, Co-ordinator MEU, Associate Professor, Community Medicine completed FAIMER fellowship from PSG, FAIMER Regional Institute, Coimbatore

2. Dr. Anila Mathew, Professor & HOD, Microbiology undergoing FAIMER fellowship (2015-2017) at PSG, FAIMER Regional Institute, Coimbatore

3. Dr. Sunil, Associate Professor, Pharmacology undergoing FIME at MCI Nodal Centre, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala

Faculty who have Completed MCI Revised Basic Course Workshop and ATCOM session at MCI regional Centre, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala

1. Dr. Rajnish Borkar, Co-ordinator MEU, Associate Professor, Community Medicine

2. Dr. Vishal, Associate Professor, Biochemistry

3. Dr. Swarnalatha, Associate Professor, Physiology

4. Dr. Prakash, Professor & HOD, Biochemistry

MEU Activities for 2015-2016

1. ATCOM Learning Module 1 -Session I on “White Coat Ceremony” and “What does it mean to be a Doctor?”, for First MBBS students was conducted on 01/09/2015

2. ATCOM Learning Module 1 -Session II, Panel Discussion on “What does it mean to be a Doctor?” for First MBBS students was conducted on 19/09/2015

3. Interactive session on “PBL/CBL” for Faculty was conducted on 30/10/2015 by Facilitator Dr. Anila Mathew, Member MEU, Professor & HOD, Microbiology

4. ATCOM Learning Module 2 -Session I, “What does it mean to be a Patient? ” for First MBBS students was conducted on 31/10/2015

5. Session on “ Interactive Teaching (Large Group)” ” for Faculty was conducted on 20/11/2015 by Facilitator Dr. Rajnish Borkar, Co-ordinator MEU, Associate Professor, Community Medicine

6. Session on “ E-Learning” for Faculty was conducted on 01/01/2016 by Facilitator Dr. Sunil, Member MEU, Associate Professor, Pharmacology

7. Session on “ Teaching Media in Medical Education” for Faculty was conducted on 22/01/2016 by Facilitator Dr. Vishal, Member MEU, Associate Professor, Biochemistry

8. Session on “ Small Group Teaching and Other Teaching Methods” for Faculty will be conducted on 26/02/2016 by Facilitator Dr. Prakash, Professor & HOD, Biochemistry



General Surgery - The CME organized by the Department of General Surgery in association with IMA Palakkad will address the latest developments in the management of trauma.

Microbiology - CME on “Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance” was conducted on 2nd February 2019.  Few eminent personalities in the field from Kerala were our guest speakers.  One hundred and two delegates participated in CME.  A poster competition was also conducted for the post graduates and prizes were distributed.  TCMC credit hours of 3 were allotted for the CME.

Pathology – 10th National CME in Pathology. “Minimalist Pathology-2019” (Small biopsies & Cytology – Non-Gynaec) at Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Kochi, Kerala

 Microbiology (Academic)

I. World AIDS day December-2018 was celebrated on 1.12.2018.  To commemorate the World AIDS day few competitions were conducted for MBBS students.

II. Student Activities – a) case based learning and small group teaching was conducted for the students.

b) Students of all batches and Dr.Lalu Raju.C, Tutor, Department of Microbiology participated in two exhibitions.  Exhibits of several infections including Nipah virus outbreak were displayed and awareness regarding the same was conveyed to the audience.

c) Several periodic assessments other than the routine KUHS advised internal assessments and model exams were conducted after each topic to motivate the students to improve their academics for all the batches.