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Action Plan
Implementation
PBL in rest of the departments
By:
Associated Prof. Maqsoud Stanikzai MD
Department of Pathology, KMU
Dean of Curative Faculty
December 2006
Background
• Paraclinic subjects are taught in 1st, 2nd and 3rd
class completely, and beside that some subjects
in classes 4th and 5th are also included.
• PBL has been already implemented in 1st class,
and now we are going to implement it into the
2nd class.
Aims
• PBL is useful to facilitate self-directed
learning
• Students will integrate different aspects of
medicine
• PBL will motivate group processes
• Expand capacity to produce long life
learning
Weaknesses
• Resources
– Tutors, staffs
– Rooms
– Library, text books
• Low experience
Goal
• Improvement of education system
Objectives
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Standardization of teaching method
Structuring of lectures in practice
Increase motivation for learning
The developing of an effective reasoning process
Methods
• Scenario writing in Dari language
• In the 1st session, case scenario is distributed,
and discussion to determine learning issues
• Self-directed learning for a week
• In the 2nd session presentation and further
discussion
• Tutors facilitate the discussion
• 100 minutes /session
• 6 cases (12 sessions) /semester
Schedule
• 100 students will be
divided into 15 groups
Day
Group
Saturday
1-3
Sunday
4-6
• 6 cases for each
semester (12 weeks)
Monday
7-9
Tuesday
10-12
• 3 rooms, 3 tutors will be
needed
Wednesday
13-15
• Each PBL case has 2
sessions (2 weeks)
Implementation Plan
• PBL will be started in August 2007
• In the 2nd semester
– August: Edema and congestion cases
– September: Inflammation and tumor cases
– October: Shock and infarction cases
• Tutors from physiology, microbiology,
biochemistry, and pathology
Resources
• Facilities
– Rooms: laboratory rooms for paraclinic
• Scenarios
– Dr. Stanikzai will write scenarios assisted by
Dr. Kamal
Arigato Gozaimasu
Thank you
Associated Prof. Stanikzai
CBL for all clinical departments
By:
Prof. Mohammad Salim Tawana MD
Head, Department of General Surgery
Maiwand Hospital
December 2006
Background
• Clinical subjects are taught in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and
house job (internship)
• Lectures 60%
• Practical 40%
• CBL is a proved teaching method
• CBL had been already started in some
departments, and now we are going to
implement in the rest of the departments.
Case-based Learning (CBL)
• 10 students come to the dept for 10 days
• Students come to the teaching hospital in a.m.
and go to KMU in p.m. every day
• 5th class students have already learned clinical
examination skills in 3rd and 4th classes
• 10 students will work with a case with a tutor to
take history, examine patients, and present the
findings to the tutor and other students
Schedule
Sat
AM CBL
for
thyroi
d
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
CBL
for
Breas
t
cance
r
CBL
for
Hemo
pneu
moth
orax
CBL
for
Esop
hage
al
mass
CBL
for
Lung
Hydat
id
cyst
CBL
for
Varic
ose
vein
of
legs
Holid
ay
CBL
for
Pleur
al
empy
ema
CBL
for
Rib
fractu
re
Evalu
ation
Surge Other
ry
Other
Free
Surge Other
ry
Surge
ry
Other
Other
Other
Other
PM Surge Other
(le ry
ctu
Other Other
re)
Other
Other
Current Clinical Practical
• Common cases for thoracic surgery
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Goiter
Breast cancer
Hemopneumothorax
Esophageal mass
Lung Hydatid cyst
Varicose vein of legs
Pleural empyema
Rib fracture
Weaknesses
• Need of resources
– Tutor time
– Library
• Transportation of students and lecturers
between hospitals and KMU
• Low experience
Goal
• Implementation of CBL in education system
Objectives
• Standardization of teaching method
• Integrating lectures into practice
• Increasing motivation for learning
Methods
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Patients (cases)
Students small groups
Clinical tutor
Discussion on clinical reasoning and
management
Implementation Plan
• March 2007
• For 5th class students
• In thoracic surgery department
Arigato Gozaimasu
Thank you
Prof. Tawana
OSCE for house job (Internship)
By:
Assistant Prof. Abdul Majeed Hosham
MD,DO
Eye surgeon, Department of Ophthalmology
University Eye Hospital
December 2006
Background
• House job period in KMU / 48 weeks
• MD Diploma history:
– Previously Governmental / National Examination (oral
and written examinations)
– Recently unorganized exam by each dept
• OSCE is a new and proved method for clinical
skill assessment
Weaknesses
• Resistance from old system
• Resources
– Standardized patients
• Low experience
• Unreliable assessment
Methods
• Time:
– February 2008
– End of house job students
• 500 House job students
• Distribution and Collection:
– Dr Hosham, Prof Azizi
• Scoring of Questionnaire by EDC administration
Methods
Stream 1
Stream 2
Stream 3
Stream 4
Schedule
Medical
Interview
Head &
neck,
Abdomen
Chest &
vital signs
Neurology
9:00-9:10
1
4
2
1
3
2
4
3
9:50-10:00
3
2
5
4
3
6
1
4
7
2
1
8
10:01-10:11
8
5
6
7
9:11-9:21
9:22-9:32
9:33-9:43
Methods (cont)
• Time:40 minutes/ day, 10 days/year
– Interview
– Neurological examination
– Head, Neck, and Abdomen
– Chest, Vital signs
10 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
10 minutes
Time Frame
• If 13 streams of 4 stations are available,
52 students will finish OSCE in 50 minutes
• In one day, 260 students will finish OSCE
in 4 hours 10 minutes
• KMU will need 2 days to complete all the
OSCE
Settings
• Broad space (being used for exams) will be
separated by partitions into 52 areas
• 52 examiners (1 for each station) and several
admin staffs (time keeper, etc)
• Two cases and manuals for each station will be
needed for two-day OSCE
• 30 standardized patients will be needed for
medical interview. Junior students will do SP for
physical examination stations.
Suggestions
• Establishment of OSCE committee /EDC
• Establishment of OSCE stations
• Preparation of a OSCE guide manual
Thank you
Hosham
Arigato Gozaimasu
Expansion of EDC capacity
By:
Prof. Hedayatllah Salihi MD
Head, Department of ENT
Maiwand Hospital
President ,EDC/KMU
December 2006
Background
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Established on 2002
Supported by JICA from 2005
Different divisions
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Curriculum development department
Evaluation and feedback department
Postgraduate department
Clerical staff
Background (cont.)
• Goals of Establishment of EDC
– Better arrangement of academic affairs
– Arrangement and observation of teaching
methods
– Development of education system in KMU
– Establishment of relationship between KMU
and other universities
– Establishment of workshops and seminars for
improvement of education system in KMU
Background (cont.)
• EDC Outputs (independently)
– Establishment of postgraduate training
program
– Curriculum revision, development and
standardization.
– evaluation of lecturers by students
Background (cont.)
• EDC Outputs (with cooperation of JICA)
– Establishment of workshops.
– Introduction and implementation of new
teaching methods in KMU (PBL,CBL and EE)
– Implementation of OSCE
Visions
• EDC will lead the best medical education
in Afghanistan
• EDC will expand all the medical education
systems within the limitation of current
resources
Objectives
• Proposal for expansion
• Negotiation with Ministry of Higher
Education
• EDC staff capacity building
• Providing needed material (JICA)
• Establishment of OSCE committee
• Proposal for implementation of OSCE as a
new exam method to KMU
Objectives (cont.)
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Conduct a workshop for OSCE
Establishment of OSCE stations
Increasing students’ motivation by CBL
Publicity for OSCE as a new examination
method
• Sending more KMU lecturers for Medical
education to Japan
Methods
• Workshops for EDC personnel
• Negotiation with KMU, MoHE
• Conduction of workshops by EDC and
JICA, for lecturers and house job students
• Establishment of OSCE station (KMU)
• Continuation of JICA project for medical
education
Suggestions for JICA
• Fund for:
– Partitions for OSCE/PBL
Suggestions for KMU
• To submit responsibility of implementation of PBL
to all Paraclinic departments.
• PBL committee should have as a supervisory role.
• 1st and 2nd grade students should cooperate and
participate in clinical practice for creation and
motivation of learning (during winter vacation) as
Early Exposure.
• Having long term expert of Medical Education in
KMU.
Arigato Gozaimasu
Thank you
Prof. Salihi