Medical Education Unit

Medical Education Unit

The Medical Education Department was set up at S.V. Medical College, Tirupati, in 1976 as a separate unit to run faculty development programmes that would raise teaching standards. In 1999 the Medical Council of India required every college to have a separate Medical Education Unit to implement the new curriculum, and the department grew under a series of leaders and principals, running faculty development programmes and international, national and state conferences.

The department works under Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, as its nodal centre. It supports the National Faculty Development initiative, institutional faculty development, curriculum renewal and research.

What the unit does

• Assistance to all staff, as they require it
• Technical advice
• Links between departments and higher management
• Quality assurance and monitoring
• Expertise in areas such as assessment
• Research, evaluation and quality-assurance agenda linked to curriculum renewal and outcomes

Our strengths

• Dedicated administration team
• Experienced resource faculty trained in medical education courses
• Efficient, trained supporting staff
• Periodic faculty development programmes
• Orientation programmes for UG and PG students
• Books, journals and online journals in the MEU library
• Infrastructure and good AV aids

MEU members

Workshops conducted