Indigenous Medical Education Unit - Services

Our Services

  • Developing and getting feedback the curriculum of the Faculty of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya with the collaboration of Curriculum Development and Evaluation Committee.
    • Regular update of curriculum
    • Curriculum reforms
    • Maintain standards of curriculum

 

  • Providing Academic support if any problem arises in the curriculum.
    • Finding best solutions for a problem by investigating through feedback, look into the literature; study what other countries do in a similar problem, round table discussions and debates.
    • Identifying teaching learning methods, assessments and their strengths.
    • Supporting teaching learning methods and introducing new and timely suitable methods.
    • Advice for the faculty in what manner teaching learning methods should be implemented.
    • Finding the resources essential.
    • Assisting any department, unit or any staff member need any academic help and provide information.
    • Working with Internal Quality Assurance Cell, in curriculum evaluation.
    • Recommending solutions regarding any problems that may arise in the curriculum intervene students’ education related problems.
    • Monitoring the quality of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
  • Special staff development training related for indigenous medical curriculum
  • Implement tailor-made programs for Ayurveda/ Unani medical education
  • Conduct educational programs including,
    • Curriculum development workshops
    • Teaching learning workshops
    • Assessment workshops
    • Curriculum evaluation workshops
    • Educational research workshops
    • Staff orientation programs
    • Blended learning
    • Online teaching methods
    • Preventing plagiarism
    • Capacity building programs

 

  • Staff Development Programs – 2024
Date Workshop title
February Constructing OSCE/ OSPE stations
March Guidelines to prepare MCQs
May Effective small group teaching
June Be an effective academic
July Best scrutiny practices
August Developing a good power point presentation
October Stress & time management
November Excellence in research
  • Conduct generic research
  • Conduct research on a particular problem
  • Mediate research related to indigenous medical education