Abstract

Background: Medical Education has undergone major changes over the past decades There is a dire need of adopting a systematic approach to faculty development to enhance quality education to meet health challenges for 21st Century. Workshops on the Medical education are required for refreshing the knowledge of medical teachers. Objective: To assess medical teachers before and after Medical Education training. Study design: Prospective questionnaire based study. Participants: A total of 40 Medical teachers from various departments and each was followed after 3 months. Method: Each participant filled a pre-session questionnaire before the beginning of training process and a post-session questionnaire immediately after the completion of workshop and three months afterwards. Scores obtained in the pre and post- session questionnaires were compared. Training process during workshop lasted for eight hours per day for three days and participants gave effective feedback at the end of training process. Result: Significant improvement in the knowledge of participants was observed immediately and after three months. Conclusion: Regular training of the medical teachers is required to keep them updated with the new advances in Medical Education and also it is required to compare their knowledge before and after the session and after a set time period to see the level of improvement and how much they have learned.

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