Prof. Dr. Yogendra Man Shakya Head of Department Department of Medical Education

 

An Medical “Education Support Unit” was established in Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 1986. In Institute of Medicine for reorientation of Medical Education (ROME) is to impart teacher’s training to its faculty members in innovations in medical education. It was realized that it should form an integral and permanent part of the Institute of Medicine with functional autonomy. The IOM Leaders Envisioned the need for a Teacher Training cells, for   the first time in came out in 1981. 

With subsequent development, the Education Support Center was developed into the Medical Education Department (MED) in 1990 and it was moved to the MoHeGo Building, Education Support Center. 

It was National Centre for Health Professions Education (NCHPE), independent national organization in 2009 (2066 BS). At Present officially change  NCHPE to Department of Medical Education (DME) from 2024 August 28 (2081-05-12 BC) is under the Dean’s office, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj ,Tribhuvan University, committed to improve the health of the country through ensuring quality health professions education by educating teachers in Nepal. 

 It has long history of continued and consistent efforts to support its activities.

It was proposed that the center should mainly work in areas of:

1. curricula design, implementation, evaluation and revision.

2. enhancing teacher’s competency and performance.

3. conducting Continue Medical Education(CME) for all health personnel.

4. conducting educational research.

5. providing consultancy related to quality education and service.

The DME has now its own full-time  administrative staff Ms. Devi Shrestha, Mr. Durga Prasad Timilsina, Mr. Pradip Kumar Shrestha, Ms. Rita Poudel and 2 academic faculties Associate professor Tumla Shrestha and Lecturer Durga Pahadi in department of medical education and 20 other resource faculties.

The DME is equipped with seminar hall, library room, staff rooms, computer rooms and administrative rooms on the first floor of MoHeGo Building. It has been carrying out regular Teacher Training Workshops, Curriculum development and Continuing education for the health professions teachers from both IOM and other health manpower development institutions of Nepal. The DME is also coordinating the activities of ‘Skills lab’ in Maharajgunj Medical Campus and in 2011, The Health Learning Material Center has been merged into NCHPE. Further, it has been promoting international cooperation in medical education through coordinating and systematizing the Elective Programme for Foreign Medical Students at the IOM.