The Department is functioning through a team of trained faculty members in health professions education (formerly known as medical education department). The team has been named as Health Professions Education Core Group (HPECG).

Constitution:
Keeping in view of fostering quality in certificate, undergraduate and postgraduate education in the field of health professions;

Assessing a need of continued-learning newer and innovative techniques of health professions education by all teaching staff; and helping educators to gain increased understanding of basic principles of teaching and learning and to achieve skills necessary to apply the principles effectively;

Realizing to developing a permanent resource center of educational expertise for medical and other health sciences education in planning, developing, and evaluating academic programs and conducting educational researches and facilitating all teaching staff in academics and professional development in a structured way;

BPKIHS has reconstituted Health Professions Education Core Group with the following members and the terms of reference.

Member:

1. Dr Shyamal Bhattacharya Officiating Coordinator Professor of Microbiology

2. Dr Soumya Bhattacharya Member Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy

3. Dr Nirmal Baral Member Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry

4. Dr Bishnu Hari Paudel Member Additional Professor of Physiology

5. Mr Akshaya P Gautam, MHPE Assistant Professor, HPED Member-Secretary

 

Terms of Reference:
1. Develops a calendar of operations for conducting scientific and educational activities supportive to academic programs, e. g. teachers training on teaching learning techniques, student assessment and program evaluation to name a few.
2. Promotes young faculty members to receive training on educational techniques.
3. Develops faculty development training programs.
4. Promotes interest on educational research amongst faculty members.
5. Develops and updates teaching learning materials (e. g. curriculum, logbooks, AV-aids, etc) required for running all academic programs in consultation with concerned departments or program coordinators.
6. Identifies resources internally and externally for conducting health professional activities, and develops an inventory.
7. Receives feedbacks from various program coordinators on implementation of different curricula and plans/organizes curriculum review workshops if necessary
8. Suggests and develops learning environments suited for various curricula.
9. Helps develop overall academics of the Institute and enhances the quality of education in all programs.
10. Develops modules for short-term training on health professions education and attract trainees from other schools for the training and international students for elective studies.
11. Helps generate funds by offering trainings to teaching staff and elective opportunities to international undergraduate and postgraduate students in consultation with the departments.

Contact:
Phone: 977 25 521017, Extn: 2632, 2628; Fax: 977 25 520251
Email: hpecg@bpkihsacademics.edu.np; Or akshayagautam@yahoo.com