Pranayama: transforming medical education by igniting the inner teacher

Authors

  • Ganesan Thangavel Department of Physiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamilnadu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20151027

Keywords:

Pranayama, Medical education

Abstract

Innovation in medical education is curriculum re-designing with system approach to motivate, to change the attitude, enhancing the skill by mentoring, facilitating and getting feedback in order to bring the unconscious competency in medical students based on Johari window leading to self-discipline, self-evaluation and self-directed learning. A 3 day Faculty Development workshop brings tremendous beneficial effect. With advanced technologies, the highly intelligent PG students can learn the basics of Faculty Development in the PG curriculum itself. We can teach this in MD course itself. Our hypothesis is mandatory research and 4 paper publications for promotion to Professor are like mandatory treating of 4 patients daily by Research Scholars. Both decisions will bring the same consequences. Basic Faculty Development workshop, Research Methodology workshop, PRANAYAMA as a health promotion in Medical Students and Mentorship can be totally done at undergraduate and PG level by Community Medicine department as an Indian Innovation in Medical Education and this will make the Community Medicine Department, the centre of attraction for Medical Students. Teaching Professionalism is challenging, because medical teachers are Medical Education Technologists. The objective is to include the theory and practice of PRANAYAMA along with the Physiology of Breathing in the 1st year MBBS course, and reinforcing it in the Community Medicine Department.

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2017-02-06

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Thangavel, G. (2017). Pranayama: transforming medical education by igniting the inner teacher. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 2(4), 351–356. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20151027

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