Experience+at+the+PSG-FAIMER+Listserv

The results of the Survey can be seen at the Session-IV Report of Supten
= Session II =

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 * 1) I have learnt to plan the monthly topic in a feasible time-bound format from Saira and Rajendran's June'07 discussion on "Assessment".
 * 2) I also learnt how to summarize the important points discussed throughout the month (in any order) from Saira's excellent summary
 * 3) July '07 gave me the opportunity to interact (virtually) with my Co-moderator Elaheh (in Iran) and one of the Mentors Debby (in the USA) for planning and executing the entire session broadly following the guidelines set up by Saira and Rajendran.
 * 4) In August '07 Ravi and Malligai kindly made me very active on the discussion on "Distance Learning".
 * 5) October '07 started with good discussions, but somehow the enthusiasm couldn't be sustained by us.
 * 6) In November '07 the realistic discussions on Change Management has landed me in PSG!
 * 7) December '07 had started rather enthusiastically on "AV aids" but again we failed to sustain our enthusiasm.
 * 8) January '08 has been interactively fruitful month and we are trying to adopt good teaching practices.

1. I have developed a habit to form a lesson plan before each lecture session allotted to me. I have started using new methods to facilitate the learning of students during the lecture sessions. Credit for these two behavior changes goes to the discussion held during the month of January 2008 on ‘Good Teaching Practices’. I specially will thank Saira for raising the issue of learning objectives. The resources sent by Dr. Thomas helped me use innovative methods during my lecture sessions. 2. I learnt to make wiki during the session on ‘IT in education’ held during the month of July '07 by Supten and Elaheh. I utilized this skill to create a wikispace for my PG students - http://pglibrary-publichealth.wikispaces.com. The issues raised during this month also helped me initiate an e-group for the PGs and Faculty members in out institute - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pg_snsph/. Recently, I have created another wikispace for the Undergraduate students in my Institute http://uglibrary-publichealth.wikispaces.com. 3. I have been given the responsibility of PG teaching coordination in my department. I am using lots of innovative ideas. Credit for this also goes to the PSG-FAIMER fellowship for breaking my hesitation to use new approaches for learning/ teaching. The concept that ‘learning is the most important thing, not teaching’ helps me innovate. 4. Although I do not have much knowledge about Problem-based Learning, I initiated Problem-based Learning with two batches of medical students (2nd year) when they are posted in the Department of Community Medicine for clinical posting. All the students liked this idea. Due to some administrative problem and due to my personal engagements, I have not been able to sustain it with next batches. However, I have the support from my HOD and will initiate the process again. 5. I have started taking feedback from the students for the lecture sessions and innovative ideas that I am doing. I intend to continue this in the future also. 6. I learnt ‘Student Assessment’ from the discussion on listserv during the month of June 07. Thanks to Saira and Rajendran for an excellent discussion held during the month. However, I did not find much flexibility in the current curriculum to use this knowledge. 7. I learnt other topics discussed on the listserv, 'distance education', 'AV aids', ‘Change Management’, etc. 11111111111

~Saira

**Session IV**

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