Actually, Thailand Quality Award has nothing to do with medical education, but many institutions not only in business adopt the process endorsed by the TQA to facilitate and improve the quality in many ways. Therefore, higher education cannot be shielded away from this, and the Ministry of Education has passed a law to ensure that every course has to follow a guideline to improve quality in every programme in all universiies across the Kingdom.
On April 26th, we the undergraduate anaesthesia education team had met and tried to draft our first version for the SIAS501 subject for MS anaesthesia education. It may not be perfect yet, and we have many more to do when we follow the guideline throughoutly, and that is the way ahead to ensure that our students achieve the best quality education.
2011-04-28
2011-04-06
Teaching skills to med students; Venepuncture
On Monday and Tuesday, there was a class arranged for new 4th year medical students, after finishing their third year they had to learn some basic skills before starting their clinical education.
The department of Anesthesiology was asked to help teach the skills as well as staffs from other department, we participated in teaching venepuncture skill on those two days. Some of them were excited, afraid, or even terrified when they knew that they would have to practise real human venepuncture with their colleagues. Indeed, there were some students getting syncope!
The main mistakes during venepuncture practice were not tight touniquet, the needle puncture was not deep enough to penetrate the wall of forearm veins, and they forgot to release the touniquet before they drew back the needle, so there was always blood leaking out and felt syncope.
Although it was a painful experience, however, they had to know and learn that otherwise they would not concern when they have to do or perform with the real humans. For me, it was a really enjoyable experience teaching this skill.
The department of Anesthesiology was asked to help teach the skills as well as staffs from other department, we participated in teaching venepuncture skill on those two days. Some of them were excited, afraid, or even terrified when they knew that they would have to practise real human venepuncture with their colleagues. Indeed, there were some students getting syncope!
The main mistakes during venepuncture practice were not tight touniquet, the needle puncture was not deep enough to penetrate the wall of forearm veins, and they forgot to release the touniquet before they drew back the needle, so there was always blood leaking out and felt syncope.
Although it was a painful experience, however, they had to know and learn that otherwise they would not concern when they have to do or perform with the real humans. For me, it was a really enjoyable experience teaching this skill.
2011-04-02
Department Education Conference
We, the staffs of our beloved department, gathered together to share and discuss about the education for medical students and our residents. It is a must for the department to follow according to quality assurance of education (Thai Qualifications Framework for Higher Education; TQF: HEd), that every single year 80% of the staffs must attend a conference to plan, follow and review for every course. Although it may not be able to achieve a goal of 80%, but the attmosphere inside the deparment conference room is great. Creative ideas are suggested, listened and get a review.
From the undergraduate team, the theme was "What can we give to medical students?". We have to focus on the main subject, SIAS 501; that we have to teach our students, we change the topics of lectures, and case studies. We hoped that simulation will start real soon so that we can use this type of education to teach the crisis management especially anaesthesia related complications. We have checklists for medical students for bedside teaching so that every staff can have an idea what we can discuss and talk to our students.
In an era of modern technology and internet, we will definitely apply the internet, and paperless for education for the medical students, lectures and powerpoint files will be added in the the e-learning platform by the hospital database.
For the residents, we discuss about rotation change, types of education that may work well with adult education.
From the undergraduate team, the theme was "What can we give to medical students?". We have to focus on the main subject, SIAS 501; that we have to teach our students, we change the topics of lectures, and case studies. We hoped that simulation will start real soon so that we can use this type of education to teach the crisis management especially anaesthesia related complications. We have checklists for medical students for bedside teaching so that every staff can have an idea what we can discuss and talk to our students.
In an era of modern technology and internet, we will definitely apply the internet, and paperless for education for the medical students, lectures and powerpoint files will be added in the the e-learning platform by the hospital database.
For the residents, we discuss about rotation change, types of education that may work well with adult education.
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