Centre for Transformative Learning (CTL)

Facilitating Continuous professional development

MUCM’s Centre for Transformative Learning (CTL) has been formulated primarily on the premise to provide the highest quality faculty development programmes that will inculcate incessant intellectual curiosity, acquisition of new knowledge & skills through research and education which will transform medical professional proficiency, performance, and patient outcomes.

The scope of CTL will broadly encompass periodic faculty development training in MUCM to empower educators in the field of teaching-learning, assessment, and academic leadership. It will felicitate in organising national & international workshops on HEALTH PROFESSIONS education. Additionally, it will foster academic interaction at a multidisciplinary/inter-professional level, and promote academic innovations in HEALTH PROFESSIONS education, promote scholarship in teaching and learning and disseminate the activities of the unit.

Members

Director:
Prof Dr Soumendra Sahoo (MS, PhD, CMCL-FAIMER Fellow)

Core Faculty Members:
Prof Soe Moe, PhD scholar(FOM)
Prof Nan Nitra, CMCL-FAIMER Fellow, PhD scholar(FOM)
Prof Sowmya Nettem, GSMC-FAIMER Fellow(FOD)
A/P Dr Jegathambigai Rameshwar Naidu, M-FILLIPE Fellow(FOM Preclinical)
Ms Eunice Ong Luyee (FiS)

Goals, Vision & Mission

Goal:
To improve the quality of HEALTH PROFESSIONAL education by training the health professional educators.

Vision:
To become a centre of excellence in health professional educators training and research
Mission:
To provide the highest quality Faculty development programmes that will inculcate incessant intellectual curiosity and the acquisition of new knowledge and skills through research and education that transforms medical professional proficiency, performance, and patient outcomes

• Capacity Building in health professions education
• Providing consultancy in issues related to health professions education
• Promoting the culture of Educational Research
• External Collaborations nationally & internationally

Objectives:

• To conduct Periodic Faculty development training in MUCM to empower educators in the field of teaching-learning, assessment, and academic leadership
• To Provide inputs for curriculum development
• To Organise national & international workshops on HEALTH PROFESSIONS education
• To FOSTER academic interaction at a multidisciplinary/inter-professional level
• To PROMOTE academic innovations in HEALTH PROFESSIONS education
• To promote scholarship in teaching and learning
• To Disseminate the activities of the unit (explore initiation of HEALTH PROFESSIONS Education Journal)

Events

The following are events and activities that have been scheduled for 2023. To register your interest to participate in any of the events, please contact:

Prof Dr Soumendra Sahoo
Director, Centre for Transformative Learning (CTL)
Email: ctl.mucm@manipal.edu.my

SL No.	Activity	Day & Month	Facilitators (Virtual)
1	Basic Pedagogy workshop	11-13th January	Prof Sahoo & Team HRDF approved
2	OSCE/OSPE workshop	9th February	Team CTL
3	Bi-annual general body meeting	21st February	Team CTL
3	Mentoring 2st century learners	31st March	Dr Thomas Chacko(Virtual)
4	Basic Pedagogy workshop	12-14th April	Prof Sahoo & Team HRDF approved
5	Art of creating SBA MCQs	19th April	Prof Dinesh Badyal (Virtual)
7	Innovative teaching-learning strategies	22nd June	Team CTL
8	Basic Pedagogy workshop	12th-14th July	Prof Sahoo & Team HRDF approved
9	Curriculum design for 21st century learners	20th July	Team CTL
10	Soft Skills: how it matters	24 August	Team CTL
11	Leadership and Team building	29 September	Dr Avinash Supe (Virtual)
12	Basic Pedagogy workshop	1st -3rd November	Prof Sahoo & Team HRDF approved
13	PBL to CBL: Let’s do it right	9th November	Team CTL
14	ICON-IPEPC 2023	23rd -25th November	National/International speakers
15	Transforming Large group Teaching & Learning	7th December	Team CTL
16	Bi-annual general body meeting	8th December	Team CTL

Key:

Closed ~ MUCM Members Only Open ~ Public participants welcomed F2F ~ Physical event on campus