Conference

Medical Education Unit (MEU) of Symbiosis Medical College for Women (SMCW) and Symbiosis University Hospital and Regional Centre (SUHRC) had organized a 2-days hands-on training workshop on Use of Learning Management System from 8-11 December 2020.

Target Audience

The workshop was arranged for all coordinators for LMS and for the faculty of pre-clinical d,epartments including community medicine

The workshop was attended by 45 participants

Taking in account the current pandemic scenario; the workshop was organized considering the social distancing norms, and provision of preventive measures. All participants and resource faculties were wearing mask during the entire workshop.

Workshop was conducted in two batches

• Batch A (8th and 9th December 2020)
• Participants: All LMS coordinators and HODs (Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Community Medicine)
• Batch B (10th and 11th December 2020)
• Participants: Remaining faculty from the pre-clinical departments including Community Medicine.

Participants were provided with the required learning resources in hand before the workshop and pretest was conducted before workshop

Appropriate learning facilities with AV aids were arranged at the venue.

The resource persons for the session were

• Lt. Col Dr. T Vijaya Sagar (Dean, SMCW)
• Dr. Suchitra Palve, (Professor, Department of Physiology, MEU coordinator)
• Dr. Sunit Jadhav, (Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, LMS coordinator)

Following sessions were conducted during the workshop.

• Introduction to LMS
• Recording a PPT presentation using screen recorder
• Creating a lesson using LMS
• Creating assignments and quizzes using LMS

Few glimpses from the workshop……….