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Doctors-to-be can now turn to E.V. Kalyani Medical Foundation's `The Learning Curve', a virtual teacher that gives lessons on the entire syllabus.
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IT IS a boon for medical students. The E.V. Kalyani Medical Foundation recently introduced `The Learning Curve', a teaching centre where multimedia technology is used and a virtual classroom atmosphere has been created.
The first series of lectures help in preparing for the PLAB, USMLE and PG entrance examinations. The centre offers a free trial of the first three classes.
The well-thoughtout learning modules assist students in covering the entire medical syllabus. It lasts 300 hours and spreads over 100 sessions of three hours each. Each module is followed by exam-oriented quizzes.
At the end of it all, students can assess their knowledge base. The performance of the students are continuously mapped and a feed back provided so that they can strengthen the weak points and knowledge gaps. In the near future, it will also be available in a one-on-one workstation mode, which a student can use entirely at his/her own pace.
Here is a teacher, who can hold the attention of students throughout the session. The lectures are interactive and the teaching methods are flexible.
Information technology has provided tools that have made learning easier. The Internet and the World Wide Web have changed the face of education in more ways than one.
Virtual universities, electronic libraries, search engines of amazing depth and diversity and discussion groups are commonly used by students today.
Despite the hype, teaching over the internet is limited by the problem of `bandwidth', simply put, a choke placed on the speed at which information can be transferred through conventional telephone lines. Faster technologies exist, but are expensive and are not available easily. Pictures and images, moving or static, take time to transfer, are often choppy and grainy. Despite the promise, teaching on the web remains mosly textual and limited. Besides the Internet, there are many other innovative, flexible and interactive educational tools.
`The Learning Curve' has brought to Chennai a technology that promises to revolutionise the teaching of medicine (not just those in the medical colleges but also those who want to gain knowledge).
It is a franchisee of MedRCEdutech, Hyderabad, the brainchild of Dr Neeraj Raj, a doctor, graphic artist, visualiser and computer professional, who has combined informative slides with elegant graphics, studio quality videos of the lectures and digital sound, alongwith ample scope for friendly interaction. The package covers the entire range of material that a graduating medical student should know. It prepares him or her for the numerous entrance exams and tests that have to be cleared before doing a post-graduation.
`The Learning Curve' is in the process of developing more packages on a wide range of topics. Over the coming months, the concept of a `virtual university' will become a reality for the medical fraternity of Chennai.
The centre is promoted by Dr Arjun Rajagopalan and Dr Gita Arjun, who have been actively involved in furthering medical education and healthcare facilities in the city.
For further information contact: 2461 1878 25/1(old 50/1) Vedantha Desikaa Street, (Palathope) Mylapore.
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