About
The process of teaching has advanced at a tremendous pace, especially in medical education. Earlier the good old didactic lectures were the common teaching methods but now the medical teacher has lots of options to choose from for imparting knowledge, skills and attitude to his students; many of these teaching techniques are aided by computer technology. Medical educationists are devising ways to make the process of teaching learning more enjoyable and impactful. Similarly, the process of assessment has seen a sea of changes recently. More research is being done in the field of medical education to find innovative teaching and learning techniques. The Medical Education Unit (MEU), AIIMS Kalyani was constituted on 11th October 2019.

Vision
The vision of the Medical Education Unit of AIIMS Kalyani is to be recognized as the centre of excellence for imparting training to medical educators in latest educational science technology.

Objectives
• Refine the teaching skills of medical educators by conducting various workshops and faculty development programs
• Train the faculty in preparing curriculum for various courses related to medical education
• Proper usage of educational technology for effective teaching
• Facilitate good quality research in medical education
• Produce learning resource materials for the training of medical and other health care personnel.

The faculty members of Medical Education Unit (MEU) are as follows:

Chairperson : Dr. Rekha Dutt, Additional Professor, Dept of CM & FM

Members :
Dr. Sukanto Sarkar, Additional Professor, Dept of Psychiatry
Dr. Anirban Dasgupta, Additional Professor, Dept of Anatomy
Dr. Atanu Kumar Dutta, Additional Professor, Dept of Biochemistry
Dr. Ritesh Singh, Associate Professor, Dept of CM & FM
Dr. Nihar Ranjan Mishra, Associate Professor, Dept of Paediatric

Member Secretary : Dr. Sanjay Kumar Patel, Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology