Thomas Vengail Chacko

Work

Subjects:

Education and Teaching, Medicine and Dentistry, Subjects allied to Medicine

Research Keywords:

Public Health, Primary Health Care, Health Professions Education, Human Resources for Health, Faculty Development, Continuing Professional Development, Education Research, Program Evaluation

Biography:

Current Position & Responsibilities 1. Director, PSG-FAIMER Regional Institute (of ECFMG,USA) at PSG I.M.S.R, Coimbatore administering a two-year Medical Education Fellowship program for Medical School faculty from the South Asia region. 2. Secretary-General of SEARAME (South East Asia Regional Association for Medical Education of World Federation for Medical Education) 3. Professor & Head, Community Medicine & Medical Education at PSG I.M.S&R Coimbatore 4. Member of Editorial Board of the Journal “South East Asia Journal of Medical Education” of SEARAME. Past distinguished Assignments:  District Health Officer for Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for six years from 1983  Global Faculty Advisor FAIMER Institute Program at Philadelphia, USA 2006-2007  As World Federation For Medical Education (WFME) Expert  Invited by Ministry of Health & Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2008 to conduct leadership and quality improvement workshop for Deans of 52 Medical colleges in the country to implement WFME Basic Medical Education Standards  Invited by WFME to review and propose amendments to the revised draft of WFME Basic Medical Education Standards incorporating social accountability of Medical schools in 2011.  Invited by University of Padjajaran, Bandung , Indonesia to assist them in review of attainment of WFME standards in Basic Medical Education in Oct 2011 Public Health & Education Consultant for International Agencies:  World Health Organization (W.H.O)  WHO-SEARO in 2009 for “Review of Public Health curriculum in South-East Asia Region” at Bangkok  WHO-SEARO in 2010 for “Revitalization of training for Primary Health Care” at Paro (Bhutan) and  WHO-SEARO in 2010 for “Competency-based Public Health Curriculum in South East Asia Region” at Kathmandu (Nepal);  United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Bhutan to do “Training Needs Assessment, develop strategy and do Monitoring & Evaluation for in-service training by RIHS Staff in Bhutan” in Nov 2011 , March & October 2012. Peer Reviewer for Health Sciences Journals:  SEAJME (South-East Asia Journal of Medical Education)  Medical Education  The Clinical Teacher  Human Resources for Health (WHO)  Education For Health Publications related to Education: 1. “Preparing Doctors in the Community” World Health Forum Vol.16,No.1:81-82, 1995 ,WHO Geneva 2. “Preparing Health Care Providers for Primary Health Care” Contact. 2005; January Special Issue No. 179: 26-28 3. “Improving competencies through peer feedback in primary care settings” MEDICAL EDUCATION May 2006; 40: 487 - under “Really Good Stuff” section 4. “Time travel: Journey into the Future” South East Asia Journal of Medical Education Vol 2, No. 1, 2008 5. “Appreciative Inquiry: A discovery tool to facilitate change” South East Asia Journal of Medical Education Vol 3 No. 1, 2009 6. “Role Model Teachers in Teaching Public Health” in Teaching of Public Health in Medical Schools. WHO SEARO Publication SEA-NUR-465, 2010 7. “Identification of Social Determinants of Health components for Teaching: A pilot process.” Medical Education Vol. 44, Issue 11, 2010 8. On-line Capacity-Building Program on “Analysis of Data” for Medical Educators in the South Asia Region: A Qualitative Exploration of our Experience. Education For Health Vol. 22, Issue 3, 2010 9. Using Appreciative Inquiry on learning styles to facilitate student learning. Medical Education Vol.44 Issue 11 ,2010 10. Improving the teaching of public health at undergraduate levels in medical schools – suggested guidelines. Report of meeting of the Expert Group WHO August 2010 11. Innovative Poster Session Design: Deepening Interactions and Increasing Exchanges. MedEdPORTAL; 2011. Available from: www.mededportal.org/publication/8589. 12. “Blueprinting: a framework for health education program evaluation” Medical Education Vol. 45, Issue 5, 2011 13. Time Travel: a discovery tool for identifying individual continuous professional development needs. South East Asia Journal of Medical Education Vol 5 No. 2, 2011

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