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This is an overview of the National Teacher Training Centre and its march towards development of Medical Education in our country.

In the 1970's, W.H.O. promoted a global training programme for medical teachers on Educational Science and Technology. University of Illinois was the nodal agency for this initiative. As a part of this initiative, Regional Teacher Training Centres (RTTCs) were set up by W.H.O. In South-East Asian, RTTCs were established at Thailand and Sri Lanka. In 1974, the Gov¬ernment of India consti¬tuted a Working Group on Continuing Medical Education, which recommended the establishment of Teacher Training Centres in India. As a ground work, a team of three senior faculty members of JIPMER were sponsored by the W.H.O. to undergo train¬ing in the RTTC, at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 1975.

In view of the initiative taken by JIPMER in the field of Medical Education, the first National Teacher Training Centre was established in JIPMER, Pondicherry, in the year 1975. The first National Course was held in March 1976.The faculty development process continued and today we have a team of thirteen faculty members belonging to pre, para and clinical disciplines.

The National Courses on Educational Science for Teachers of Health Professionals are held twice a year during the months of February and September. These courses are meant to sensitize the Medical Teachers and make them aware of the modern concepts of Educational Science and Technology. It is our fond hope that empowered teachers like you will make medical education skill-oriented and need-based. Further, we hope that you all would provide leadership and help in setting up Medical Education Units/Cells in your own Institu¬tions.

So far 60 National Courses have been organised March 1976 to February 2010. 1,301 participants from various medical colleges in India have participated in the National Courses conducted so far. Medical Teachers from developing countries, viz. Bangla Desh, Nepal, Mangolia and Afghanistan have also undergone training here.

We have assisted in development of Master Trainers for the T.N. Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai. We have also assisted active ME cells at RMMC, Chidambaram, JNMC, Belgaum, KMC, Manipal, Medical Colleges at Trivandrum, Visakhapatnam and Coimbatore, to achieve their goals. If required, we are prepared to extend to the best of our ability any help in this field to any Medical Insti¬tution in India.

The Centre has diversifying activities. We have conducted Training of Trainers [TOT] workshops for the health services of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal. We have developed training modules on Evidence Based Management, Ethics, Research Methodology, Disaster Medicine and Hospital waste management. We are also conducting workshop for master trainers on “Integrated Disease Surveillance Project” funded by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. NTTC is currently organising the Interns Orientation Programme on Quality Care and Postgraduate Orientation to Research Methodology - two innovative programmes of JIPMER which are much envied and followed by many colleges. Currently, we are involved in initiating and organizing the Tele-education programmes with the T.N. Dr.M.G.R. Medical University and we hope to extend the same to other Institutions with the help of ISRO’s equipments which has been installed. The Centre has been publishing a Bulletin twice a year since 1994. We invite contributions from all the Alumni of NTTC, especially on the activities of ME cells and on educational projects.

Patrons:
K.S.V.K. Subba Rao, Director, JIPMER, Project Director, NTTC, JIPMER.

Dr. K.S. Reddy, Dean, JIPMER.

Project Officer:
Dr. Santosh Kumar, Head, Department of Medical Education, JIPMER.

Faculties:
1.	Dr. P.H. Ananthanarayanan, Professor & Head, of Biochemistry, JIPMER.

2.	Dr. B. Vishnu Bhat, Professor of Paediatrics, JIPMER.

3.	Dr. Latha Chaturvedula, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, JIPMER.

4.	Dr. D. Kadambari, Professor of  surgery, JIPMER.

5.	Dr. B. Gitanjali, Professor of Pharmacology, JIPMER.

6.	Dr. Debdutta Basu, Professor of Pathology, JIPMER.

7.	Dr. M. Bala Soudarssanane, Professor & Head of Preventive and Social Medicine, JIPMER.

8.	Dr. R.P. Swaminathan, Professor of Medicine, JIPMER.

9.	Mr. Z. Zayapragassarazan, Assistant Professor of Educational Technology, JIPMER.

Publications:
Official Bulletin: NTTC Bulletin, JIPMER, Puducherry-6, India.

Books: Ananthakrishnan N. Sethuraman KR. Santosh Kumar (2000). Medical Education - Principles and Practice. Alumni Association of NTTC, Puducherry, India.