1. LABORATORY PROCEDURES Routine Biochemical, Pathological, Microbiological and Radiological Investigations COMPUTERS Internet Navigation Basics of Computers SCIENTIFIC WRITING How to write a Research proposal How to write a scientific paper for publication COMMUNICATION SKILLS Seminar Presentation Undergraduate teaching basics Coping skills like stress handling, life style modification BIOSTATISTICS Computer statistical Packages Quantitative and Qualitative research methodology ETHICS Bioethics Guidelines for Clinical research Patient consent Ethics Committee Faculty Skill Building for an Interdisciplinary MD/MS Foundation Program Dr. Ms. Sanghamitra Pati Asst Professor, SCB Medical College Cuttack, Orissa753007 Sanghamitrapati@yahoo.com Preliminary survey among the faculty to identify core competence Design a faculty skill building program incorporating the needs Inviting faculties to act as resource persons Capacity building of the faculty in the core skills and knowledge A core team will be constituted comprising the trained faculty The team will design the course content of the foundation program Implementation of the program with both medical and non medical resource persons NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT DESIGN SKILL BUILDING DESIGN SKILL BUILDING TRAINING Faculty Capacity Building Scientific Writing Laboratory Procedures Biostatistics Ethics Computers Essential Components of the Proposed Foundation Program Communi- cation The Program should comprise of components on Statistical methods, Basic Laboratory investigations, Essentials of Scientific Writing, Basic research ethics, Fundamentals of Computers including Internet and navigation, life style modification and stress handling.It will also facilitate better interaction among the student community Keeping this in view an innovative change is needed in the curri cular aspect. An interdisciplinary foundation program should be incorporated common to all MD/MS study program. This period should be best utilized by every student with maximu m productivity in terms of knowledge and skills. The problem is more pronounced for in -service students who after their clinical career often grapple while acclimatizing with the new academic ambience Past experiences suggest that most of the students find it difficult to acquire the relevant skills relating to Bio-statistics, Research proposal submission, seminar presentation, ethical regulation The three-year MD/MS study is a crucial phase of Medical career Why the NEED? Description The purpose of this proposed program is to build appropriate skills among the existing faculty of the medical college so that they could act as resource persons in the interdisciplinary foundation program for postgraduate students Design and Implementation of a Foundation Program towards Fostering Appropriate Skill and Knowledge among MD/MS Students Framework Design Program Course FOUNDATION PROGRAM CORE TEAM Identifying Core skills Selecting Resource Persons Design Faculty Training Program Faculty skill Building FACULTY NEEDS ASSESSMENT STUDENTS’ NEEDS ASSESSMENT Program Components