The UWI Mona Campus' Annual Departmental Reports 2022_2023

FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

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Students were administered mock examinations to enable their familiarisation with the online examination portal and virtual oral/clinical examination encounters Online DM Paediatric lectures/seminars were conducted regionally (cross-campus collaboration) as well as invited international series Undergraduate Programme SWOT Analysis Strengths/Successes • Improved administration and organization of the senior clerkship • Excellent administration of junior clerkship • Successful mentoring of junior clerkship faculty • Optimized administrative support Challenges • Reduced clerkship times limit’s capacity of students to achieve required com- petencies • Poor uptake of LMS teaching and instruction by students in Senior Clerkship DM Paediatrics Programme SWOT Analysis Strengths/Successes • Transition to blended approach to teaching and learning • Full utilization of LMS for instruction, communication and assessment • Cross campus collaboration and harmonization of the programme • Cross campus examiner team

• Optimized communication with residents • 100% pass rate in May June DM exams

• Strong commitment among faculty and associates for support of the program • Good administrative support from department office and graduate studies • Inaugural DM Paed Resident Research Forum Challenges • Variable uptake of LMS resources by residents • Limited uptake of alternative teaching and instruction modalities among faculty • Slow progression of DM Paed research projects among residents Opportunities Regional and international collaboration on resident training and electives

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