FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
“Strengthening the Core of Medical Teaching”
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
December 7-9, 2025
Target Audience: Multidisciplinary Faculties of KU affiliated
colleges.
Background:
The ongoing professional development of medical faculty is crucial to addressing the evolving
needs of contemporary healthcare education. This workshop serves as an introductory course,
comprising four modules designed to equip health professional educators with the foundational
competencies necessary to thrive in their diverse roles. Participants will be encouraged to
integrate their experiences as teachers and learners throughout the course. The workshop will
culminate in post-workshop assessments and microteaching sessions, where participants will
have the opportunity to demonstrate their application of the concepts and strategies covered.
Goal:
● To enhance faculty instructional methods and assessment techniques, thereby fostering
more effective teaching practices and improving student learning outcomes.
Objectives:
1. Familiarize faculty members with the Kathmandu University curriculum and its
assessment methods.
2. Share the multifaceted roles of Medical teachers and educate faculty on adult learning
theory and various student learning styles to adapt teaching methods to improve student
learning outcomes.
3. Train faculty to clearly define and align learning objectives with assessments and
teaching activities, ensuring that all educational components work together to achieve
desired outcomes.
4. Provide faculty with strategies and tools to design effective lesson plans and employ a
range of teaching-learning methods aligned with course objectives and learning
outcomes, ensuring efficient and goal-oriented teaching.
5. Foster assessment proficiency among faculty to create and utilize various assessment
tools and methods to evaluate student performance accurately and fairly.
Day 01, Sunday, Dec 7, 2025
Time Activities Facilitators
8:30-9:00 Registration/Breakfast All
9:00-9:30 Welcome sessions: All
9:30-10:00 Introduction/Ground rules All
10:00-12:00 Module 1: Basic principles of teaching and learning
40 min ● Unit 1: The “Teacher Cube” ● APS/RS
40 min ● Unit 2: The art and science of helping adults learn ● SK/BG
30 min
● Unit 3: Individual learning style ● SUK/JC
(10 min Group Exercise: (Hands-on Practice):
With tea Reflection on teachers' role
break) Know your learning style (PreAssignment)
12:00-13:00 Module 2: Designing and planning learning ● RS/BA
● Unit 1: Beyond the syllabus: The move to
60 min outcome-based education
● Unit 2: Domains and levels of learning
● Unit 3: Taxonomy of educational objectives
13:00-13:40 Lunch All
13:40-15:40 Module 2: Designing and planning learning
30 min Group Exercise (Hands-on Practice): ● SU/APS
Formulate learning objectives (nonmedical topic)
● Unit 4: Formulating a lesson plan
30 min
50 min Group Exercise: (Hands-on Practice):
(tea break) Make lesson plan
15:30-15:40 Summary, assignment, and closure All
Microteaching instruction
Assignments: (to upload in drive folder shared)
● Make learning outcomes incorporating all domains (KSA) and various levels of Bloom’s
taxonomy
● Make a lesson plan using active learning methods
● Read an article on feedback. Assign different methods to each group. Share video.
(Module 3:Unit 7: Formative assessment: Feedback and feedforward)
Day 2, Monday, December 8, 2025
Time Activities Facilitators
8:30-9:00 Breakfast /registration
9:00-9:15 Review All
9:15-12:00 Module 3: Teaching and facilitating learning
30 mins ● Unit 1: Creating a Space Where Learning Thrives ● BG/RS
● Unit 2: Teaching in the Classroom
40 mins ● BA/SU
○ Large groups (Oral presentation-didactic)
25 mins Group presentation 3 group
60 mins ○ 2 parallel sessions Small groups (Hands-on
Practice)
With 10 mins ■ Problem based learning (PBL) ● DIM/SUK
break in
■ Role play, demonstrations and
between ● APS/RS/S
Simulation U
12:00-13:00 Module 4: Assessment OF and FOR learning
30mins ● Unit 1:Principles, challenges, and utility of assessment ● AR/SK
● Unit 2: Blueprinting
● SUK/BA
30mins ● Unit 3: Cognitive domain assessment (MCQ, SAQ,
PBQ)
13:00-13:40 Lunch
13:40-15:30 Module 4: Assessment OF and FOR learning ● SUK/AR
40 mins Group Exercise: (Hands-on Practice):
Make MCQ, SAQ, and PBQ
● Unit 4: Psychomotor domain assessment (OSCE,
30 mins ● RS/JC
OSPE)
30 mins ● Unit 5: Affective domain assessment (process
(With 10 min assessment)
tea break) Group Exercise: (Hands-on Practice):
Make a checklist for OSCE
15:30-15:40 Summary, assignment, and closure All
Instruction for microteaching
Assignment :Prepare for the microteaching session
Make MCQ (10), SAQ(2), and PBQ (1) incorporating all levels of blooms
taxonomy and Millers pyramid
Day 3: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time Activities Facilitators
8:30- 9:00 Breakfast /registration
8:00-9:10 Review of assignment
9:10-13:00 Group Exercise (Hands-on Practice): ● ALL
230 mins Microteaching
13:00-13:40 Lunch
13:40-15:00 Module 5: Workplace-based teaching and assessment
30 mins Unit 1: Teaching on the run: Enhancing learning in a clinical ● RS
30 mins setting
Unit 2: Workplace based assessment ● APS
20 mins Demo
15:00-15:30 Curriculum Overview (MEC framework) ● PR
30 mins Curriculum of KUSMS
15:30-16:00 Course evaluation All
Closing ceremony
○ Feedback from selected participants
○ Certificate distribution
○ Closing remarks
Hours:
Hands-on activities=500 mins
Facilitators: APS: Dr. Anmol Purna Shrestha; AR: Dr Arjun Rijal; BA: Dr Bhoj Adhikari; BG: Mr.
Bipin Ghimire; DIM: Prof. Dil Islam Mansur; JC: Prof. Jagdish Chataut; PR: Prof Prabodh Rijal;
RS: Prof. Roshana Shrestha; SK: Assoc. Prof. Sita Karki; SU: Assoc. Prof. Sumita Upadhyay;
SUK: Prof. Santosh Upadhyaya Kafle