Expected Functions and Duties:
As the case with any academic center in the College, the main functions of the HPEC are divided into Education and Training, research and publications, and services:
- Education and Training:
- Curriculum design, revision, mentoring, and development
- Student Assessment such as; developing new methods, upgrading assessment guidelines, reviewing all kinds of exams, follow up the conduction of exams on Digi-Assess program, follow up clinical based exams, etc…
- Faculty Development Programs for fulltime/part-time staff working in the college and hospitals in different fields of HPE and Educational Technology.
- Holding educational and training activities for medical staff working in the hospital and other community healthcare settings.
- E-Learning Activities; through development of many interactive online courses, follow up the digital process of education using both the Digi-class and Digi-scheduler programs, and follow up and monitoring process of Incision Academy Simulation Platform.
- Providing consultations for faculty in issues related to teaching, assessment, and course management. This will be done both through one-on-one training (inside or outside the HPEC) or in the form of meetings with multiple faculty members from different programs.
- Planning and conducting workshops for students in the different areas (Study skills, Self-learning, PBL concept and steps, Presentation skills, student assessment methods Orientation, Professional communication, etc…)
- Quality and Accreditation
- Working as an important asset in helping ISNC different programs obtain the academic accreditation at the national and international levels.
- Research and Publication
- Publish researches in the field of Health Professions Education.
- Support the students and staff to conduct research in the field of Health Professions Education.
- Collaborate with other health professions educators outside the College or experts’ educators inside the College in doing research.
- Community Partnership.
- Providing tailored faculty development training activities to academic staff from other institutions.
- Providing consultations to other HPEIs in the field of health professions education.