Program for Undergraduate Orientation (2nd Professional year), 2018: This year we have introduced the orientation program for students of 2nd professional year. Apart from the topic on basic clinical skills, the case studies related to ATCOM were introduced.
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2018-19
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty(Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Programs | |||||||
| 1 | OSPE & Feedback | 19.07.18 | Half day | 09.00 AM to 1.00 PM | MEU Hall | First year faculty | Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 2 | Revised Basic Course workshop and AETCOM | 23.07.18 to 26.07.18 | 4 days | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU hall & Own book reading Hall | 28 | Dr.Kadambari.D, Observer from JIPMER |
| 3 | Basic Medical Education - CBME | 05.04.19 | 1 Day | 09.00 AM to 3.45 PM | MEU Hall | 25 | Curriculum Committee Members |
| Program for Undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation program (2nd Professional Year) | 13.08.2018 & 14.08.2018 | One and a half day In 2 batches | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | II Year students | Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Girija, Dr.Badrinath, Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.Jayasree, Dr.Vimal Dr.Nishanthi, Dr. Suguna |
| 2 | Orientation Program | 03.09.2018 to 05.09.2018 | 3 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | I MBBS Students | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash & First year faculty |
| 3 | Intern Orientation Program | 19.07.18 & 20.07.18 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | Conference Reading Hall, Hospital, Own book reading hall, college block | All Interns | Dr.Karthikeyan, Dr.Girija, Dr.Jayasree, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Sunil. Dr.Vimal |
| 4 | Intern Orientation Program | 28.01.2019 to 30.01.2019 | 3 days | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | Conference Reading Hall, Hospital, Own book reading hall, college block | All Interns | Dr.Karthikeyan, Dr.Girija, Dr.Jayasree, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Sunil. Dr.Vimal, Dr.Nishanthini, Dr.Rajalakshmi, Dr.Sindhuri, Dr.Srinivasan, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Pragash, Dr.Mangaiyarkarasi, Mr.Sugumaran3 |
| Program for Postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | PG Orientation workshop on “Research Methodologies” | 9.07.18 to 11.07.18 & 16.07.18 to 18.07.18 | 3 days in 2 batches | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU hall | 2nd Year postgraduates | Research Committee members, Faculty of Community Medicine |
Faculty Development Programs
Workshop on OSPE & Feedback
A workshop on “OSPE & Feedback” was organized by MEU on 19th July 2018, exclusively for the first-yearfaculty, to foster efficient learning among first year students. The session was facilitated by Dr.Amol Dongre, and the session was very interactive.
1st Revised Basic Course Workshop & AETCOM
The Medical Education Unit (MEU) has organized Revised Basic Course workshop and AETCOM under the observation of faculty from JIPMER, Puducherry, regional center for our region.
Revised Basic Course workshop and AETCOM in ‘Medical Education Technologies’ was held on 23th-26th July 2018 under the observation of Dr. Kadambari D, Convener, MCI Regional Centre, JIPMER, Puducherry-605006. A total of 28 senior, mid and junior level faculties from our institute participated in the workshop. The 4-day workshop was organized as per the guidelines of MCI, the sessions were interactive, with group activities for participants. The workshop was evaluated by the observer and the feedback was obtained from the participants in each workshop.
Basic Medical Education – CBME
A revised program on “Basic Medical Education” was held on 5th April 2019, in view of orienting the inhouse faculty to the components of CBME and sensitization CISP. Around 25 faculty (representatives from all the departments) participated in the program. The Curriculum Committee members facilitated the sessions and they were interactive.
Program for Undergraduates
Undergraduate (First year) Orientation program (2018)
The three-day session was held on 3rd September -5thSeptember2018, the program schedule is mentioned below. The program started with the introduction by the Director. This year we introduced session on Attitude, Communication and Ethics suggested as per MCI. White Coat ceremony was newly planned during the orientation program which was well appreciated by the students.
Program for Undergraduate Orientation, 2018
Medical Education Unit, SMVMCH, Pondicherry
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| Day 1, 3 September | ||
| 08.30 - 09.00 | Welcome and Introduction to SMVMCH | Director |
| 09.00 - 11.00 | Introduction | Dr Pai, Dr Deepa and Dr.R.N.Kagne |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Break | |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory - I | Dr Amol and Dr Vinayagamoorthy |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Game plan – Planning for the course | Dr Amol and Dr.Suguna |
| 13.00 - 13.30 | What is expected from a medical doctor? | Dr Amol |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 - 15.30 | IMG –Goals, roles and competencies, MBBS curriculum and Code of conduct at SMVMCH | Dr Karthikeyan Dean (Academic) |
| 15.30 - 16.15 | Coat Ceremony | Dr.Soundariya and First year faculty |
| 16.15 – 16.30 | Open forum | All |
| Day 2, 4 September | ||
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Learning skills and styles - II | Dr Amol and Dr Vinayagamoorthy |
| 09.00 – 10.00 | What does it mean to be a patient?* | Dr.Ganesh |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Break | |
| 10.15 - 11.30 | “Walk in campus” – Orientation to campus | Dr.Deepika and team |
| 11.30 - 13.30 | The Doctor patient relationship?* | Dr.Udhayashankar and Team |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 - 16.30 | WIT: Movie and discussion on Professionalism | Dr Amol, Dr.Pravin |
| Day 3, 5 September | ||
| 08.30 - 09.15 | Health problems in India | Dr Murugan |
| 09.15 – 10.00 | Precautions and Immunization for health professionals | Dr Mangaikarasi and Dr Jayasree |
| 09.15 - 10.45 | The Foundations of communication 1 | Dr Jayashree and Dr Suguna |
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Break | |
| 10.45 – 12.30 | The Cadaver as our first teacher* | Dr. Suriyakumari / Dr.Suresh and Dr.Deepa |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Assessment of AETCOM module | Dr.Deepika / Dr.Soundriya and Dr.Deepa |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | SIMSCON at SMVMCH | Student Council, Dr Kalaiselvan |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Sports event at SMVMCH | Student Council, Dr.Ganesh |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | Student Council, Dr Sanjay |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Closing | Director/Deputy Director |
To follow AETCOM module
Program for Undergraduate Orientation (2nd Professional year), 2018: This year we have introduced the orientation program for students of 2nd professional year. Apart from the topic on basic clinical skills, the case studies related to ATCOM were introduced.
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| Day 1, 13 August, 2018 | ||
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Welcome / Goals, Roles and Competencies of IMG | Deputy Director and Dean |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Code of conduct at Hospital, SMVMCH | Medical Superintendent |
| 9.30 – 10.30 | Basic clinical skills (history taking, Bed side manners, how to present a Clinical case history?) | Dr. Badrinath Dr.Girija |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Universal precautions at SMVMCH Risk in Hospital Environment | Dr.Mangaikarasi Dr. Sunil |
| 1100 – 11.30 | MBBS curriculum- Reference to new curriculum | Dean Academic |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Introduction to Clinical departments | HOD’s of Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and OBG |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Medical Student and Research | Dr.Vinayagamoothy |
| 13.00- 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 - 15.30 | How to present seminar? | Dr Vimal Dr.Nishanthi |
| 15.30 - 16.30 | Communication Skills in clinical practises | Dr Suguna Dr.Jayashree |
| Day 2, 14 August, 2018 | ||
| 08.30 – 09.30 | Ethics and Medical practices | Dr.Vimal, Dr.Nishanthi Dr.Ganesh |
| 09.30 – 10.30 | Instructions on AETCOM case studies and Group allotment | Dr. Suguna Dr.Vimal |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Break | |
| 11.00 – 13.00 | Discussion on AETCOM case studies- small group discussion | All |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 15.00 | Presentation with in the group and discussion | All |
| 15.00 - 16.00 | Summary of group presentation in large group | Dr.Vimal , Dr.Suguna, Dr .Kalai |
| 16.00 – 16.15 | Closing | |
Intern Orientation Program
Two-day Orientation programwasheld for a batch of interns on 30-31 January,2017The workshop was facilitated by in house faculty.
The intern orientation program held between 28th to 30th January 2019, was modified into three-day program with more emphasis on the mini workshops with adequate hands-on training on the basic skills expected to be obtained by an intern. There were 113 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
| Day 1 28.01.2019 | Sessions | Faculty |
| 08.30-09.00 | Welcome to CRRI and of the Institute / Overview of program | Director / Deputy DirectorDr Karthikeyan |
| 09.00-13.00 | Skills oriented workshops for CRRI* | |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch | |
| 13.45-14.15 | Vision and Mission / Roles, responsibilities and rules for CRRI | Dr Karthikeyan / |
| 14.15-15.15 | Infrastructure/Scope of the hospital and Registration Process | Dr.Pragash/Dr.Kalaiselvan/ Dr.Ganesh |
| 15.15-15.45 | Rights and Responsibilities of patients | Dr.Kagne / Dr.Ganesh |
| 15.45-16.15 | Blood banking services | Dr Vimal / Dr Ramya |
| 16.15-17.00 | Fire safety demonstration | Mr.Sugumaran |
| Day 2 29.01.2019 | Sessions | |
| 09.00-13.00 | Skills oriented workshops for CRRI* | |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch | |
| 13.45-14.45 | Basic clinical skills(history taking, laboratory investigation and prescription of drugs) | Dr Girija / Dr Jayashree |
| 14.45-15.15 | ICU protocol | Dr.Girija / Dr.Srinivasan |
| 15.15-16.15 | Rational drug prescription | Dr Nishanthini / Dr Rajalakshmi |
| 16.15-17.00 | Fire safety demonstration | Mr.Sugumaran |
| Day 3 30.01.2019 | Sessions | |
| 09.00-13.00 | Skills oriented workshops for CRRI* | |
| 13.00-13.45 | Lunch | |
| 13.45-14.15 | Communication skills | Dr Suguna /Dr Jayashree |
| 14.15-15.00 | Palliative care at SMVMCH | Dr Suguna / Dr Sinduri |
| 15.00-15.30 | Universal precautions | Dr Sunil / Dr Mangaikarasi / Dr.Udhayashankar |
| 15.30-16.15 | Medico-legal issues, documentation and ethics in professional patient care | Dr Kagne |
| 16.15-17.00 | Fire safety demonstration | Mr.Sugumaran |
Programs for Postgraduates
Orientation program for postgraduates in Research Methodology
The MEU, Research Committee and the Department of Community Medicine jointly conducts an orientation workshop for first year Postgraduates every year. The workshop focuses on the basics of research Full day sessions over a period of three days in two batches from 9-12 July, 2018 / 16-18 July,2018 were conducted for sensitizing the post-graduates on research methods. There were 50 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
| Time (IST) | Day-1 | Day-2 | Day-3 |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Introduction and ground rules(Jayasree and Suguna) | Recap of day 1 | Recap of day 2 |
| 9.30-9.45 | Pre-test | Material & Methods: Designs(Amol)[Exercise-6] | Designing questionnaire and deciding the tools for measurement(Amol\ Kalai) |
| 9.45-10.15 | What is research? (Thesis\Dissertation) How to select the topic? (Dr Amol)[Exercise 1-A, B] | ||
| 10.15-10.45 | Tea | Tea | Tea |
| 10.45- 11.30 | How to write the objectives? (Primary and secondary) (Dr Karthikeyan) | Experimental design Blinding and Randomization (Nishanti\Suguna) Qualitative Research (Vinayagamoorthy) | Biases and ways to minimize it. Hands-on: Indentify biases in your project - Analysis plan (Vinayagamoorthy) [Exercise-7] |
| 11.30 -12.00 | Variables and its types (Vinayagamoorthy)[Exercise 2] | ||
| 12.00-12.30 | Review of Literature Group work (Amol) [Exercise 3] | Gantt Chart (Kalaiselvan) [Exercise-9] | |
| 12.30-1.00 | How to search the Literature? (In library and Online) PubMed and HINARI (Vinayagamoorthy) | Hands-on: Decide the objectives and Methods for the given topic (All) | Sicentific misconducts and University Feedback on MD thesis (Amol / Vinayagamoorthy) |
| 1.00 -2.00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2.00-2.30 | Hands-on on Literature search [Assignment instruction] | Ethics in Research (Film) (Nishanti, Vimal, Ganesh) | Group work – Critical appraisal of the proposal (Jayasree and team) [Exercise-10] |
| 2.30-3.00 | Reference citation using Vancouver style (Murugan, Hema) | General Principles – ICMR Guidelines (Nishanti, Vimal, Ganesh) | |
| 3.00-3.30 | Hands-on Reference citation (Murugan, Hema) [Exercise-4] | Group work: Case studies on ethical issues (Nishanti, Vimal, Ganesh) | Standard Operating Procedure(SOP) of the Research Committee at SMVMCH (Vinayagamoorthy) |
| 3.30-4.00 | Material & Methods: Sample size and sampling (Amol) [Exercise-5] | Informed consent Form Part I and II (Nishanti, Vimal, Ganesh) | Instructions on deliverables |
| Post-test | |||
| 4.00-4.15 | Feedback | Feedback | Feedback |
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2017-18
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty(Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Programs | |||||||
| 1 | Curriculum designs [theories] | 29.08.2017 | 2 hours | 2.00 PM onwards | Conference Hall 4th Floor, Hospital Block | 40 | Dr. Amol Dongre |
| 2 | ‘'Principles in Student Assessment'’ | 22.11.2017 | 2 hours | 2.00 PM onwards | MEU Hall | 40 | Dr. Kadambari |
| Program for Undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation Program | 12.09.2017&14.09.2017 | 3 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | I MBBS Students | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash & First year faculty |
| 2 | Intern Orientation Program | 09.01.2018&10.01.201809.02.2018 | 2 days& 1 day | 9.00 AM to 4.30 AM | MEU Hall | 113 | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Udhayashankar, Dr.Suni Shivekar, Dr.Thirunavukarasu, Dr.Pragash & |
| Program for Postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation program on ‘Basic teaching and presentation skills’ | 19.09.2017 to 20.09.2017 &05.10.2017 to 06.10.2017 | One and a half dayIn 2 batches | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 54 | Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.Jayasree, Dr.Vimal Dr.Nishanthi, Dr. Suguna |
Faculty Development Program
Lecture series: Curriculum Designs [Theories]
As a second program of the lecture series, Dr.Amol Dongre facilitated the session on “Curriculum Designs” for the Inhouse faculty of SMVMCH on 29th August 2017. He elaborated on the theories and designs of curriculum across the globe and there was active interaction with the participants.
As a third event of the lecture series, Dr.Kadambari from JIPMER, highlighted on the “Principles of Student Assessment” for around 40 inhouse faculty of SMVMCH. The session was highly interactive.
Programs for the Postgraduates
Orientation program on ‘Basic teaching and presentation skills: One and Half day Orientation program on ‘Basic teaching and presentation skills’ was held for Post –graduates in two batches on 19-20 September, 2017 and 5th& 6th October, 2017as per the program mentioned below. The workshop was facilitated by in house faculty. There were 54 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature. The objectives of the session were to orient postgraduates to rules, assessment plan and deliverables during the post-graduation course, seminars and journal club activity, planning and presentation skills.
| Time | Sessions | Faculty |
| DAY-1 | ||
| 8.30-9.00 | Registration | - |
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Rules, logbook and deliverables | Dr Karthikeyan |
| 9.30-10.15 | Seminar | Dr Amol |
| 10.15-10.30 | Tea break | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Journal club | Dr Karthikeyan |
| 11.00-11.30 | How to make PowerPoint presentation | Dr Vimal |
| 11.30-12.30 | How to use white board, OHP and LCD for presentation? | Dr Jayashree |
| 12.30-1.00 | Preparation and presentation skills | Dr Suguna and Dr Nishanti |
| 1.00-2.00 | Lunch break | |
| 2.00-3.00 | Teaching session planning and delivery - Lecture and small group teaching | Dr Kalaiselvan and Dr Murugan |
| 3.00-4.00 | Instructions for micro-teaching session | Dr Amol, Dr Kalaiselvan and All |
| 4.00-4.15 | Feedback | |
| DAY-2 (Afternoon) | ||
| 1.30-3.30 | Micro-teaching in small groups | All |
| 3.00-4.00 | Report out by observing faculty | All |
| 4.00-4.30 | Closing remarks and feedback | Dr Kagne |
Programs for the Postgraduates
Orientation Program for ‘Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship’ (CRRI): Two-day orientation program was held on 09-10th January,2018 as per the program mentioned below. The workshop was facilitated by in house faculty. There were 113 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
Learning outcomes of the program were -
- To offer formal orientation to roles, responsibilities and rules for CRRI at SMVMCH
- To ensure revision of basic clinical skills such as history taking, laboratory investigation and prescription of rational drugs in patient care
- To provide orientation to steps in basic surgical skills and services of blood bank
- To understand the role of documentation in patient care
- To understand the role of communication in patient satisfaction
- To understand the standard practices in universal precautions and waste disposal
- To understand Medico-legal issues, documentation and ethics in professional patient care
Instruction sessions for day-1 (09.01.18): Venue- Lecture Hall-2 (College block)
| Day 1 | Sessions | Faculty |
| 09.00-09.30 | Welcome to CRRI and overview of program | Director |
| 09.30-10.00 | Roles, responsibilities and rules for CRRI | Dr Karthikeyan |
| 10.00-10.30 | Tea | |
| 10.30-11.30 | Basic clinical skills (history taking, laboratory investigation and prescription of drugs) | Dr Girija |
| 11.30-12.15 | Rational drug prescription / Palliative care at SMVMCH | DrMurugan /Dr Suguna |
| 12.15-01.15 | Communication skills | DrSuguna /Dr Jayashree |
| 1.15-2.00 | Lunch | |
| 02.00- 02.30 | Universal precautions and Bio-medical waste management at SMVMCH | Dr Sunil |
| 02.30-03.30 | Blood banking services | Dr Vimal |
| 03.30-04.30 | Medico-legal issues, documentation and ethics in professional patient care | Dr Kagne |
Program for day-2: Skills oriented mini-workshops for CRRI
| Date | Time | Basics of CPR # | Basic surgical skills $ | Basic medical skills* |
| 10.02.18 | 09.00-11.00 | Batch A | Batch B | Batch C |
| 10.02.18 | 11.00-01.00 | Batch B | Batch C | Batch A |
| 13.02.18 | 02.00-04.00 | Batch C | Batch A | Batch B |
# -Department of Anaesthesia (Venue-Own Book reading –ground floor), $- Department of OBG and surgery (Venue-Own Book reading –First floor), * - Dr Girija and team (Venue-Own Book reading –Second floor)
Orientation of Undergraduates (2017): The three-day session was held on October 12th -14thSeptember 2017, the program schedule is mentioned below.the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| Day 1, 12 September | ||
| 8.30 - 9.00 | Welcome and Introduction to SMVMCH | Director / Deputy Director |
| 9.00 - 10.00 | Introduction | Dr Nivedita and Mr Senthil Murugan |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Break | |
| 10.30 - 11.30 | Introduction | Dr Nivedita and Dr Senthil |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory - I | Dr Amol and Dr Vinayagamoorthy |
| 12.00 - 13.00 | Game plan – Planning for the course | Dr Kalaiselvan G, Dr Amol |
| 13.00 - 13.30 | What is expected from a medical doctor? | Dr Amol |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 - 15.45 | MBBS curriculum and Code of conduct at SMVMCH | Dr Karthikeyan Dean (Academic) |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Precautions and Immunization for health professionals | Dr Gopal HOD, Microbiology |
| 16.15 – 16.30 | Open forum | All |
| Day 2, 13 September | ||
| 08.30 - 10.00 | Learning skills and styles - II | Dr Amol and Dr Vinayagamoorthy |
| 10.00 - 11.15 | Resistance skills for medical student | Thomas Mathew and Dr Amol |
| 11.15 - 11.30 | Break | |
| 11.30 - 13.30 | “Walk in campus” – Orientation to campus | Dr Kalaiselvan and teams |
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Lunch | |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | SIMSCON at SMVMCH | Student Council, Dr Kalaiselvan |
| 15.00 - 15.15 | Break | |
| 15.15 - 15.30 | Sports activities | Student Council, Dr Ganesh, |
| 15.30 – 16.15 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | Student Council, Dr Sanjay, Dr Nivedita |
| 16.15 – 16.30 | Open forum and Fresher’s Day Celebration | All and Student Council |
| Day 3, 14 September | ||
| 08.30 - 09.15 | Health problems in India | Dr Amol |
| 09.15 - 10.30 | Medical Ethics | Dr Kagne / Dr.Ganesh.R |
| 10.30 - 10.45 | Break | |
| 10.45 - 13.00 | Communication skills | Dr Jayashree and Dr Suguna |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 - 16.15 | WIT: Movie and discussion on Professionalism | Dr Amol and Dr Vimal |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Closing | Director/Deputy Director |
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2016-17
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty(Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Program | |||||||
| 1 | How to organize a scientific program? | 29.08.16 | Half day | 09.00 AM to 12.30 PM | MEU Hall | 28 | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.AmolDongre |
| 2 | Workshop on “Research Methods” for Faculty | 20.10.16 & 21.10.16 | 2 days | 09.00 AM to 4.15 PM | MEU Hall | 30 | Faculty of Department of Community Medicine, Dr.Jayasree and Dr.Poomalar |
| 3 | Lecture Series: Regulation and Accreditation of Medical College: Purpose and scope | 10.05.2017 | Half day | 2.00 PM to 4.00 PM | MEU Hall | Inhouse faculty of SMVMCH | Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.R.N.Kagne |
| Programs for Undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation Program | 26.10.2016 & 27.10.2016 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | I MBBS Students | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash& First year faculty |
| 2 | Intern Orientation Program | 30.01.2017 & 31.01.2017 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.30 AM | MEU Hall | 113 | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Udhayashankar, Dr.SuniShivekar, Dr.Thirunavukarasu, Dr.Pragash |
| Programs for Postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | PG Orientation workshop on “Research Methodologies” | 02.06.2016 to 04.06.2016 & 6.06.2016 to 7.06.2016 | 3 days in 2 batches | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 33 | Faculty from Department of Community Medicine, members of MEU, Research committee |
| 2 | Workshop on “Literature search and reference management” | 27.01.2016 | 1 day | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | Digital Lab | 25 | Mrs.VasumathiSriganesh and Ms. Lakshmi Padmanabhan Quality Medical (QMed) Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai |
Faculty Development Programs
Workshop on “How to Organize a scientific Program”
A one-day workshop on “How to organize a scientific program” was held on 29th August 2016, for the faculty of SMVMCH. Around 28 inhouse faculty of SMVMCH participated in the workshop. The sessions were facilitated by Dr.RN.Kagne, Dr.AmolDongreand Dr.G.Kalaiselvan and they highlighted on the guidelines & checklist for scientific events, implementation and evaluation.
Workshop on “Research Methods for Faculty”
A two- day workshop on “Research Methods” was organized for the inhouse faculty of SMVMCH ON 21st& 22nd October 2016. Around 30 inhouse faculty participated in this workshop with sessions that highlighted on the essential components of a research writing and questionnaire development. There were group activities in between which made the sessions interactive.
Lecture Series – “Regulation and Accreditation of Medical College: Purpose and Scope”
The lecture series was organized for the for the faculty of SMVMCH, the lectures were delivered by the inhouse and invited faculty. Dr.AmolDongre&Dr.R.N.Kagne delivered a lecture series on “Regulation and Accreditation of Medical College: Purpose and scope”, for the inhouse faculty of SMVMCH.
Programs for Undergraduates
Orientation of Undergraduates (2016)
The two- day session was held on October 26th -27th 2016, the program schedule is mentioned below. The program started with the introduction by the Director. The sessions were facilitated by the faculty from MEU, Department of Community Medicine, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and the coordinators of Sports & Cultural Committee.
Medical Education Unit, SMVMCH, Pondicherry
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| Day 1, 2016 | ||
| 08.30 to 10.30 | Introduction | Dr. Nivedita andMr.SenthilDr.Kalai and Dr.Amol |
| 10.30 to 11.00 | Break | |
| 11.00 to 11.15 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory | Dr.Kalai |
| 11.15 to 12.30 | Dream mapping exercise – Why do i want to become a doctor? | Dr Amol |
| 12.30 to 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 to 14.00 | What is expected from a medical doctor? | Dr Amol |
| 14.00 to 14.30 | Metamorphosis in medical students | Dr Karthikeyan |
| 14.30 to 16.30 | Communication skills | Dr Suguna, DrJayshree, Dr Divya, Dr Sindhuri |
| Day 2, 2016 | ||
| 08.30 to 09.00 | Learning skills and styles | Dr Amol, Dr Suguna |
| 09.00 to 11.15 | WIT: Movie and discussion | Dr Amol and Dr Kalai |
| 11.15 to 11.30 | Break | |
| 11.30 to 12.00 | How to improve resilience and self-care? | Dr Arun |
| 12.00 to 12.30 | SIMSCON at SMVMCH | Mr.Niranjan , Dr.Murugan |
| 12.30 to 13.00 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | Dr.Nivedita and Dr.Sanjay |
Orientation program for Intern: Two-day Orientation programwasheld on 30-31 January,2017 as per the program mentioned below. The workshop was facilitated by in house faculty. There were 113 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
Instruction sessions for day-1:
| Day 1 | Sessions | Faculty |
| 9.00-9.30 | Welcome to CRRI and overview of program | Director |
| 9.30-10.00 | Roles, responsibilities and rules for CRRI | Dr Karthikeyan |
| 10.00-10.30 | Tea | |
| 10.30-11.30 | Basic clinical skills (history taking, laboratory investigation and prescription of drugs) | Dr Girija |
| 11.30-12.00 | Rational drug prescription | Dr Murugan |
| 12.00-12.30 | Communication skills | Dr Suguna |
| 12.30-1.00 | Universal precautions and Bio-medical waste management at SMVMCH | Dr Sunil |
| 1.00-2.00 | Lunch | |
| 2.00-2.30 | Palliative care at SMVMCH | Dr Suguna |
| 2.30-4.30 | Medico-legal issues, documentation and ethics in professional patient care | Dr Kagne |
Program for day-2: Skills oriented mini-workshops for CRRI
| Time | Basics of CPR # | Basic surgical skills $ | Blood banking services * |
| 9.00-11.00 | Batch A | Batch B | Batch C |
| 11.00-1.00 | Batch B | Batch A | Batch C |
| 2.00-4.00 | Batch C | Batch B | Batch A |
| 4.00-4.30 | Closing | ||
# - Department of Anaesthesia, $- Department of OBG and surgery, * - Department of Pathology
Orientation program for postgraduates, 2016
Orientation Workshop was conducted for the newly joined batch of post-graduates from pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical subjects for the year 2016. Full day sessions over a period
Of three days in two batches from 2nd to 4th June2016 & 6th to 8thJune2016 were conducted for sensitizing the post-graduates on research methods. There were 53 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
Program Schedule
| Time (IST) | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Introduction and ground rules | Recap of day 1 | Recap of day 2 |
| 9.30-10.00 | What is research? (Thesis\Dissertation)(Dr Amol)[Exercise 1-A, B] | Hands-on: Decide the objectives and Methods for the given topic (All) | Reference citation: Vancouver style(Dr. Murugan)[Exercise-9] |
| 10.00-10.30 | Tea | Tea | Tea |
| 10.30- 11.00 | Variables and its types(Vinayagamoorthy)[Exercise 2] | Qualitative Research(Suguna, Amol) | Project management(Gantt Chart)(Dr. Kalaiselvan) |
| 11.00 -11.30 | How to select the topic?(Review of Literature and its organization): Participants are divided in groups and given a topic (Amol) [Exercise 3] | Designing questionnaire and deciding the tools for measurement(Amol and Kalaiselvan ) | Common mistakes and malpractices in research and thesis(Amol) |
| 11.30 -12.30 | How to search the Literature?(In library and Online) PubMed, HINARI and Proquest (Vinayagamoorthy and Thiru) | Biases and ways to minimize it(Vinayagamoorthy) | Group work – Critical appraisal of the proposal(Jayasree, Poomalar, Thirunauk) |
| 12.30-1.00 | Hands-on on Literature search on a given topic in Digital Lab (Vinayagamoorthy, Thirunavuk, Muruganandham) [Exercie-4] | Hands-on: Indentify biases in your project (Vinayagamoorthy) [Exercise-8] | Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Research Committee at SMVMCH (Thirunavuk, Amol) |
| 1.00 -2.00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2.00-2.30 | How to write the objectives? (Primary and secondary) (Dr Karthikeyan) | Ethics in Research (Film) (Thirunavuk) | Medico-legal issues and documentation –(Dr Kagane) |
| 2.30-3.00 | Material & Methods: Sample size and sampling(Amol) [Exercise-5] | General Principles – ICMR Guidelines | |
| 3.00-3.30 | Material & Methods: Designs(Amol) [Exercise-6] | Informed consent Form | |
| 3.30-4.00 | Experimental design Blinding and Randomization (Prasad and Suguna) | Group work: Groups identify ethical issues in their project and design a consent form (All) | |
| 4.00-4.15 | Feedback | Feedback | Feedback |
Basic workshop on ‘Literature search and reference management’:
A one-day workshop was organized on 27th July, 2016 by the Medical Education Unit and Department of Community Medicine,SMVMCH on Literature search and reference management’.Mrs.VasumathiSriganesh and Ms. Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Quality Medical (QMed) Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai facilitated the sessions. Twenty-five in-house postgrduates from SMVMCH were the participants for this workshop
Orientation of Undergraduates (2017): The three-day session was held on October 12th -14thSeptember 2017, the program schedule is mentioned below.the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2015-16
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty(Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Programs | |||||||
| 1 | Workshop on ‘Basics of Problem Based Learning and Fundamentals of Competency Based Student Assessment’ | 22.06.15 & 23.06.15 | 2 | 09.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 30 | Dr.ShitalBhandary from Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepal |
| 2 | Basic workshop on ‘Literature search and reference management’ | 25.06.2015 | 1 day | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | Digital Lab | 30 | Mrs.VasumathiSriganesh and Ms. Lakshmi Padmanabhan Quality Medical (QMed) Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai |
| Program for Undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation Program | 06.07.2015 & 08.07.2015 | 3 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | I MBBS Students | Dr. Pallavi Joshi, Consultant Psychiatrist from Bangalore. Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash& First year faculty |
| 2 | Intern Orientation Program | 27.01.2016 & 28.01.2016 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.30 AM | MEU Hall | 86 | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Udhayashankar, Dr.SuniShivekar, Dr.Thirunavukarasu, Dr.Pragash& |
| Program for Postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | PG Orientation workshop on “Research Methodologies” | 02.07.2015 to 04.07.2015 | 3 days | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 33 | Faculty from Department of Community Medicine, members of MEU, Research committee |
| 2 | Orientation program on ‘Basic teaching and presentation skills’ | 28.09.2015 | 1 day | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 35 | Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.Jayasree, Dr.Buvaneshwary, Dr. Suguna |
Faculty Development Programs
Workshop on ‘Basics of Problem Based Learning and Fundamentals of Competency Based Student Assessment’
A two-day workshop was organized on 22nd -23rd June, 2015 by the Medical Education Unit and Department of Community Medicine,SMVMCH on Basics of Problem Based Learning and Fundamentals of Competency Based Student Assessment’.Dr.ShitalBhandary from Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Nepalfacilitated the sessions. Thirty in-house faculty from SMVMCH were the participants for this workshop. The overall program of the workshop was as follows:
| Day-1: Basics of Problem Based Learning | ||
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome and Introduction | Amol, Shital |
| 9:30 -10:00 | Review Preview | Shital |
| 10:00-10:30 | Tea | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Introduction to Problem Based Learning | Shital |
| 11:00-11:30 | PBL Video (PAHS) and discussion | Shital |
| 11:30-12:30 | PBL (Demo PBL Case) | Shital |
| 12:30-13:00 | Panel Discussion | Shital |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | PBL-Cases for Tutorials | Shital |
| 15:00-15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15-16:00 | PBL-Process and Content Assessments | Shital |
| 16:00-16:15 | Feedback | Shital, Amol etc. |
| Day2:Fundamentals of Competency Based Student Assessment | ||
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome and Introduction | Amol, Shital |
| 9:30-10:00 | Review Preview (Student Assessment) | Shital |
| 10:00-10:30 | Tea | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Introduction to Competency Based Student Assessment | Shital |
| 11:00-11:30 | Group work on Competency Based Student Assessment | Shital |
| 11:30-12:30 | Competency Based Student Assessment Framework Discussion in pairs, Group discussion, Group presentations | Shital |
| 12:30-13:00 | Panel Discussion | Shital |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | CBSA – Assessment Tools | Shital |
| 15:00-15:15 | Tea | |
| 15:15-16:00 | CBSA – Standard Setting | Shital |
| 16:00-16:15 | Feedback | Shital, Amol |
Basic workshop on ‘Literature search and reference management’
A one-day workshop was organized on 25th June, 2015 by the Medical Education Unit and Department of Community Medicine,SMVMCH on Literature search and reference management’.Mrs.VasumathiSriganesh and Ms. Lakshmi Padmanabhan, Quality Medical (QMed) Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai facilitated the sessions. Thirty in-house faculty from SMVMCH were the participants for this workshop.
Programs for Undergraduates
Orientation of Undergraduates (2015)
The three- day session was held on July 6th-8th2015, the program schedule is mentioned below. The program started with the introduction by the Director. The sessions were facilitated by the faculty from MEU, Department of Community Medicine, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and the coordinators of Sports & Cultural Committee. A session on ‘How to improve resilience and self-care’ was facilitated by Dr Pallavi Joshi, Consultant Psychiatrist from Bangalore.
| Time | Session | Faculty |
| Day 1, 6 July 2015 | ||
| 8.30 to 10.30 | Introduction | Dr Pai and Dr Senthil |
| 10.30 to 11.00 | Break | |
| 11.00 to 11.15 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory | Dr Amol |
| 11.15 to 12.30 | Dream mapping exercise – Why do i want to become a doctor? | Dr Kalaiselvan and Dr Amol |
| 12.30 to 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 to 14.00 | What is expected from a medical doctor? | Dr Amol |
| 14.00 to 15.00 | Metamorphosis in medical students | Dr Karthikeyan |
| 15.00 to 16.30 | MBBS curriculum and Code of conduct at SMVMCH | Dean (Academic) |
| Day 2, 7 July 2015 | ||
| 8.30 to 10.00 | Learning skills and styles | Dr Suguna |
| 10.00 to 11.00 | How to improve resilience and self-care? | Dr Pallavi Joshi |
| 11.00 to 11.15 | Break | |
| 11.15 to 12.00 | How to improve resilience and self-care? | Dr Pallavi Joshi |
| 12.00 to 12.00 | Introduction to library and computer lab | MrElango, Mr Ravi and Dr Thiru |
| 12.30 to 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 to 14.00 | SIMSCON at SMVMCH | Thomas Mathew and Dr Prakash |
| 14.00 to 14.30 | Sports activities at SMVMCH | Dr Murugan and Dr Ganesh |
| 15.00 to 16.30 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | MrsSelvi, Miss Thendral |
| Day 3, 8 July, 2015 | ||
| 8.30 to 9.30 | Health problems in India | Dr Amol |
| 9.30 to 10.30 | Medical Ethics | Dr Thirunavukarasu |
| 10.30 to 12.30 | Communication skills | Dr Suguna, Dr Divya, Dr Sindhuri |
| 12.30 to 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 to 16.00 | WIT: Movie and discussion | Dr Thiru and Dr Amol |
| 16.00 to 16.30 | Closing and Director speech | Director, SMVMCH |
Orientation program for Intern
Two-day program was held on 27-28th January,2016 as per the program mentioned below. The workshop was facilitated by in house faculty. There were 86 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
| Day-1 (27.01.16) | ||
| Time | Program | Facilitator |
| 09.30 am – 10.00 am | Welcome | Director / Deputy Director |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | General rules to be followed during Internship | Dr.Vetrikodi |
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Duty and Responsibilities of Intern | Dr.Kartikeyan.K |
| 11.00 am – 11.30 am | Tea break | |
| 11.30 am – 12.30 pm | Good Professional Practice | Dr.AmolDongre |
| 12.30 – 01.30 pm | Art and science of history taking and general physical examination | Dr.Girija |
| 01.30 pm – 2.30 pm | Lunch | |
| 02.30 pm– 4.30 pm | Inter-personal Communication | Dr.Suguna.E / Dr.Jayashree.M |
| Day-2 (28.01.16) | ||
| 09.30 am – 10.00am | Sensitization to rational use of drugs | Dr.Udhyashankar |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Skills of writing requisitions for investigations | Dr. Pragash |
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Tea break | |
| 11.00 am – 11.30 am | Case sheet writing | Dr. Poomalar |
| 11.30 am – 12.30 noon | Conflict management | Dr.G.Kalaislevan |
| 12.30 noon – 01.30 pm | Medico legal aspects and death certificate | Dr.R.N.Kagne |
| 01.30 pm – 02.30 pm | Lunch | |
| 02.30 pm – 03.00 pm | Universal barrier precautions and biomedical waste management | Dr.SunilShevekar |
| 03.00 pm – 04.00 pm | Professional etiquettes and ethics | Dr.Thirunavukarasu.R.M |
| 04.00 pm – 04.15 pm | Feedback | Dr.Thirunavukarasu.R.M |
| 04.15 pm – 04.30 pm | Closing session | Dean (Administration) |
Programs for Postgraduates
Orientation program on ‘Basic teaching and presentation skills’ for postgraduates:
One day Orientation program on ‘Basic teaching and presentation skills’ was held on 28th September,2015 as per the program mentioned below. The workshop was facilitated by in house faculty. There were 35 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature.
| Program | Time | Faculty |
| Adult learning principles | 09.00 am - 10.00 am | Dr.Murugan / Dr. K.Soundariya |
| Introduction to concepts of taxonomy of learning, Domains of learning and examples / Types of objectives | ||
| Tea break | 10.00am - 10.15 am | - |
| How to plan a session for large group? | 10.15 am - 11.15 am | Dr.Kalai / Dr.R.N.Kagne |
| How to plan a session for small group? | 11.15 am - 12.15 pm | Dr.Suguna / Dr.Amol |
| How to plan and deliver the seminar? | 12.15 pm - 01.15 pm | Dr.Jayasree / Dr.Buvaneshwari |
| Lunch break | 01.15 pm - 02.00 pm | - |
| Critical appraisal of published article | 02.00 pm - 02.30 pm | Dr.Karthikeyan |
| Communication skills (Hospital set-up) | 02.30 pm - 04.00 pm | Dr.Suguna / Dr.Amol |
| Feedback | 04.00 pm – 04.15 pm | - |
Orientation Workshop on Research Methods for first year Postgraduates, 2015
Orientation Workshop was conducted for the newly joined batch of post-graduates from pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical subjects for the year 2015. Full day sessions over a period of three days from 2nd July to 4th July 2015 were conducted for sensitizing the new post-graduates on research methods. The sessions were facilitated by faculty from the department of Community Medicine, Dean (Academic) and members from Medical Education Unit & Research Committee. There were 33 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature. The sessions were conducted as per the schedule mentioned below.
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2014-15
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty(Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Programs | |||||||
| 1 | Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies | 19.08.2014 to 21.08.2014 | 3 | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 28 | Dr.Archana P Kumar, Observer, SRMC, Chennai |
| 2 | Workshop on basics of educational project development | 11.09.2014 | Half day | 1.45 PM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 28 | Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr,Mahalakshmy.T, Dr. Sitanshu Sekhar Kar |
| Program for Undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation Program | 02.08.14 & 03.08.14 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | I MBBS Students | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.AmolDongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash& First year faculty |
| Program for Postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | PG Orientation workshop on “Research Methodologies” | 15.07.2014 to 17.07.2014 | 3 days | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 33 | Faculty from Department of Community Medicine, Dr.RNKagne&Dr.Jaffrin, Pharmacology |
| 2 | Searching the Literature | 31.01.2015 | Half day | 2.30 – 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall- 3 | 43 | Dr.Vasumathi Ganesh , QMed Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai |
Faculty Development Program
Third Basic Course Workshop in ‘Medical Education Technologies’ was held from 19th to 21th August, 2014 at SMVMCH. A total of 28 faculties from our institute participated in the workshop. Dr.Archana P Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, SRMC & RI, Chennai was the observer from the MCI nodal center.
Workshop on ‘Educational Project Development’
The workshop on Educational Project Development was held on 11.09.14 between 1.45 to 4.30 pm for the participants who attended the Basic course workshop of MET held during August,2014. The objective of the workshop is to give orientation on educational projects and to refine the project submitted to the MCI nodal center by the participants. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Amol R Dongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan (SMVMCH) and Dr. Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Dr.T.Mahalakshmy, (JIPMER) from the Department of Community Medicine.
Programs for Postgraduates
Orientation Workshop on Research Methods for first year Postgraduates, 2014
Orientation Workshop was conducted for the newly joined batch of post-graduates from pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical subjects for the year 2014. Full day sessions over a period of three days from 15th July to 17th July 2014 were conducted for sensitizing the new post-graduates on research methods. The sessions were facilitated by faculty from the department of Community Medicine, Dean (Academic) and members from Medical Education Unit & Research Committee. There were 33 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature. The sessions were conducted as per the schedule mentioned below.
Program Schedule
| Time (IST) | 15 July, 2014 | 16 July, 2014 | 17 July, 2014 |
| 9.00 – 9.30 | Starting the Journey and ground rules | Recap of day 1 | Recap of day 2 |
| 9.30-10.00 | Quantitative Research Methods -Universe, sample and sampling (Amol) | Biases - Identify potential biases in your project (Dr Suguna) | How to write ‘Introduction’ ‘Objectives’ and ‘Review of Literature’(Dr Karthikeyan) |
| 10.00-10.30 | Tea | Tea | Tea |
| 10.30- 11.00 | Sample size and sampling(Amol) | (A brief introduction to variables and its types)Designing a questionnaire – Groups work on their questionnairePre-testing Copyright issues (Dr Kalai and Dr Amol) | How to write ‘Material and Methods’ (Dr.Jayasree) |
| 11.00 -11.30 | Observational study designs (Amol) | How to cite the references? (Dr Thiru) | |
| 11.30-12.00 | Common mistakes and malpractices in research and thesis (Amol) | ||
| 12.00 -12.30 | Group work: Participants select a topic and design a cross sectional study (Dr Kalai) | ||
| Group work – Critical appraisal of the proposal | |||
| 12.30-1.00 | Experimental study designs – Randomization, blinding, GCP (Dr Prasad) | Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Research Committee at SMVMCH (Amol) | |
| 1.00 -2.00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 2.00-2.30 | Hands-on: Randomization (Dr Prasad) | Ethics in Research (Film) | Medico-legal issues – DrKagne (Dean-Academic) |
| 2.30-3.00 | Searching the literature (Dr Amol) | General Principles – ICMR Guidelines (Dr Murugan) | |
| 3.00-3.30 | Group work –Participants will perform the literature search and refine the study design (Dr Kalai and Dr Thiru) | Informed consent Form (Dr Thiru) | |
| 3.30-4.15 | Qualitative Research Methods(Amol) | Group work: Groups identify ethical issues in their project and designs a consent form | |
| 4.15-4.30 | Feedback | Feedback | Feedback, closing and certification |
Program on “Searching the Literature”
A half day program on “Searching the Literature” was conducted on 31st January, 2015 for all the postgraduates and interested faculty, by the MEU. The session was facilitated by Dr.VasumathiSriganesh from QMed Knowledge Foundation, Mumbai. The sessions were on classification of information resources, principles of searching Pubmed, Introduction to Cochrane Library of Evidence and reference management softwares.
Programs for Undergraduates
Orientation Program for Undergraduates
The orientation program for the new batch of undergraduate MBBS students has been implemented since year 2012. The two – day session was held on August 02nd-3rd 2014, the program schedule is mentioned below. The program started with the introduction by the Director. The sessions were facilitated by the faculty from MEU, Department of Community Medicine, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and the coordinators of Sports & Cultural Committee.
Program for Undergraduate Orientation
| Date and IST | Sessions | Faculty |
| Day 1 (02.08.14) | ||
| 9.00 to 9.15 | Introduction to SMVMCH -Vision and Mission | The Director, SMVMCH |
| 9.15 to 10.30 | Introduction (self-introduction) | Dr. Deepa, Mrs. SenthamilSelvi, Miss.V.Thendral |
| 10.30 to 10.45 | Break | |
| 10.45 to 11.15 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory | Dr AmolDongre |
| 11.15 to 12.30 | Dream mapping exercise – Why do you want to become a medical doctor? | Dr Kalaiselvan.G and Dr AmolDongre |
| 12.30 to 13.00 | Syllabus of MBBS course | Dean (Academic) |
| 13.00 to 13.30 | How to study? (Time management, Stress management, Memory and Test preparation) | Dr Amol Dongreand Mrs.K.SenthamilSelvi |
| 13.30 to 14.30 | Lunch break | |
| 14.30 to 15.00 | Communication skills and conflict management | Dr Murugan |
| 15.00 to 15.30 | Discipline at SMVMCH | Dr Vetrikodi (Vice-Principal) |
| 15.30 to 16.00 | Anti-ragging policy | Dean (Academic) |
| Day 2 (04.08.14) | ||
| 9.00 to 10.15 | An introduction to college building - Location of the Departments and Central Library | Dr Muruganassisted by 4 staff |
| 10.15 to 11.15 | An introduction to Hospital building - | |
| 11.30 to 12.30 | Expectations from a Primary Care Physician | Dr Suguna |
| 12.30 to13.00 | COME Program | Dr AmolDongre |
| 13.00 to 13.30 | Opportunity for physical activities at SMVMCH | Dr Ganesh |
| 13.30 to 14.30 | Lunch break | |
| 14.30 to 15.00 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | MrsSenthamilselvi,Miss. Thendral |
| 15.00 to 15.30 | Academic (student conference) events at SMVMCH | Dr.Pragash |
| 15.30 to 16.00 | The Director’s address | The Director, SMVMCH |
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2013-14
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty (Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Programs | |||||||
| 1 | Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies | 26.06.2013 to 28.06.2013 | 3 | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 22 | Dr. Sudhar Singh, Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, SRMC&RI, Chennai |
| 2 | Basic Course Workshop in Medical Education Technologies | 26.11.2013 to 28.11.2013 | 3 | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 22 | Dr.Pankaj B Shah, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SRMC & RI, Chennai |
| 3 | Workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’ | 04.03.2014 to 05.03.2014 | One and Half days | 09.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 28 | Dr. AnantBhan, MBBS, MHSc (Pune, India) |
| 4 | Workshop on ‘How to Guide a MD thesis’ | 28.05.2014 & 29.05.2014 | 2 days | 8.30 AM to 5.00 PM | MEU Hall | 30 | Dr Geetanjali Batnamabane, Dr. Raveendran.R and Dr. S.Manikandan, JIPMER |
| Program for Undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | UG Orientation Program | 04.07.2013 & 05.07.2013 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | First year students | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash & First year faculty |
| Program for Postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | PG Orientation workshop on “ Research Methodologies ” | 02.07.2013 to 04.07.2013 | 3 | 8.30 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 43 | Faculty from Department of Community Medicine, Dr.RN Kagne & Dr.Jaffrin, Pharmacology |
| 2. | Orientation workshop on “Teaching Methodologies” and “Medical Certification of Cause of Death” | 05.07.2013 | 1 day | 9.00 AM to 4.30 PM | MEU Hall | 2013-16 batch first year postgraduates | Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr.A.Bupathy, Dr.Annapurna Kumar, Dr.Kagne.RN, Dr.Girija, Dr.Anand Reddy |
Faculty Development Program
First Basic Course Workshop in ‘Medical Education Technologies’ was held on 26th-28th June 2013 under the observation of Dr. Sudhar Singh, Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, SRMC&RI, Chennai. A total of 22 senior, mid and junior level faculties’ form our institute participated in the workshop. The 3-day workshop was organized as per the guidelines of MCI, the sessions were interactive, with group activities for participants. The workshop was evaluated by the observer and the feedback was obtained from the participants in each workshop.
First Basic Course Workshop in ‘Medical Education Technologies’
Second Basic Course Workshop in ‘Medical Education Technologies’ was held from 26th to 28th November, 2013 at SMVMCH. A total of 22 faculties from our institute participated in the workshop. Dr.Pankaj B Shah, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SRMC&RI, Chennai, was the observer from the MCI nodal center.
Workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’
Dr. AnantBhan, MBBS, MHSc (Pune, India) had facilitated a two-day workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’, it was held from 4th and 5th March 2014.The two-day workshop was jointly organized by the Ethics Committee and Medical Education Unit. There were 28 participants consisting of the members of the Research committee, the Ethics Committee (Human and animal) and faculty of SMVMCH.
Program details: Workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’
| 4th March 2014 Tuesday | |
| Registration | 09:00 to 09:30 |
| Welcome remarks and introductions | 09:30 to 09:45 |
| History of Research Ethics—globally and India | 09:45 to 11:00 |
| Tea Break | 11:00 to 11:20 |
| Principles in Research Ethics; Applications for Ethics Committees | 11:20 to 13:00 |
| Lunch break | 13:00 to 14:00 |
| Review of clinical research | 14:00 to 15:15 |
| Review of lab research and research involving biological samples | 15:15 to 16:30 |
| 5th March 2014 Wednesday | |
| Recap of key messages from day 1 of workshop | 09:15 to 09:30 |
| Review of non-clinical research (Health systems, epidemiological and social science research in health) | 09:30 to 11:00 |
| Tea break | 11:00 to 11:20 |
| Publication Ethics | 11:20 to 13:00 |
| Open-house for questions and workshop feedback | 13:00 to 13:45 |
| Workshop closure and lunch | 13:45 |
Workshop on ‘How to Guide a MD thesis’
A two-day workshop was organized on 28th -29th May, 2014 by the Medical Education Unit and Department of Community Medicine,SMVMCH on ‘How to Guide a MD thesis’. Dr Geetanjali Batnamabane, Dr. Raveendran.R and Dr. S.Manikandan, from Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry were the eminent facilitators for the workshop. Thirty in-house faculty (Postgraduates Guides) from SMVMCH were the participants for this workshop. The overall program of the workshop was as follows:
Workshop on “How to Guide an MD thesis”
| Day-1(28-05-2014) | ||
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-09:15 | Course Orientation | B.Gitanjali |
| 09:15-10:00 | How to choose a topic and steps of research | B.Gitanjali |
| 10:00-10:45 | How to check completeness of literature search | S.Manikandan |
| 10:45-11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00-11:20 | Hypothesis, research question and objectives | B.Gitanjali |
| 11:20-12:00 | Selecting an appropriate design | S.Manikandan |
| 12:00-12:30 | Techniques to eliminate bias | R.Raveendran |
| 12:30-13:15 | Choosing statistical tests and calculating sample size | R.Raveendran |
| 13:15-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Protocol writing | B.Gitanjali |
| 14:45-15:00 | Record Keeping | S.Manikandan |
| 15:00-15:30 | Data cleaning and Preparing to analyse data | S.Manikandan |
| 15:30-16:30 | Data analysis | R.Raveendran |
| Day 2 (29-05-2014) | ||
| 09:00-09:20 | What examiners look for in a dissertation | R.Raveendran |
| 09:20-10:20 | Introduction and Review of Literature | S.Manikandan |
| 10:20-10:45 | Methods | B.Gitanjali |
| 10:45-11:00 | Tea | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Results | R.Raveendran |
| 12:30-13:00 | Discussion | B.Gitanjali |
| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch | |
| 13:45- 14:15 | Discussion (plenary) | B.Gitanjali |
| 14:15-14:30 | Conclusions and Summary | S. Manikandan |
| 14:30-15:30 | References (Vancouver and Zotero) | S.Manikandan |
| 15:30-16:00 | Plagiarism and publication issues | R.Raveendran |
| 16:00-16:30 | Open House& Valedictory | R.Raveendran |
Programs for Postgraduates
Orientation Workshop on Research Methods - first year Postgraduates, 2013
Orientation Workshop was conducted for the newly joined batch of post-graduates from pre-clinical, para-clinical and clinical subjects for the year 2013. Full day sessions over a period of three days from July 2nd - 4th July 2013 were conducted for sensitizing the post-graduates on research methods. There were 43 participants and the sessions were interactive and participatory in nature. The sessions were conducted by five faculties from the department of Community Medicine. Dean (Academic) and Professor of Forensic Medicine, Dr. R. Kagne sensitized the participants on medico-legal issues in medical research and practice. Dr. Jafrin from the Department of Pharmacology talked about ‘Animal Experiments’.
Orientation workshop on “Teaching Methodologies” and “Medical Certification of Cause of Death”
Orientation workshop on “Teaching Methodologies” and “Medical Certification of cause of death” was conducted by MEU in collaboration with Department of Forensic Medicine for the postgraduates of 2013-16 batch on 5.07.2013. The forenoon sessions were on the Medical Education technologies, AV aids usage in teaching and postgraduate teaching methodologies. The afternoon sessions were on medical certification of cause of death for MLC and Non-MLC cases. Pre-Test and Post -test was conducted and the postgraduates were highly benefitted by the program.
Program for Undergraduates
Orientation of Undergraduates (2013):
The two-day session was held on July 4th and 5th 2013, the program schedule is mentioned below. The program started with the introduction by the Director. The sessions were facilitated by the faculty from MEU, Department of Community Medicine, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and the coordinators of Sports & Cultural Committee.
Program for Undergraduate Orientation
| Date and IST | Sessions | Faculty |
| Day 1 | ||
| 9.00 to 9.15 | Introduction to SMVMCH -Vision and Mission | The Director, SMVMCH |
| 9.15 to 10.30 | Introduction (self-introduction) | Dr. Deepa, Mrs. Senthamil Selvi, Miss.V.Thendral |
| 10.30 to 10.45 | Break | |
| 10.45 to 11.15 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory | Dr Amol Dongre |
| 11.15 to 12.30 | Dream mapping exercise – Why do you want to become a medical doctor? | Dr Kalaiselvan and Dr Amol Dongre |
| 12.30 to 13.00 | Syllabus of MBBS course | Dean (Academic) |
| 13.00 to 13.30 | How to study? (Time management, Stress management, Memory and Test preparation) | Dr Amol Dongre and Mrs.SenthamilSelvi |
| 13.30 to 14.30 | Lunch break | |
| 14.30 to 15.00 | Communication skills and conflict management | Dr.Murugan |
| 15.00 to 15.30 | Discipline at SMVMCH | Dr.Vetrikodi (Vice-Principal) |
| 15.30 to 16.00 | Anti-ragging policy | Dean (Academic) |
| Day 2 | ||
| 9.00 to 10.15 | An introduction to College building - location of the Departments and Central Library | Dr Murugan assisted by 4 staff |
| 10.15 to 11.15 | An introduction to Hospital building - | |
| 11.30 to 12.30 | Expectations from a Primary Care Physician | Dr Suguna |
| 12.30 to13.00 | COME Program | Dr Amol Dongre |
| 13.00 to 13.30 | Opportunity for physical activities at SMVMCH | Dr Ganesh |
| 13.30 to 14.30 | Lunch break | |
| 14.30 to 15.00 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | Mrs Senthamilselvi, Miss. Thendral |
| 15.00 to 15.30 | Academic (student conference) events at SMVMCH | Dr.Pragash |
| 15.30 to 16.00 | The Director’s address | The Director, SMVMCH |
List of events organized by MEU in the Year 2012-13
| S.No | Name of the Event | Date | Number of Days | Timing | Venue | Number of Participants | Resource Faculty(Internal/External) |
| Faculty Development Program | |||||||
| 1 | Workshop on basics of educational project development | 23.11.2012 | 1Day | 09.00 AM – 4.00 PM | MEU Hall | 18 | Dr.Amol DongreDr.G.KalaiaselvanDr.Mahalakshmy.T |
| Program for undergraduates | |||||||
| 1 | Orientation Program | 09.07.2012 & 10.07.2012 | 2 days | 9.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Lecture Hall I | First year undergraduates of 2012 batch | Dr.R.N.Kagne, Dr.K.Karthikeyan, Dr,Vetrikodi, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.G.Kalaiselvan, Dr.Suguna, Dr.Ganesh, Dr.Murugan, Dr.Pragash & First year faculty |
| Program for postgraduates | |||||||
| 1 | PG Orientation workshop | 13.06.2012 to 18.06.2012 | Half day for 6 days | 09.00 AM to 1.00 PM | MEU Hall | 13 | Dr Gitanjali BatmanabaneJIPMER |
| 2 | Workshop on presentation skills | 29.05.13 | 1 Day | 09.00 AM to 4.00 PM | Clinical Department, 4th Floor | Second year post graduates | Dr.A.Bupathy, Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.Annapurna Kumar, Dr.Kalaiselvan, Dr.K.Karthikeyan |
Faculty Development Program
Workshop on basics of educational project development, 23 November 2012
The Department of Community Medicine along with MEU organized and conducted a workshop “Basics of Educational Project Development” on 23 November 2012. The workshop was designed for the in-house faculty with the objective to make the participants aware of the basics of educational project development and the opportunities available (Fellowship, Distance learning) for their professional development in the field of medical education. The workshop had 18 participants from the various departments. The programme schedule is given below.
Workshop on “Basics of educational project development”
Workshop program:
| Time | Topics | Faculty |
| 9.30-10.00 | Introduction to workshop | Dr.Mahalakshmy.T, Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 10.00-10.45 | Educational projects – why? Focus of the project? | Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 10.45-11.30 | Team building for educational projects | Dr.G.KalaiselvanDr.T.Mahalakshmy |
| 11.30-11-45 | Tea break | |
| 11.45-12.15 | Methods used in educational projects – Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods | Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.Mahalakshmy.T Dr.G.Kalaiaselvan |
| 12.15-1.00 | Tools for measurement – Steps in questionnaire development, standard scales | Dr.Amol Dongre, Dr.Mahalakshmy.T Dr.G.Kalaiaselvan |
| 1.00-2.00 | Lunch break | |
| 2.00-2.30 | Ethical issues in educational projects | Dr.T.Mahalakshmy |
| 2.30-3.00 | Developing an educational scholarship – Publications, Fellowships | Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 3.00-3.30* | Distance learning for personal professional development | Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 3.30-4.00 | Thanks, Feedback, Group photo | All |
First Basic Course Workshop in ‘Medical Education Technologies’
Programs for Postgraduates
Orientation Program for Postgraduates
In 2011, the first batch of post-graduates was admitted in 7 pre-clinical subjects and Community Medicine. Half –a-day sessions over a period of six days were held from June 13- 18, 2012. There were 13 participants and sessions were interactive and participatory in nature. We also had a very informative session on ‘how to write a thesis protocol’ by Dr Gitanjali Batmanabane a distinguished faculty from the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry. As reflected in the feedback, the sessions were well received by the participants. There was significant improvement in their pre and post median scores.
A one-day workshop on presentation skills was conducted on 29.05.2013 for the second-year postgraduates. The program comprised of sessions on preparing for a presentation, importance of body language, how to effectively use audio visual aids. There was an interactive group discussion at the end of the program. As reflected in the feedback the sessions were well received by the participants.
Workshop program:
| Time | Topics | Faculty |
| 9.30-10.00 AM | Introduction | Dr.K.Karthikeyan |
| 9.45-10.15 AM | Preparing for a presentation | Dr.G.Kalaiselvan |
| 10.15-10.45 AM | Presentation skills – What are they? | Dr.K.Karthikeyan |
| 10.45 – 11.00 AM | Tea break | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 AM | Body language in presentation | Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 11.30 – 12.00 noon | Effective use of audiovisual aids | Dr.Annapurna |
| 12.00 – 12.30 PM | Clinical Presentation Skills | Dr.Bupathy |
| 12.30 – 2.00 PM | Lunch | |
| 2.00 -3.00 PM | Group Discussion | All faculty |
| 3.00 – 3.30 PM | Final comments & Feedback | |
Workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’
Dr. AnantBhan, MBBS, MHSc (Pune, India) had facilitated a two-day workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’, it was held from 4th and 5th March 2014.The two-day workshop was jointly organized by the Ethics Committee and Medical Education Unit. There were 28 participants consisting of the members of the Research committee, the Ethics Committee (Human and animal) and faculty of SMVMCH.
Program details: Workshop on ‘Ethics in Research and Publication’
| 4th March 2014 Tuesday | |
| Registration | 09:00 to 09:30 |
| Welcome remarks and introductions | 09:30 to 09:45 |
| History of Research Ethics—globally and India | 09:45 to 11:00 |
| Tea Break | 11:00 to 11:20 |
| Principles in Research Ethics; Applications for Ethics Committees | 11:20 to 13:00 |
| Lunch break | 13:00 to 14:00 |
| Review of clinical research | 14:00 to 15:15 |
| Review of lab research and research involving biological samples | 15:15 to 16:30 |
| 5th March 2014 Wednesday | |
| Recap of key messages from day 1 of workshop | 09:15 to 09:30 |
| Review of non-clinical research (Health systems, epidemiological and social science research in health) | 09:30 to 11:00 |
| Tea break | 11:00 to 11:20 |
| Publication Ethics | 11:20 to 13:00 |
| Open-house for questions and workshop feedback | 13:00 to 13:45 |
| Workshop closure and lunch | 13:45 |
Orientation Program for Undergraduates
The two-day session was held betweenJuly 09th – 10th2012, the program schedule is mentioned below. The program started with the introduction by the Director. The sessions were facilitated by the faculty from MEU, Department of Community Medicine, Departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and the coordinators of Sports & Cultural Committee.
Program for Undergraduate Orientation
| Date and IST | Sessions | Faculty |
| Day 1 | ||
| 9.00 to 9.15 | Introduction to SMVMCH -Vision and Mission | The Director, SMVMCH |
| 9.15 to 10.30 | Introduction (self-introduction) | Dr.Deepa, Mrs.Senthamil Selvi, Miss. Thendral.V |
| 10.30 to 10.45 | Break | |
| 10.45 to 11.15 | Denis Congo Study Skills Inventory | Dr Amol |
| 11.15 to 12.30 | Dream mapping exercise – Why do you want to become a medical doctor? | Dr.Kalaiselvan.G andDr.Amol Dongre |
| 12.30 to 13.00 | Syllabus of MBBS course | Dean (Academic) |
| 13.00 to 13.30 | How to study? (Time management, Stress management, Memory and Test preparation) | Dr Amol Dongre and Mrs.SenthamilSelvi |
| 13.30 to 14.30 | Lunch break | |
| 14.30 to 15.00 | Communication skills and conflict management | Dr.Murugan |
| 15.00 to 15.30 | Discipline at SMVMCH | Dr.Vetrikodi (Vice-Principal) |
| 15.30 to 16.00 | Anti-ragging policy | Dean (Academic) |
| Day 2 | ||
| 9.00 to 10.15 | An introduction to collegebuilding - location of the Departments and Central Library | Dr.Muruganassisted by 4 staff |
| 10.15 to 11.15 | An introduction to Hospital building - | |
| 11.30 to 12.30 | Expectations from a Primary Care Physician | Dr.Suguna |
| 12.30 to13.00 | COME Program | Dr.Amol Dongre |
| 13.00 to 13.30 | Opportunity for physical activities at SMVMCH | Dr.Ganesh |
| 13.30 to 14.30 | Lunch break | |
| 14.30 to 15.00 | Cultural events at SMVMCH | Mrs.Senthamilselvi, Miss.V.Thendral |
| 15.00 to 15.30 | Academic (student conference) events at SMVMCH | Dr.Pragash |
| 15.30 to 16.00 | The Director’s address | The Director, SMVMCH |