Report on World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week (WAAK) celebration
Date: 29.11.2024
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has celebrated “World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week (WAAK) celebration” on 22 .11. 2024 Under the theme “Educate. Advocate. Act now. Essay competition was conducted for phase II MBBS students.
Description of the Report:
Essay competition
Report on “Fundamentals of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring”
Date: 18.11.2024
Time: 9.00 am – 1.30 pm
Name of the Organising Department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: Faculty & Postgraduates
Venue: Digi Lab, SMVMCH
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology has conducted CME on “Fundamentals of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring” on 18.11.24 from 9:00 am to 01:30 pm
Resource Person:
| S.no | Name | Designation | Department | College |
| 1. | Dr. Manikandan. S | Professor & Head | Pharmacology | JIPMER |
| 2. | Dr. Jayanthi. M | Professor | Pharmacology | JIPMER |
| 3. | Dr. Suganthi. S | Associate Professor | Pharmacology | JIPMER |
| 4. | Dr. Chaithre B Ajayan | Senior Resident | Pharmacology | JIPMER |
Description of the Report:
Feed back
Report of Zebrafish Workshop
Date: 4.10.2024
Venue: Skill Lab, 3rd floor, College block and Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: Postgraduates and faculties
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has conducted “Hands on Workshop on Zebrafish as alternate animal model in biomedical research” on 4.10.24
Resource Persons
S.no | Name | Designation | Department | College |
1. | Dr. S. Kavimani | Professor & Head | Pharmacology | Mother Theresa Post Graduate And Research Institute of Health Sciences |
2. | Dr. Sunil Santaji Shivekar | Associate Professor | Microbiology | SMVMCH |
3. | Dr. Rajaram | Tutor & I/C Veterinarian | Pharmacology | SMVMCH |
4. | V. Sittarthan | Research scholar | Pharmacology | Mother Theresa Post Graduate And Research Institute of Health Sciences |
Description of the Event:
Scientific session - Forenoon
Registration for the event started at 9.00 am and participants were allowed to attend the pretest after registration. A total of 40m participants from various institutions across Tamilnadu and Pondicherry have registered for the event. Welcome address was given by Dr. Shanthi, Professor and HOD, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH. Resource persons for the workshop were honored by the Director and Dean, SMVMCH with memento. Dr. Nishanthi, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH introduced the first speaker of scientific session, Dr. Kavimani, Professor and HOD, Mother Theresa Postgraduate and research institute of health sciences to deliver his talk on the topic ‘Alternatives to animal experiment’. This session was followed by tea break. Dr. Anuranjani, Assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH introduced the next speaker, Dr. Rajaram, Tutor & I/C Veterinarian to speak on the topic ‘Zebrafish Husbandry, maintenance, feeding and breeding. Dr. Vivekraj, Assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH then introduced next speaker, Dr. Sunil Santaji Shivekar, Associate professor, Department of Microbiology. SMVMCH to give a talk on the topic ‘Role of Zebrafish in biomedical research’. Dr. Kavimani concluded the scientific session in the morning with his talk on the topic ‘Disease biology using zebrafish as a model’. The whole event was compered by Dr. Kavitha, Postgraduate, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH.
Hands on session - afternoon
After the lunch break, workshop was continued with hands on training session. Dr. Rajaram, Dr. Sunil Santaji shivekar and Mr. Siddharth, research scholar, Mother Theresa Postgraduate and research institute of health sciences trained the participants in routes of drug administration and dissection of zebrafish. Mr. Siddharth also demonstrated four CNS models in zebrafish for better understanding. Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Vivekraj. Participants were provided with certificate after completing Post-test and feedback. Finally the workshop was concluded with national anthem
Pretest and Post-test analysis
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Comments from the participants
‘Excellent team work where everyone took the responsibility to arrange everything . Hospitality was so good . From Hod madam ,professor to tutors all had a smile on their face till evening . Nice team. Learnt a lot today . Well done team. Congratulations.special thanks to phd scholar Mr Siddharth for his patience and hardwork’
‘Expecting more number of informative sessions in future especially please organise workshops with Artificial intelligence in medical education’
- What was your learning from the event?
-About freelance consulting
-Hardwork is the most important factor but networking skills is as important for entrepreneurship. - Any suggestions for further improvement of the event?
-Need more sessions with vidhya mam
-Make it more interactive
| Event | Date | Program | Speakers |
| Guest lecture | 24th august2016 | Nephrotoxic drugs an-update | Dr.Sreeejith Parameshwaran |
| 23rd November 2016 | Clinical trials | Dr. Sudhakar | |
| 24th February 2017 | Drug design and Discovery | Dr. Kavimani | |
| 23rd October 2017 | Clinical approach and management of dengue | Dr.S.Ragunanthan | |
| 14th July 2017 | Antiepileptic drugs-the new era | Dr. K.Pandian | |
| CME | 3rd August 2013 | Mycobacterial infections & Antibacterials – Micropharm | |
| 29th October 2016 | Pharmacovigilance | ||
| 7thSeptember 2013 | Cell culture and stem Cell technology | ||
| 29th march 2018 | Tuberculosis – the present and future scenario | ||
| Work shop | 25th march 2017 | Good clinical Practice | |
| 12th, 13th , 16th , 19th , 20th April 2018 and 17th May 2018 | Pharmacovigilance work shop conducted in collaboration with NABH | ||
| Day events | 21st July 2016 | ADR reporting training session Day | |
| 17th December 2017 Dr.Gopal and Dr. Murugapan | Symposium on Psychopharmacology |
Pharmacovigilance Week - 2024
Date: 17.09.2024 to 23.09.2024
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has celebrated “Pharmacovigilance Week – 2024” from 17 .09. 2024 to 23.09.2024 Under the theme “Building ADR reporting for culture for patient”. Quiz program, and outreach program for patients to create awareness regarding ADR reporting was conducted.
Description of the Report:
Quiz Competition
Since 17.09.2024 was announced as a public holiday the programs scheduled for that day were preponed to 16th September. Preliminary quiz competition was conducted on the topic of Pharmacovigilance on 16.09.2024 at 9.00AM in demo room of Department of pharmacology. Totally 11 teams, with each comprising 3 students were participated. Among these 11 teams, 4 teams with highest score were selected for final round. The final round of quiz competition was conducted on 18.09.2024 at 9.30AM in the lecture hall 4. The final round was conducted as four different level. Winners and runner-ups were awarded trophies and certificates by the Director. Certificates were also given to all participants in the final round of quiz.
Pharmacovigilance Awareness Program
From 18th to 23rd September 2024, postgraduate students were conducted an awareness campaign on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) for patients at SMVMC Hospital and the PHC in Thirubuvanai. Pamphlets containing essential information about ADR reporting and its significance were also distributed to the patients.
Report on World Health Day Celebration
Date: 08.04.2024 (Monday)
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has conducted “World Health Day – 2024” on the theme ‘My Health, My Right’ held on 8th April2024, in that we conducted Mehndi and collage competition.
Event1: Mehndi Competition
As per the schedule, on 8th April at 8.30 am, the Mehndi competition was conducted on the theme ‘My Health, My Right’ in the Demo Hall at the Department of Pharmacology. 6 students participated in the event. In the end, Dr. Shanthi.M, Professor & HOD of the Department of Pharmacology, judged the event. Felicitation was done in the presence of Dr.Rajagovindan. Director, SMVMCH, the first three places were given prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants.
Event2: Collage Competition
The college competition was conducted on the theme ‘My Health, My Right’, in the Demo Hall at the Department of Pharmacology on 8th April 2024. 13 students participated in the competition. In the end, Dr. Shanthi.M, Professor & HOD of the Department of Pharmacology, judged the event. Felicitation was done in the presence of Dr.Rajagovindan. Director, SMVMCH, and the first three places were given prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants.
Report on Gender Equity Program “Does Gender Bias still exist in our society? Yes/No”
Organized by : The Department of Pharmacology
Nature of the Program : Offline
Date : 12.03.2024
Time : 09:30 to 10:30AM
Venue : Lecture Hall-II
Participants
Attendees : II MBBS (2022 Batch)
Moderator : Dr. K.S. Venkatarangan, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Felicitation : Dr. R. Rajagovindan, Director, SMVMCH.
Dr. R.N. Kagne, Deputy Director & Dean, SMVMCH.
Dr. Shanthi. M, Professor & HOD, Department of Pharmacology.
Organizing Team
- Department of Pharmacology
Summary
The department of Pharmacology has conducted a debate competition for the phase II MBBS students in view of Gender Equity Program on the topic “Does Gender Bias still exist in our society? Yes/No” on 12.03.24. The invitation for the same is attached below
As per the schedule, on 12.03.24 debate competition was conducted on the topic “Does Gender Bias still exist in our society? Yes/No”. Two teams of 4 students each participated in the event. The event was hosted by Pooja. A, Phase II MBBS student. Dr. K.S. Venkatarangan form the department of Psychiatry has graced the occasion as a moderator for the event. The students came up with interesting and valuable points to support their claim and the moderator ensured that the arguments remained in the healthier way. Felicitation was done in the presence of Dr. D. Rajagovindan, Director, SMVMCH and Dr. R. N. Kagne, Deputy Director and Dean, SMVMCH. Moderator was honored with a memento while all the participants were given a pen box as prize along with participation certificate.
Report on Guest lecture on “Women entrepreneurship”
Date: 25.03.2024 (Monday)
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology has conducted a guest lecture for the phase II MBBS students in view of Gender Equity Program on the topic “Women entrepreneurship” on 25.03.24 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am
Description of the report:
As per the schedule, on 25th March at 9.30 am , the Department of Pharmacology has conducted a guest lecture for the phase II MBBS students in view of Gender Equity Program on the topic “Women entrepreneurship”.Around 116 MBBS students attended the guest lecture. The chief guest was Dr M.V.R Vidya, Senior Consultant Physician and Diabetologist, founder and Medical Director of M.V.R Medical Centre Puducherry. She had been an investigator in many nationwide studies on Insulin therapy and OAD and Indian Insulin therapy consensus guidelines were created subsequently. She has conducted hundreds of free camps in and around Puducherry. She was a Guest speaker in various Medical Colleges and Medical Associations in TamilNadu and Puducherry
The welcome address was given by Dr. Shanthi M, Professor and head of the department. Dr. Nitya S,Professor, introduced the guest speaker to the audience
The speaker gave an interesting insight into her life journey experiences that has led to the fulfillment of her dreams. She has instilled nuggets of inspiration into the students with her heart touching speech.
The program came to end with the proposal of Vote of thanks by Dr. Nishanthi A,Associate professor, following which Dr. Shanthi M ,honoured the speaker with a memento.
Feedback from participants was collected to assess the effectiveness of the sessions and to gather suggestions for future improvements.
Report on World Hypertension Day Celebration
Date: 14.05.2024 (Tuesday)
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
Sessions Conducted:
The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital,Puducherry has celebrated “World Hypertension Day – 2024” on 14 th May 2024. Under the theme ‘Showcase your teaching skill’ seminar competition was conducted.
Description of the report
Seminar Competition
As per the schedule, on 14 th May at 9.30 am, the Seminar competition was conducted on the theme ‘Showcase your teaching skill’ in Lecture hall 2. Six students participated in the event. In the end, assessment was done based on the scientific content, creativity and presentation skill of the participants. Dr. Shanthi, Professor & HOD, Department of Pharmacology felicitated the winners of the competition (I, II and III place) with prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants.
Feedback
Feedback from participants was collected to assess the effectiveness of the sessions and to gather suggestions for future improvements.
Majority of the students suggested for more time allotment for the similar type of events in the future
