CME Conducted
One hundred thousand. This number—an estimate of the number of medical conferences, workshops, online webinars,and meetings hosted around the globe may not be accurate but is not unrealistic either. Academicians thrive on conferences; researchers eagerly wait for them and professionals working in health-related disciplines consider them an important component of their professional life. John Ioannidis (JAMA 2012; 307:1257-1258) describes their character in his inimitable style: “These events come in all sizes, from relatively small, local gatherings, workshops, and symposia to large international mega-congresses that mobilize tens of thousands of clinicians, researchers, exhibitors, and staff to build small-sized towns for a few days.”
Given the limitations of a small town MGIMS is located at, we focus more on contents than on numbers. Over the years, MGIMS has also hosted numerous conferences that have disseminated and advanced research, provided a platform to young residents to present their work, and offered an opportunity for young faculty members to rub shoulders with well-known researchers in their disciplines. Sure enough, these is more in these conferences than the bulleted power-point presentations: they have helped medical students acquire skills and attitudes, provided hands-on-training to residents, enriched science-driven minds and and also fostered an environment of scientific inquiry and skepticism among neophytes— inspiring and motivating them to wet their feet in medical research.
Anesthesiology and MGIMS Institute of Simulation Training
Theme : AHA accredited Workshop on Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Organizing Secretary : Dr Dhiraj Bhandari
Date : 16-18 Sep
No. of Delegates : 24
Resource Persons : Agnes L, Bhandari D, Jajoo S
Key Topics : Basic and Advanced Cardiovascular life support
Biochemistry
Theme :22nd Short Term Training Course on ‘Molecular Techniques as Applied for Infectious Disease Research’
Organizing Secretary : Dr MVR Reddy
Date : 13-18 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 14
Resource Persons : Dr Parija SC, Dr Kashyap RS, Dr Das A, Dr Reddy MVR, Dr Kumar S, Dr Goswami K
Key Topics : Mycobacterial excretory secretory-31 protein with serine protease and lipase activities: An immunogen and drug target against tuberculosis infection; Stem cells: B for translational therapies; Recent developments in research on Entamoebahistolytica; Helminth induced immune modulation offers a new avenue to treat autoimmune and other inflammatory disorders in humans; Rising trends of neuro zoonotic diseases: A report from central India; Therapeutic targets of parasitic nematode and its possible implication in cancer. Lab techniques: Molecular biology techniques: PCR amplification, cloning expression and purification of recombinant proteins and real time PCR Immunological techniques: CIEP & Double diffusion, cellular, cytokine assays and NO estimation assay. Analytical techniques: AO/EB staining for detection of apoptosis, Dialysis and Ultra-membrane Filtration, Freeze Drying (Lyophylization), Counter Current Immuno Electrophoresis, SDS-PAGE, 2D-Gel electrophoresis, Western blotting. In vitro cellular experiments: In vitroimmunomodulatory assay, Antigen driven cell proliferation assay, In vitro drug screening assay
Funding Agenecy : Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt of India
Bioethics Unit
Theme : ETHOS 2017 –1st National Bioethics, Medical & Research Conference: Implications and application of bioethics in current clinical practice and medical research
Organizing Secretary :Joshi S
Date : 24-26 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 427
Resource Persons : D’Souza R, Jesani A, Misra MC, Kumar R, Mathews M, Kalantri SP, Bhan A, Srinivasan S
Key Topics : Need for integrated bioethics, Reproductive Health Ethics, Good clinical practice- ethics materialized, Teleconsultation and medical ethics; Should doctors and patients be friends on Facebook?; Low cost medicine initiative; Transhumanism- A legitimate philosophy for human development or messing with nature; Research ethics in public health: Screening trials in cervical cancer
Funding Agency :UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa), ICMR, Medical Council of India, Indian National Science Academy, Kasturba Health Society, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Student BMJ
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Theme : Preconference Workshop on Bioethics and identifying your values
Workshop Coordinator :D’Souza R
Date : 24 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 30
Resource Persons : D’Souza R, Mathew M, Desousa A
Key Topics :Historical evolution of the principles of ethics; Sanctity of doctorpatient relationships; Privacy, confidentiality and consent; Ethical decision making and ethical deliberation; Values and their importance; Personal values
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Theme : Preconference Workshop on Community Innovations
Workshop Coordinator :AV Raut
Date : 24 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 20
Resource Persons : Garg BS, Raut AV, Kalantri A
Key Topics :Village adoption scheme and longitudinal family study, community diagnosis, participatory learning and action
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Theme : Preconference Workshop: Theatre of the Oppressed- Breaking patterns, creating change
Workshop Coordinator :Anshu
Date : 24 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 30
Resource Persons : Ramaswamy R
Key Topics :Introductions, Theatre of the Oppressed, Using games and theatre to explore self
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Theme : Preconference Workshop onInterprofessional Team Building
Workshop Coordinator :SS Gupta
Date : 2 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 30
Resource Persons : Gupta SS, Singh S, Jain V, Ramesh A, Shetye N
Key Topics :Introductions and icebreaking, Need for interprofessional teams, health care settings where interprofessional teams are needed, Characteristics of effective interprofessional teams, Qualities to be good interprofessional team members, Barriers in forming interprofessional teams, organizational/structural changes to facilitate better interprofessional team building, Drexler-Sibbet team performance model, Tools for clinical communication, Tools for leadership, Trust: the key to building teams
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Theme : Preconference Workshop on Politics of Publications
Workshop Coordinator :Goswami K
Date : 24 Feb 2017
No. of Delegates : 25
Resource Persons : Goswami K, Jesani A, Joshi R
Key Topics :How to choose a journal, how to write, reviewing literature, study design, statistical concepts, politics of publication, publication ethics
Community Medicine
Theme : Capacity Building for Medical College Faculties in Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health & Nutrition (MNCHN) Research
Organizing Secretary :Dr BS Garg
Date : 20-24 Sep 2016
No. of Delegates : 16
Resource Persons : Dr Garg BS, Dr Doke PP, Dr Keshri V, Dr Shivkumar PV, Dr Gupta SS, Dr Deshmukh PR, Dr Jain S, Dr Jain M, Dr Maliye CH, Dr Bang A, Dr Raut AV
Key Topics : Burden and priorities of MNCHN problems, Protocol development, Logical framework,Ethics in health research, Qualitative methods in health research and budget preparation
Funding Agency : ICMR, New-Delhi
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Theme : Study Design Options in Epidemiological Research
Organizing Secretary :Dr BS Garg
Date : 12-16 July 2016
No. of Delegates : 24
Resource Persons : Dr Garg BS, Dr Gupta SS, Dr Deshmukh PR, DrRaut AV
Key Topics :Cross-sectional study,Case-control study, Cohort study, randomized controlled trial, Diagnostic test and sample size estimation and Introduction to statistical software
Funding Agency : ICMR, New-Delhi
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Theme : Qualitative Methods in Health Researche
Organizing Secretary :Dr BS Garg
Date :26-30 Apr 2016
No. of Delegates : 24
Resource Persons : Dr Garg BS, Mr Bahulekar PV, Dr Gupta SS, Dr Maliye CH, Dr Raut AV, Mr Yenurkar V, Mrs Kakde A
Key Topics :PLA techniques, Focus group discussion, In-depth interview, Key informant interview, Anthropac, Atlas ti and sampling
Funding Agency : ICMR, New-Delhi
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Theme : Qualitative Methods in Health Research
Organizing Secretary :Dr BS Garg
Date : 20-24 March 2017
No. of Delegates : 23
Resource Persons : Dr Garg BS, Mr Bahulekar PV, Dr Gupta SS, Dr Maliye CH, Dr Raut AV, Mr Yenurkar V, Mrs Kakde A
Key Topics :PLA techniques, Focus group discussion, In-depth interview, Key informant interview, Anthropac, Atlas ti and sampling
Funding Agency : ICMR, New-Delhi
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Theme : Essential National Health Research workshop
Organizing Secretary :Dr AM Mehendale
Date : 6-7 Aug 2016
No. of Delegates : 32 MBBS students (2015 batch
Resource Persons : Dr Garg BS, Dr Mehendale AM, Dr Gupta SS, Dr Deshmukh PR, Dr Dambhare DG, Dr Raut AV, Dr Ambilkar A, Dr Kalantri A
Key Topics :Identify a health problem,framing the research question, searching the literature, protocol writing, designing data collection tool
Funding Agency : Dept of Community Medicine
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Theme : Faculty symposium on RNTCP
Organizing Secretary :Dr AM Mehendale
Date : 29 MArc 2017
No. of Delegates : 50
Resource Persons :Dr Mehendale AM, Dr Narang R, Dr LanjewarA, Dr Ambilkar A
Key Topics :RNTCP
Funding Agency : NHM, Govt of Maharashtra
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Theme : Student Seminar on RNTCP
Organizing Secretary :Dr AM Mehendale
Date : 24 Mar 2017
No. of Delegates : 80
Resource Persons :Dr Mehendale AM, Dr Lanjewar A, Dr Ambilkar A
Key Topics :RNTCP
Funding Agency : NHM, Govt of Maharashtra
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Theme : Symposium on RNTCP for Students
Organizing Secretary :Dr Mehendale AM
Date : 20 Jan 2017
No. of Delegates : 65
Resource Persons : Dr Mehendale AM, Dr Dawale A, Dr Kalantri A
Key Topics :RNTCP
Funding Agency : NHM, Govt of Maharashtra
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Theme : Workshop on RNTCP for Interns
Organizing Secretary :Dr Mehendale AM
Date : 4 Mar 2017 (Internship Orientation Programme)
No. of Delegates : 100
Resource Persons : Dr Mehendale AM, Dr Lanjewar A, Dr Dambhare DG
Key Topics :RNTCP
Funding Agency : NHM, Govt of Maharashtra
JBTDRC
Theme : 19th Workshop on Computational and Structural Bioinformatics
Organizing Chairman : Dr BC Harinath
Organizing Secretary : Dr S Kumar
Date : 9-10 Jan 2017
No. of Delegates : 54
Resource Persons : Dr Mogli GD, Mr Rath SN, Dr Pradhan D, Dr Singh S, Mr Jena L, Mr Bhuyan R, Dr Guruprasad K, Dr Govekar R, Dr Sharma N, Dr Harinath BC, Dr Kumar S
Key Topics : Health Informatics & BIC’s Contributions – A brief review, What are the causes for diagnostic errors in healthcare delivery system?, Advances in molecular modeling tools and techniques for biomolecular interaction, Computer aided techniques for target based drug design, Structural specificity help design novel inhibitors against Leishmaniasis, Computational and bioinformatics techniques to predict the impact of mutation on protein structure, Studying protein-ligand interaction using MD simulation by GROMACS, Prediction of potential TB drug targets using bioinformatics, Proteomics in biomarker discovery, Nitrilase(s): Mining genome to structure analysis Hands-on Sessions: Healthcare delivery system, Computational and structural bioinformatics: Drug - target identification, Protein structure prediction and protein-ligand docking
Funding Agency : Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt of India
Microbiology
Theme : CME: An Influenza Update
Organizing Secretary : Dr VS Deotale
Date : 16 Apr 2016
No. of Delegates :70
Resource Persons : Dr Prasad AK, Dr Chavan S,Dr Solanki R
Key Topics : Clinical presentation and management, Epidemiology and Prophylaxis
Funding Agency : MGIMS Academy of Medical Sciences, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Wardha and Influenza Foundation
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Theme : Biomedical Waste Management and Labsafety for Staff Nurse, technicians and attendants
Organizing Secretary : Dr VS Deotale
Date :10-11 Aug 2016
No. of Delegates : 150 delegates on 10 Aug and 170 delegates on 11 Aug
Resource Person :Dr Patil S, Dr Maraskolhe DL, Dr Attal R
Key Topics : Hospital infection, Importance of personal protective equipment, Importance of hand hygiene, Spill management, Training on new guidelines ofhospital biomedical waste management
Funding Agency : Labs for Life Project, MOHFW
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Theme : 15th Dr PRJ Gangadharam Oration Award for 2015
Organizing Chairperson : Dr P Narang
Organizing Secretary : Dr VS Deotale
Date :3 Sep 2016
No. of Delegates : 50
Awardee : Dr Digambar Behera, Sr Prof & Head, Deptof Pulmonary Medicine PGI, Chandigarh & Former Director LRS Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi
Key Topics : TB Control in India – Where are we?
Funding Agency : Kasturba Health Society
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Theme : Workshop on The mystery of uterine balloon mechanical pressure to prevent atonic postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)
Organizing Secretaries : Dr PV Shivkumar, Dr SA Tayade, Dr S Jain
Date : 10 Jan 2017
No. of Delegates : 100
Resource Persons : Dr Choksi P, Dr Choksi N
Key Topics : PPH- Public health issue, PPH- Sevagram experience till date,PPH – Still a major cause of maternal mortality and near miss,PPH in private sector: Management issuesDetails of multicentric project on balloon tamponadein PPH, Uterine balloon therapy in Atonic PPH– Why, When and How?
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Theme : Guest lecture on Spontaneous Preterm Birth - A UK perspective
Organizing Secretary : Dr PV Shivkumar, Dr SA Tayade, Dr S Jain
Date : 2 Mar 2017
No. of Delegates : 58
Resource Persons : Dr Tribe R
Key Topics : Spontaneous preterm birth
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Ophthalmology
Theme :Diabetic Retinopathy - Reducing blindness from diabetic retinopathy in India in Maharashtra (Wardha District)
Organizing Secretary : Dr S Singh
Date : 20 Oct 2016
No. of Delegates : 65
Resource Persons : Dr Murthy GVS, Dr Jain J, Dr Shukla AK
Key Topics : Magnitude ofdiabetic blindness in India and need for integration of NCD and NPCBin preventing diabetic blindness, diabetic retinopathy: risk factors, role of physicians, screening for diabetic retinopathy at Kasturba Hospital – pilot study
Funding Agency : Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust
Pediatrics
Theme : 13th Regional workshop on Facility Based Newborn Care (FBNC)
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 27-30 Jul 2016
No. of Delegates : 16
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics : Newborn Resuscitation, Care of a normal newborn, Diagnosis and management of various neonatal emergencies, NICU protocols, Demonstration of equipment and procedures related to NICU
Funding Agency : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
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Theme :13th Practical Observer Training in FBNC
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 1-14 Aug 2016
No. of Delegates : 8
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics : Training in various procedures, skills and attitude for complete management of newborns in NICU
Funding Agency : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
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Theme :Intra-collegiate round of 29th Indian Academy of Pediatrics Annual UG Quiz in Pediatrics
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 24 Aug 2016
No. of Delegates : 10
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics : General pediatrics, systemic pediatrics, genetics, community pediatrics
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Theme : 23rd Annual Basic Neonatal Care Workshop
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 24 Sep 2016
No. of Delegates : 100
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics :Care of normal new born, breastfeeding, care of low weight babies, hypothermia, neonatal sepsis, neonatal jaundice, transport of sick babies, danger signs
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Theme : 23rd Annual Neonatal Resuscitation Training Workshop
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 25 Sep 2016
No. of Delegates : 110
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics : Physiology of asphyxia, initial steps of resuscitation, positive pressure ventilation, chest compression, intubation, medications, resuscitation of preterms, special cases, ethics
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Theme : 14th Practical observer training in FBNC
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 28 Nov-11 Dec 2016
No. of Delegates : 6
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics : Training in various procedures, skills and attitude for complete management of newborns in NICU
Funding Agency : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
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Theme : India West Zonal round of 29th Indian Academy of Pediatrics Annual UG Quiz in Pediatrics
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 30 Nov 2016
No. of Delegates : 12
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics : General pediatrics, systemic pediatrics, genetics, community
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Theme :15th Practical Observer Training in FBNC
Organizing Secretary : Dr KY Vilhekar
Date : 25 Feb - 2 ar 2017
No. of Delegates : 6
Resource Persons : All Faculty of Dept of Pediatrics
Key Topics :Training in various procedures, skills and attitude for complete management of newborns in NICU
Funding Agency : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra
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Radiotherapy
Theme :CME on Management of Breast Cancer
Organizing Secretary : Dr VJ Vyas
Date : 8 Mar 2017
Resource Persons : Dr Parmar V, Dr Bajpai J, Dr Bhattacharya J
Key Topics : Evolution of surgical management in breast cancer, Chemotherapy management of breast Cancer: where do we stand?, Radiation techniques in breast cancer- Have we made any progress?
Funding Agency : Kasturba Breast Cancer Club, Academy of Medical Sciences, Sanjeevani - Life beyond cancer, Dept of Radiotherapy