PPTCT CME at Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation

Dates - 25-28th  June  2013

Participants:  Total 455

1. MBBS Students  -85 
2. Nursing staff -140
3. PGs and Interns- 185
4. Faculty and Staff  - 45

Resource Persons

• Dr.Karuna Murthy, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine 
• Dr.Vishnu Vardhana Rao, Associate Professor, Microbiology,
• Dr.Prasanthi, Associate Professor, OBGY, 
• Dr.Narisimha Rao, Assistant Professor, Paediatric Department

Representatives from SHARE India and DAPCU

1. Mr Simachalam Naidu , PO, SHARE India
2. Mr Narasimhan Murthy S, PO, SHARE India
3. Mr.Kiran Pandit-DPM , DAPCU
4. Sr. Delna, Project Coordinator, PPTCT outreach program
5. Ms J Prasanthi Choudhary , DIS, DAPCU

 Observations

• Assigning different resource persons for each session ensured that one facilitator was not overburdened and that sessions were not monotonous for participants. A similar session plan maybe recommended for future CMEs

• As discussed during the planning of CMEs the facilitators tried to ensure that the sessions were interactive. The participants from all batches also engaged with facilitators and clarified their doubts etc.

• Involvement of District Administration & PPTCT outreach team was helpful in facilitating discussions on referrals and linkages.

We congratulate the team at  Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation (PSIMS&RF)  for their efforts and wish them the best in their efforts in following the new PPTCT regimen.

NRI Medical College - CME on Revised PPTCT Guidelines

Dates - 7-10 May 2013

Venue: NRI Academy of Sciences, Chinakakani, Guntur
The team from NRI medical college as part of the 1st Training

Dr Vasantha Kumar , HOD , OBGY

on the Revised PPTCT Guidelines had planned for Continuing Medical Education sessions for the faculty and staff at their institution. SHARE India supported the conduct of the CME by preparing the presentations and liasioning with APSACS for IEC material. Dr.T.S.R. Sai, Professor & HOD, Department of Community Medicine presided over the event. Dr .Jaya Chandra Reddy, Joint Director of APSACS, Dr.Ganesh Oruganti, Project Director, SHARE INDIA were the chief guests for the workshop

Participants:  Total 572 

1. Faculty (Day 1)-43 
2. PGs/ Interns(Day 2)-128
3. Nursing staff (Day 3)-250
4. Doctors (Day 4)-151 

Resource Persons

1. Dr.Padmaja, Associate Professor, Microbiology
2. Dr.Subbaraya Sastry, HOD, Pediatrics  

Dr T.S.R Sai , HOD Community Medicine

3. Dr.Ramalingam , Associate Professor, OBGY
4. Dr. C. Vasantha Kumar , HOD, OBGY
5. Dr.TSR Sai , HOD , Community Medicine



Special Invitees:  Dr.J.C.Reddy, JD-BSD, APSACS,  
Dr Ganesh Oruganti, SHARE India
Mr.Madhusudhan-DPM , DAPCU
Mr.Veeraswami, DIS, DAPCU

  

Note :-  A few suggestions emerged from participants and resource persons regarding the structuring of sessions. We are sharing these here so that other institutes may use consider these suggestions while organizing their CMEs.

1. As the duration of CME for each batch is only 1 day , it is advisable to limit presentation to the slides designed for the CME.

2. Suggestions on reducing the number of slides in a few sessions emerged form the participants. The orgnisers and resource persons in other colleges are free to do so without compromising on content of the new PPTCT guidelines.

Commitments 

The Professors and HOD came forward and shared willingness to collaborate, implement and cooperate with APSACS and SHARE India to carry out the any kind of HIV/AIDS programs in NRI Medical College. Head of the Department, Community Medicine assured the support of interns for assisting the ART Medical Officer in the event that the case load increases.

Joint Director Basic Services Division, APSACS, also expressed his view that he would like to make the NRI Medical College as a model centre after observing the commitment of faculty towards HIV services .

We congratulate the team at NRI Medical College Guntur for their efforts and wish them the best in their efforts in following the new PPTCT regimen.