Summary of Activities and Achievements of Medical Education and Research Division
The erudite vision. & philosophy of Dr. A. K. Mukherjee, Ex. Director General Health Services,
Govt. of India, who after joining the ISIC lent a new dimension to the goal of ISIC by setting, up
the Medical Education & Research Division (M E & P.. D) thus providing a platform for pursuing
academic activities related to the clinical contents of the ISIC. In the wake of it, Dr. Mukherjee
as the Chairman of the M E & R D, has been the prime mover in initiating M E & R D to launch CMS
Programme which over a short period of 3 yrs, made its mark & wherein Professionals/Para medical
drawn from PSUs, Teaching Institutions & Pvt. Hospitals, across the country were trained in the
field off' SCI management & thus, the programme has gone a long way in meeting the requirement of
the Nation : making available knowledgeable & trained manpower for taking care of persons with SCI
disability.
The Medical Education & Research Division plans the teaching cum training activities, centered
around the following objectives:
- Develop Trained Manpower for Rehabilitation Challenges.
- Maintain. thrust on CME : sharing updated relevant professional knowledge / information with
Medical Fraternity working in the field of rehabilitation of disabilities.
- Introduce 3 Month PG Certificate Courses in the Training Year 2002-03 by September /October 2002.
- Establish a Collaborative Teaching Faculty at the ISIC.
- Setup Research Project to undertake research work in Paraclinical field related to SCI.
Since September 99 to January 2002 total no. of 15 Courses have been conducted
under CME targeting on General, Ortho. & Neuro. Surgeons, Senior Nurses,
Physio./Occupational Therapist & Medical Social Workers & wherein a total of 360 such Professionals & Personnel have gone
through the training at the ISIC without taking resort to advertisements in Daily Newspapers.
During conduct of CME Courses, the ISIC has interacted with a number of leading Medical
Organisations, PSUs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home who have subscribed to these Courses by
sending their delegates & even one delegate from Royal National Hospital, UK also joined one of the
Courses; Resource Persons drawn from Teaching Institutions like Delhi University, JNU &. Prestigious
Medical Institutions like MINIS, Safdarjung, Rehabilitation Council of India, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
College of Nursing, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare. The Programme of the Courses has
sent the word around & set abuzz the existence of the ISIC, its stellar role, especially in training
the manpower in the field of Spinal Care & the Rehabilitation Programme.
At the behest of the Trained Nurses Association of India, THAI, a delegation of 42 Nurses, coming
from all over the Country, including THAI Staff, was given a exposure on "Nursing Management of
Patients with Spinal Injuries" & "Rehabilitation in Trauma Management" on Jan. 30', 2001.
A Batch of Sr. Faculty Members & 60 Students of M. A: (Final Year) from Delhi School of Social Work,
Delhi UT University visited the. ISIC under the Orientation Programme of the DSSW, wherein they were
briefed on the role & functioning of the ISIC &, thereafter, they were taken on a conducted tour of
the Institute.
The DSSW has also recognised ISIC as one of the Institutions for Concurrent / Block Field Work
Training of Students pursuing M. A. (Final Year) Social Work. Under the same MoU, Ms. Ruchi Chopra &
Ms. Darnyanti Bhowmick are attached to pursue the Concurrent Field Work, 2 Days a Week
- Tuesdays & Thursdays, for the duration of the Academic Session of DSSW & they will follow a Training Programme, which has been planned jointly by the Faculty of DSSW & M E & R D.
The ISIC is participating in the Collaborating National Teaching Programme B. Ed. (Special Education
Distance Education), as jointly offered by the Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University &
Rehabilitation Council of India for the first time to the aspiring Teachers for imparting education
to disabled children. Presently, 30 Teacher Students have been enrolled & assigned to the Study
Centre No. 802, as functioning under the M E & R D to impart education in Locomotor Disability &
Cerebral Palsy to the Students.
The Students are required to complete the Course in a minimum period of 14 months, covering an
exhaustive Syllabi both on Non Disability Pedagogical & Disability Area Subjects relating to
Locomotor Disability, including spinal injuries; it entails meticulous planning of day to day
Curriculum & making available trained & qualified Resource Persons / Counselors in deference to the
qualification stipulations as laid down by the M P B O U & who are being coopted from leading
Medical Institutions & Hospitals in New Delhi.
These Students will be attending the 3~a Contact Sessions in the month of July / August 2002 respectively, prior to appearing in the final examination in September 2002. Their eligibility to undertake the final examination will be assessed at the Study Centre of the ISIC, taking into consideration their performance & periodical evaluation thereof.
Under the repeated Training Capsule as designed for CME will commenced scheduled Courses w.e.f. July 2002. The sequence of these Courses are as under
Training Calendar
| Sr. |
Courses |
Participants |
Duration |
| 1 |
SCI Holistic Care Covering Acute mgt to Rehabilitation |
Orthopaedic/ Neuro./ Gen. Surgeon; Residents/PG |
3 Days |
| 2 |
Orientation of Nursing Care in Spine Injury Patients |
Senior Staff Nurse, Admin./ Matrons |
3 Days |
| 3 |
Rehabilitation Challenges in Para/ Quadriplegics |
Physiotherapists / Occupational Therapists |
3 Days |
| 4 |
Rehabilitation Program of, Spine Injury &
Psycho-social Challenges |
Medical Social / Health Workers, Chief Nursing
Officers |
3 Days |
| 5 |
CBR in Spinal Trauma |
NGOs / Social Worker CMOs / Medical Administrators & Executives |
1 Day Seminar |
Firm dates will be announced later on.
In conclusion it would not be wrong to presume that the M E & R D has made forays in right direction for dissemination & sharing Professional knowledge, & in the wake of it, contributing to a large extent towards the
PR of the ISIC & also complementing the efforts of RCI in developing trained manpower.
Delegates coming from various Institutions: Govt. and
Private, attended the CME courses at the ISIC is as under:
Govt. Institutions / Hospitals
- Army Medical Corps: Ministry of Defence
- R & R Hospital: Ministry of Defence
- Base Hospital: Ministry of Defence
- Border Security Force: Ministry of Home
- Central Reserve Police Force: Ministry of Home
- National Capital Territory
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
- Gas Authority of India Ltd.
- National Hydro Power Corporation Ltd.
- National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.
- Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Ltd.
- All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences
- Safdarjung Hospital
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya hospital
- Lok Narayan Jai Prakash Hospital
- Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
- Northern Railway Central Hospital: Ministry of Railway
- National Institute of Health & Family Welfare: Ministry of Health
NGOs
- Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA)
- Amar Jyoti
- Akshay Pratishthan
- Delhi Brotherhood Society
- Deepalaya
- Institute of Physically Handicapped
- Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
- Christian Medical College Association
- Indian Adult Education Association
- Spastic Society of Northern India
- Udaan
- Aashray Adhikar Abhiyaan
Private Hospitals
- Sir Gangaram Hospital
- Batra Hospital
- Apollo Hospital
- St. Stephens Hospital
- Holy Anglcs Hospital
- Sitaram Bhartiya Hospital
- Mool Chand Hospital
Teaching Institutions ; Colleges
- Jamia Millia University
- All India institute of Medical Sciences
- Jamia Hamdard University
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
- Bhim Rao Ambedkar College
- Delhi School of Social Work
- National Institute of Health & Family Welfare
- Santosh Medical & Dental College
- Kulachi Hansraj Model School
Delegates from various tarts of Country / Abroad
- Haldia Refinery - Orissa
- ISPAT General Hospital - Bihar
- Army Hospital - Meerut
- Base Hospital - Lucknow
- CRPF Hospital - Hyderabad
- CRPF Hospital - Gouhati
- Gujarat Refinery - Gujarat
- Royal National Hospital - U.K.
Resource Persons drawn from
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Director General Health Services Office
- Rehabilitation Council of India
- National Institute of Health & Family Welfare
- Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
- Safdarjung Hospital .
- Amar Jyoti
- Batra Hospital
- Delhi University
- Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
- Sir Gangaram Hospital
- Sitaram Bhartiya Hospital
- Jamia Millia
- PSI Hospital
- Sakshi
- Concerned Action Now (CAN)
- Indian Spinal Injuries Centre
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