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Neurological Surgeonsae™ Society of India
Report on Academic Programme
We are happy to inform you that Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI) has organized two sessions of teaching programmes for the post graduate students (M.ch & DNB Students) till date. There was no registration fee, Society provided travel fellowship to registered Post graduate students. These teaching programmes were arranged in department of Neurosurgery S.M.S. Medical College & Hospital Jaipur.
In the first session of two days teaching programme, conducted on 30-31 March 2013 at S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur (Neurosurgery Department , there was case presentation in which Prof. Vijay Sardana Department of Neurology Government Medical College Kota taught the students how to approach the neurological diagnosis of a patient and how to perform neurological examination. Apart from this, neuroradiology and management were discussed.
About 40 M.Ch. and DNB students of various colleges of different states attended the programme. Positive feedback were obtained from attending students and they wished to continue such type of teaching programmes in future to improve their clinical skills and knowledge.
The second session of two days teaching programme was arranged on 13-14 April 2013 at S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur (Neurosurgery Department). During these two days programme, there was teaching programme by Prof. & Head Dr. S.N. Mathuriya Department of Neurosurgery PGI Chandigarh. Long case presentation, short case presentation, radiology & pathology, pathological Specimen and Operative exercises were discussed. The Session was fruitful to all attending students.
Report of the fifth edition of the NSSI teaching program held on 29th & 30th June, 2013 at SMS Medical College,Jaipur.
The fifth edition of the NSSI teaching program was a resounding success. With numerous case presentations and lectures on topics covering functional neurosurgery and neurophysiological tests by competent authorities on the subject, this program was an endeavour to cover the most important parts of the curriculum in neurosurgery which the students find difficult and bewildering.
The program started on 29th June, with case presentations on cervico-dorsal space occupying lesion, intracranial space occupying lesion and sellar-suprasellar mass in the morning session presided over by Dr Dinesh Khandelwal, AP, Department of Neurology, SMS Medical College. This was followed by lectures and presentations on functional neurosurgery by Dr Aditya Gupta, alumnus AIIMS, New Delhi, now working at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, who is one of the leading practioners of the stream in our country. He has been exposed to the best faculties in the world during his training and in his simple and highly effective teaching session, he was able to impart not just the knowledge but also a sense of curiosity and a hunger for further learning in the field.
Part one of the presentation on the first day included Evolution of functional neurosurgery in the world and in our country and its modern perspectives and role of functional neurosurgery in movement disorders.
The second day started with demonstration and lecture on Neurophysiological tests including NCV, EMG and EEG by Dr Dinesh Khandelwal. This was followed by case presentations by participating students from outside Jaipur including G B Pant, New Delhi and DNB students. The case presentation was presided over by Professor and Head Neurosurgery, Dr R S Mittal sir who guided the students in his erudite manner about the fine nuances of the cases. He discussed in detail about the symptomatology and guided as a mentor through the long and short cases, with questions, concepts and clarifications on important aspects of history, clinical examination, radiology and management of the cases. This session was clearly the high point of the program and was very well received by the participating students. The cases included intracranial space occupying lesion and AAD with Rheumatoid Arthritis. This was followed by the second part of the presentation on functional neurosurgery which included epilepsy surgery and stereotactic radio surgery.
The topics of the presentation were carefully chosen keeping in mind the need of the hour for the exam going students and it was highly appreciated by the participating students who were able to clear their doubts related to these topics and discuss in detail with the authorities on the subject. Clearly, this was a very successful program with very good participation from students from many parts of the country and they expressed keen interest in such programs in future as well.
We are happy to inform you that Neurological Surgeons Society of India (NSSI) has organized four highly successful sessions of teaching programmes for the post graduate students (M.Ch. & D.N.B. Students) till date which have been attended by large number of MCh and DNB students from all over the country. There is no registration fee for the programmes and the invitation to the same is open to all neurosurgery students across India irrespective of their membership status with the society.
This programme was conceived with the aim of nurturing the budding generations of neurosurgeons, strengthening their clinical acumen and helping them acquire useful and crucial skills to help them sail through the examinations. The society not only arranged clinical programmes by country’s well known teachers, who have created generations of neurosurgeons and continue to do so, but also provided travel fellowships to registered post graduate students of NSSI equalling to 3rd AC Rail fare. These teaching programmes were arranged in the department of neurosurgery, S.M.S. Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur.
In the first session of two days teaching programme, conducted on 30th -31st March, 2013, Prof. Vijay Sardana, Head, Department of Neurology, Government Medical College,(MBS) Kota, (Rajasthan), guided the students to the art of neurological history taking and examination. He demonstrated the students how to approach a possible neurological diagnosis. Apart from this, neuroradiology and management were discussed. The cases included most important long and short cases in neurosurgery and were carefully selected for the programme. This part of the programme was highly appreciated by all the students alike, be it the exam going seniors or the junior.
Not only was the programme comprehensive in covering most of the practical aspects of Neurosurgery but it also had a veritable mix of interesting talks on learning as an adult and how is it different from learning in children, work and life balance in the life of a neurosurgeon and importance of good communication skills in neurological practice.
About 40 M.Ch. and DNB students from various colleges, hospitals and institutes across the country who attended the programme had positive feedback about the programmes. They wished to continue such type of teaching programmes in future to improve their clinical skills and knowledge.
Following the grand success of the first teaching programme, the second session of two days teaching programme was arranged on 13-14 April 2013 at S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur (Neurosurgery Department). Dr. S.N. Mathuriya, Prof. & Head Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, presided over the programme. This programme was an eclectic mixture of the long-cases presentation, short-case presentation, neuroradiology, pathological specimen and operative exercises. Prof. Mathuriya mentored the students on the most common errors made during history taking and examination. He demonstrated the correct methodology of many clinical tests and encouraged all the participating students to actively elicit clinical signs in the patients. The Session was fruitful to all attending students.
The third teaching programme was organized on 11-12 may, 2013, presided by Prof MK Tiwari, PGIMER, Chandigarh. Apart from various case presentations and teaching modules on various common cases in neurosurgery, he gave didactic lectures on the modern neurosurgery giants, haemostats in neurosurgery and bone substitutes in neurosurgery. Dr Shashi Singhvi, Ex Principal, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, and VC, Rajasthan University of Health Sciences who is also a leading Neuropathologist, lectured on the 2007 WHO classification of CNS tumours.
She guided slide by slide, ways to differentiate and diagnose the important tumours and about the new entries in the list of tumours elucidated by this classification. Dr V K Bhargava, alumnus of AIIMs, New Delhi, a leading neuroradiologist, presented hundred different radiological cases which included trauma, tumours, diseases of spine, covering many other important aspects of neurology and neurosurgery. The teaching programme was well received by all the participating students.
The society organized the 4th academic programme on 1st &2nd June 2013 in S.M.S. Medical college and attached hospital at Jaipur (Rajasthan) by Professor A.K. Mahapatra (Director AIIMS Bhubaneswar) and Professor Raj Kumar (Director AIIMS Rishikesh). There is no doubt that both of them put their heart and soul into teaching to make the objective of programme successful. All the students were impressed with their dynamic way and their energy they delivered the interactive lectures. they taught history taking and eliciting clinical signs over patients. All the time they completely engaged the students and it was simply amazing with great sensitivity. The topics which were covered in programme were clinical case presentation over CV junction anomaly, pituitary tumor, CP angle tumor and orbital mass. Key points to make history more communicative and informative were learned by students . Radiology of spine, cranium and pathological specimens of meningioma, basal ganglia lesions, skull tumor and metastasis were discussed in details and they demonstrated how to describe these during practical examination viva voce. This session was enjoyed by all attending students.
The fifth edition of the NSSI teaching program was a resounding success. With numerous case presentations and lectures on topics covering functional neurosurgery and neurophysiological tests by competent authorities on the subject, this program was an endeavour to cover the most important parts of the curriculum in neurosurgery which the students find difficult and bewildering.
The program started on 29th June, with case presentations on cervico-dorsal space occupying lesion, intracranial space occupying lesion and sellar-suprasellar mass in the morning session presided over by Dr Dinesh Khandelwal, AP, Department of Neurology, SMS Medical College. This was followed by lectures and presentations on functional neurosurgery by Dr Aditya Gupta, alumnus AIIMS, New Delhi, now working at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, who is one of the leading practioners of the stream in our country. He has been exposed to the best faculties in the world during his training and in his simple and highly effective teaching session, he was able to impart not just the knowledge but also a sense of curiosity and a hunger for further learning in the field. Part one of the presentation on the first day included Evolution of functional neurosurgery in the world and in our country and its modern perspectives and role of functional neurosurgery in movement disorders. The second day started with demonstration and lecture on Neurophysiological tests including NCV, EMG and EEG by Dr Dinesh Khandelwal. This was followed by case presentations by participating students from outside Jaipur including G B Pant, New Delhi and DNB students. The case presentation was presided over by Professor and Head Neurosurgery, Dr R S Mittal who guided the students in his erudite manner about the fine nuances of the cases.
He discussed in detail about the symptomatology and guided as a mentor through the long and short cases, with questions, concepts and clarifications on important aspects of history, clinical examination, radiology and management of the cases. This session was clearly the high point of the program and was very well received by the participating students. The cases included intracranial space occupying lesion and AAD with Rheumatoid Arthritis. This was followed by the second part of the presentation on functional neurosurgery which included epilepsy surgery and stereotactic radio surgery. The topics of the presentation were carefully chosen keeping in mind the need of the hour for the exam going students and it was highly appreciated by the participating students who were able to clear their doubts related to these topics and discuss in detail with the authorities on the subject. Clearly, this was a very successful program with very good participation from students from many parts of the country and they expressed keen interest in such programs in future as well.