Thursday 17 February 2011

സുഹൃത്തുക്കളെ 
നമ്മുടെ ജില്ലാ തല വനിതാ കണ്‍വെന്ഷന്‍ ഫെബ്രുവരി ഇരുപത്തേഴു ഞായറാഴ്ച നടക്കുകയാണ്. ആദ്യമായാണ്‌ ഇത്തരമൊരു പരിപാടി തൃശ്ശൂരില്‍  നടക്കുന്നത്.  വനിതാ ഡോക്ടര്‍മാര്‍ നേരിടുന്ന പ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ ചര്‍ച്ച ചെയ്യാനും അവരുടെ കഴിവുകള്‍ മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്താനും ആവശ്യമായ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഈ കണ്‍വെന്ഷനില്‍ സാധിക്കും എന്നാണ് പ്രതീക്ഷ. അതുകൊണ്ട് ജില്ലയിലെ എല്ലാ വനിതാ ഡോക്ടര്‍മാരും ഇതില്‍ പങ്കെടുത്ത് ഈ അവസരം പരമാവധി ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്തണം എന്നും പരിപാടി വന്‍ വിജയമാക്കണം എന്നും അഭ്യര്‍ത്ഥിക്കുന്നു. എലൈറ്റ് ഹോട്ടലില്‍ വെച്ചാണ്‌ കണ്‍വെന്ഷന്‍.  രാവിലെ പത്തുമണിക്ക് കോര്‍പറേഷന്‍ ടെപ്യുടി മേയര്‍ അഡ്വ. സുബി ബാബു ഉത്ഘാടനം നിര്‍വഹിക്കും. ഡോ. ഏലിയാമ്മ റാഫേല്‍ അധ്യക്ഷ ആയിരിക്കും. ഡോ. ഡി. ഷീല മുഖ്യ പ്രഭാഷണം നടത്തും. ഡോ. ഷീല കാറളം, ഡോ. റോസ് മേരി വിത്സണ്‍, ഡോ. സുശീല സജി എന്നിവര്‍ ക്ലാസ്സുകള്‍ എടുക്കും. ഡോ. സുശീല സജിയെ ചടങ്ങില്‍ അനുമോടിക്കുന്നതാണ്.  
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Wednesday 9 February 2011

Calendar 2011 AMAI Thrissur

Dear All
A tentative calendar of programs of our district is attached
Please comment and suggest how we can make them better
Prasad

AMAI Thrissur District Committee

Calendar 2011

General outline

o     Academic programs
o     Social interaction programs
o     Emergency/epidemic cell
o     Field visits
o     Taluk general body meetings (Annual)
o     Family get-together
o     District general body meeting (Annual)
o     Vanitha sub-committee programs

Academic programmes

o     Popular, Clinician-oriented programs at Taluk/area level
o     Workshops, Theoretical classes & Long-term study programs at district level
o     Should attract all sectors of the members
o     Should serve the purpose of membership campaign as well

Social Interaction Programmes

o     Get connected with the society
o     Keep a pool of resource persons to deliver lectures/awareness classes ‘on call’
o     Getting into any occasion deliberately
o     Try to establish debate with other systems like allopathy, homeo etc.
o     Keep good rapport with the media  
Social Interaction Programmes: contd..
  • Schools/colleges
  • NSS camps: embedded programs
  • Corporation /Dist.Panchayath
  • Social activist groups like KSSP
  • Forest/veterinary/agriculture depts.
  • Lions’ club/ Rotary/ Y’s men etc
  • Palliative care society 

Emergency / Epidemic cell

o     District level and Taluk level coordinators

o     Voluntary service of medical officers & PP
o     Planning in advance: summer care, monsoon care, pakarchappani etc..
o     Quick interventions
o     Will provide us with a wider social presence and acceptance

Field Visits

Aim: Quality improvement of members
o     Forests (eg.Peechi/ chimmony)
o     Herbariums (eg.Mannuthi / Palode)
o     Research institutes (eg. NRIP)
o     Factories (Eg.Oushadhi)

Academic Programmes: District Level Organization

o     General Outline:
n      Model for the entire state
n      Should benefit everybody
n      More workshops than seminars 
n      Authentic / contemporary / sincere
n      State-wide Participation
n      Proper documentation and timely execution
n      Should keep the district in limelight

1. Basic Computer Education for All

o     A series of 4 Sunday-classes
o     All AMAI members of the district
o     Essential in current-day society
o     Makes documentation easy and effective
o     Better communication tools
o     Awesome resources from internet
o     Advantages of web-based business

2. Pre & Post Natal Care in Ayurveda

o     2-day state level workshop
o     Huge public demand
o     Different methods are practiced, not uniform
o     No practical training in academy
o     Many traditional techniques extinct
o     No proper documentation

3. Documentation in Clinical Practice

o     State-level workshop
o     Important method of systematizing clinical practice
o     Practitioners and hospital-reps are targeted
o     Helps in protocol-development, data collection and publications

4. Rasa Preparations

o     1 day workshop: district level
o     Physicians under/un-informed about preparations
o     Conventional & unconventional uses
o     Better tools for emergency
o     Fear factor in society
o     Safety / pharmaco-vigilance

5. Art of Prescribing

o     Workshop
o     Beginners targeted
o     Improving professional precision
o     Better practitioners higher social acceptance
o     Use and misuse of various preparations debated wsrt specific diseases

6. Scientific Writing

o     Workshop
o     House-surgeons, youngsters & teachers targeted
o     Essential to make the system live & contemporary
o     Least-attended area
o     Unprecedented 

7. Autonomy in Practice

o     Workshop
o     Private practitioners targeted
o     Unlimited scope but a grey area
o     Preparation of medicines : practical tips, experiences
o     Basic rules and regulations
o     Ethical standards
o     Financial management & Loan schemes

8. Planning & Implementation of Projects

o     Workshop
o     Medical officers targeted
o     Essential to make the section live and realistic
o     Most important obstacle in fund-flow from Govt. & Non-Govt agencies

9. Workshop on “Marmachikitsa”

o     South-Indian (?) Workshop
o     3 months **  6 days ** 12 lecture-demos
o     Master-piece program of the year
o     All aspects to be covered

Taluk level CMEs

o     Best tool for developing good rapport among members
o     Monthly programs
o     Better inter-personal relations
o     Spontaneous coverage of membership
o     Youngsters can be attracted easily
o     Local resource utilized to the best
o     Prepare calendar in advance
o     Grass-root level practitioners are targeted
o     Local needs preferred / ‘one topic a year’ is a good model
o     Avoid unnecessary luxury
o     Cost-effective but max. outcome
o     Should cover all areas and persons
o     should not be crowd-pullers
o     Hospitals/houses preferred over hotels/auditoriums
o     Female participation to be ensured
o     Half-day sessions preferred
o     Open for all / restricted by regn.
o     Proper documentation

‘One topic a year’

o     Topic should be selected based on local demand
o     Best method for better outcomes
o     Maximum information can be collected
o     All aspects of the topic should be covered systematically
o     Experience sharing and documentation very

Schedule for each program

Field visits: time & conveners

o     Factories : Oushadhi
Convener: 
Date: May ………2011
o     Herbariums : Mannuthy/KFRI
Convener                     :
Date: July 10th 2011
o     Research institutes : NRIP
Convener: 
Date: September ……2011
o     Forest:  Peechi/chimmony
Convener:
Date: October 2nd 2011

Emergency / Epidemic cell: conveners

District convener: 
Taluk Conveners         
Thrissur:  
M.Puram: 
Kodungallur: 
Chavakkad: 
Thalappilly: 

1. Basic Computer Education for all (May be a taluk program)

o     A series of 4 Sunday-classes/continuous program of 4 classes for each person
o     Time:
o      Mar.6/ March onwards
o     Convener:
o     Course fee: …………..

2. Pre & Post natal Care in Ayurveda

o     2-day state level workshop
o     Time: April 9 & 10
o     Convener:

3. Documentation in Clinical Practice

o     State-level workshop:
o     Time: May 2011
o     Convener: 

4. Rasa preparations

o     1 day workshop: district level
o     Time: June 19th
o     Convener:

5. Art of Prescribing

o     Workshop
o     Time: July
o     Convener:

6. Scientific Writing

o     Workshop
o     Time: August
o     Convener:
7. Autonomy of Practice
o     Workshop
o     Time: September
Convener: ?

8. Planning & Implementation of Projects

o     Workshop
o     Time: October
o     Convener: 

9. Workshop on “Marmachikitsa”
o     South-Indian (?) Workshop
o     3 months **  6 days ** 12 lecture/demos
o     Time: April 3, 17, May8, 22,             June 12,26
o     Convener: District Committee

Thrissur Taluk: dates

All CME on Spinal disorders
  1. CME February 6,  2011: Orthopedic assessment: Spine
  2. CME May 8, 2011
  3. CME Aug.28 2011
  4. Family meet: Date
  5. Annual gen. body: 2011, Oct.30
  6. Venue:

Mukundapuram dates

  1. xxxx 2011
  2. xxxx2011
  3. xxxx2011
  4. Family meet : Date
  5. Annual gen. body: 2011 Nov.20
Venue:

Kodungallur dates

All CME on respiratory disorders
  1. xxxx 2011
  2. xxxx 2011
  3. xxxx 2011
  4. Family meet : Date
  5. Annual gen. body: 2011 Nov. 27
  6. Venue: 

Thalappilly

All CME on Diabetic disorders
  1. CME xxxx 2011
  2. CME xxxx2011
  3. CME xxxx2011
  4. Family meet : Date
  5. Annual gen. body: 2011 Nov. 6
Venue:

Chavakkad

All CME on ECG
  1. xxxx 2011
  2. xxxx 2011
  3. xxxx 2011
  4. Family meet : Date
  5. Annual gen. body: 2011 Nov. 13
Venue:

District level family meet

o     During Onam vacations
o     September 11th Sunday
o     Venue?
o     Programs?
(Note:Ramdan: 31st Aug approx., Onam: 9th Sept)

Preparation of a Members’ Directory

o     Convener: Dr.K Raveendran

members:
  1. Dr.Arjun
  2. Dr.Deep V C
  3. Dr.Sreedevi
  4. Dr.Ammini

Vanitha Sub-Committee Programs

Chairperson: Dr.Eliamma Raphael
Convener: Dr.Suseela Saji
Joint Convener: Dr.Maya Shenoy
Immediate tasks:
o     Activating the taluk sub-committees
o     Convening a district level conference
n      Date: February 27th Sunday
n      Venue: Thrissur
o     All programs to be charted out in this conference.

District Annual General Body

o     DECEMBER 4TH 2011 SUNDAY
o     Venue?
o     Programs? 



CME on ECG

AMAI Chavakkad Taluk Committee conducts CME on ECG on 15.2.11. It is the first of a series on the same topic. For registration and details please contact 9847202359 (Dr.Sankaranarayanan, Taluk Secretary)