MANDYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL                               SCIENCES, MANDYA

                DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Dr Siddalingappa Hugar from department of community medicine, MIMS, Mandya had visited ROHCS ICMR Institute Bangalore to give a talk on International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) 

       MANDYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL                               SCIENCES, MANDYA

            DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Dr Siddalingappa Hugar who an Assistant Professor in dept of community medicine in MIMS, Mandya had visited Sanjo Hospital on 2/8/22 in view of to update the staffs of Sanjo Hospital on National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP). The talk lasted an hour where the doctor explained all the recent guidelines in detail, and it ended with a small Q&A session where the staff of Sanjo Hospital could clear out there doubts regarding this topic.
    

                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

                                 MANDYA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

                                                                MANDYA

Workshop on Research Methodology was organized on 7^th and 8^th June 2022 by the department of Community Medicine,MIMS Mandya for the 1^st year post graduate students of the college.

 

Venue: 2^nd floor exam hall, MIMS Mandya, Karnataka 

DAY 1

The programme started with the Introduction on Research Methodology by our beloved Head of the Department and Professor, Dr. Harish B.R, who provoked insights into the research for the Post Graduate students.

The session continued with the informative session on Descriptive and Cross sectional Study design by Dr. Jhanavi Rajagopal, Assistant Professor.

Then the inauguration function began with the welcome speech by Dr Pornima, Assistant Professor followed by watering of plants, an eco-friendly initiative which was done jointly by Dr.Harish M.R, Director, MIMS, Mandya; Dr.Sridhar, Medical Superindent of MIMS, Mandya; Dr.Tamanna, Principal, MIMS, Mandya, Ms Venkatalakshmi CAO. The dignitaries on the dias also shared their vast experiences in the field of research. Finally, the inauguration ended with the delivery of vote of thanks by Dr.Manjunath, Assistant Professor.

 

This was followed by taking a group photo of all the participants.

Next, enlightening classes on research methodology were taken by our Mentors of Community Medicine Lecture 2- Feasibility of Longitudnal, Case control and Cohort studies–Dr Subash, Associate Professor;

Lecture 3 – Sample size and sampling by Dr Sudhir, Assistant Professor

Hands on training by Dr Siddalingappa Hugar, Assistant Professor

Lecture 4- Types of data, presentation of data and Descriptive statistics by Mr Nagaraja Goud, Statistician /Assistant Professor.

DAY 2

The day began with Dr   Siddalingappa Hugar on Hypothesis testing and tests of significance.

Subsequent classes were taken by

Lecture 2- Correlation and Regression by Dr Pornima, Assistant Professor

Lecture 3- MS excel data entry by Mr Nagaraja Goud, Statistician /Assistant Professor

Lecture 4- Validation of diagnostic tests by Dr. Subash,Associate Professor

Lecture 5- Synopsis writing and ethical issues in Research by Dr Vinay,Associate Professor

Lecture 6 Internet and softwares in Research Dr Siddalingappa Hugar, Assistant professor

 

The day ended with distribution of certificates by our director,Dr Harish M.R; Dr Harish B.R HOD and Proffesor, Dr Vinay, Dr Siddalingappa Hugar and Mr Nagaraja Goud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World No Tobacco Day- 2022

                                                Department Of Community Medicine

                                           World No Tobacco Day Programme - 2022

World No Tobacco Day was organized on 31st of May 2022 with the collaboration of members from District Health and Family Welfare office, and doctors from MIMS, Mandya  

Theme: Tobacco: Poisoning Our Planet 

Venue: P.E.S degree college, M.C road, Subashnagar, Mandya Taluk, Mandya, Karnataka 

The programme started with the NCC members of the college, health workers from various PHC's around Mandya, members from the District Health Office(Mandya), and various volunteers joined hands to spread awareness about harmful effects of tobacco on our environment through a rally

Later members from the dais gave a hearty speech to the students of P.E.S degree college  

Mrs Nalini Kumari A M who spoke about the harmful effects of tobacco and how it was normalized in the family and how this normalization has caused dreadful effect in the family.

Then, Dr Dananjay, District Health Officer of Mandya District spoke about the harmful effects which is seen in the community due to consumption of tobacco.

Later, Dr Siddalingappa Hugar (Dept of Community Medicine,MIMS) educated the students about the disastrous effects which tobacco causes on the human body, and then it was followed up by Dr Shashank (Dept of Psychiatry,) who spoke about the psychological aspect of using tobacco and the challenges faced by the people which trying to quit using tobacco.

The programme was conducted with the motive of educating the younger generation of society since they are the future of this country and the members of the dais have conveyed the message in a fruitful way.

     

 

Typhoid vaccination programme - 2022

Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya

Department of Community Medicine

Typhoid Vaccination Programme – 2022

 

Typhoid vaccination programme was organized by Department of community medicine, Mandya Institute of medical sciences, Mandya

Venue: Mandya District Co-operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited (MANMUL) Gejjalagere, Maddur Taluk, Mandya District.

This programme was conducted for 3 days from 3^rd February to 5^th February 2022.

Team of community medicine staff, post graduate students, interns and nursing staff, led by Dr. Jahnavi Rajgopal, Assistant professor, Department of community medicine, MIMS, Mandya, visited Mandya District Co-operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited (MANMUL) Gejjalagere, Maddur Taluk, Mandya District. 

Clinical examination was done for 366 workers, of which 270 workers received typhoid vaccine. Of those who received vaccine, majority were food handlers.

Demographic and anthropometric details of Food handlers and other employees who came for vaccination as well as health check were registered

Assessing employees for present and past medical history and general physical examination

Single dose of 0.5 ml Typhoid vaccine was administered intramuscularly over left deltoid region under aseptic precaution to all eligible food handlers and were observed for 20 minutes for any adverse events following vaccination.

Intramuscular administration of typhoid vaccine

Population covered: All the food handlers at Mandya District Co-operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited (MANMUL) Gejjalagere, Maddur Taluk, Mandya District. The food handlers those who were already vaccinated previously were excluded for vaccination, clinical examination was done for all, irrespective of their eligibility for vaccination.