Pharmacology - 2024

Report on World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week (WAAK) celebration

Date: 29.11.2024
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital

Sessions Conducted:

The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has celebrated “World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week (WAAK) celebration” on 22 .11. 2024 Under the theme “Educate. Advocate. Act now. Essay competition was conducted for phase II MBBS students.

Description of the Report:
Essay competition

As part of the World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week celebrations, an essay competition themed “Educate. Advocate. Act now.” was organized for Phase II MBBS students. The event took place on 22.11.2024, from 8:30 to 9:00 AM, in the Department of Pharmacology’s demo room. A total of eight students were participated. Prizes were awarded to the top three participants with the highest scores.

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Report on “Fundamentals of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring”

Date: 18.11.2024
Time: 9.00 am – 1.30 pm
Name of the Organising Department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: Faculty & Postgraduates
Venue: Digi Lab, SMVMCH

Sessions Conducted:

The Department of Pharmacology has conducted CME on “Fundamentals of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring” on 18.11.24 from 9:00 am to 01:30 pm

Resource Person:


S.no Name Designation Department College
1. Dr. Manikandan. S Professor & Head Pharmacology JIPMER
2. Dr. Jayanthi. M Professor Pharmacology JIPMER
3. Dr. Suganthi. S Associate Professor Pharmacology JIPMER
4. Dr. Chaithre B Ajayan Senior Resident Pharmacology JIPMER

Description of the Report:

As per the schedule event started at 9.00 am and participants were allowed to attend the pretest after registration. A total of 119 participants from various institutions have registered for the event. The welcome address was given by Dr. Shanthi, Professor and HOD, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH. Dr Vivek Raj introduced our first speaker scientific session, Dr Manikandan S, Professor and Head of the Department of harmacology, JIPMER deliver his talk on the topic Overview of TDM, Dr Anuranjani, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH introduced the next speaker, Dr Jayanthi. M, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, JIPMER. to speak on the topic of “Clinical application of TDM”. This session was followed by a tea break, Dr.Kiruba Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, then introduced the next speaker, Dr. Suganthi. S, Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology, JIPMER to give a talk on the topic of Analytics challenges in TDM Dr. Mathiarasi introduced the last session speaker Chaithra. B Ajayan Senior Resident, Department of Pharmacology, JIPMER, on the topic “Case-based discussion in TDM”. The program came to an end the after completing posttest & feedback Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Nishanthi A, professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH

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Report of Zebrafish Workshop

Date: 4.10.2024
Venue: Skill Lab, 3rd  floor, College block and Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: Postgraduates and faculties
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital

Sessions Conducted:

The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has conducted “Hands on Workshop on Zebrafish as alternate animal model in biomedical research” on 4.10.24

Resource Person:

S.no Name Designation Department College
1. Dr. S. Kavimani Professor & Head Pharmacology Mother Theresa Post Graduate And Research Institute of Health Sciences
2. Dr. Sunil Santaji Shivekar Associate Professor Microbiology SMVMCH
3. Dr. Rajaram Tutor & I/C Veterinarian Pharmacology SMVMCH
4. V. Sittarthan Research scholar Pharmacology Mother Theresa Post Graduate And Research Institute of Health Sciences

Description of the Event:

Scientific session – Forenoon
Registration for the event started at 9.00 am and participants were allowed to attend the pretest after registration. A total of 40m participants from various institutions across Tamilnadu and Pondicherry have registered for the event. Welcome address was given by Dr. Shanthi, Professor and HOD, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH. Resource persons for the workshop were honored by the Director and Dean, SMVMCH with memento. Dr. Nishanthi, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH introduced the first speaker of scientific session, Dr. Kavimani, Professor and HOD, Mother Theresa Postgraduate and research institute of health sciences to deliver his talk on the topic ‘Alternatives to animal experiment’. This session was followed by tea break. Dr. Anuranjani, Assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH introduced the next speaker, Dr. Rajaram, Tutor & I/C Veterinarian to speak on the topic ‘Zebrafish Husbandry, maintenance, feeding and breeding. Dr. Vivekraj, Assistant professor, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH then introduced next speaker, Dr. Sunil Santaji Shivekar, Associate professor, Department of Microbiology. SMVMCH to give a talk on the topic ‘Role of Zebrafish in biomedical research’. Dr. Kavimani concluded the scientific session in the morning with his talk on the topic ‘Disease biology using zebrafish as a model’. The whole event was compered by Dr. Kavitha, Postgraduate, Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH.
Hands on session – afternoon
After the lunch break, workshop was continued with hands on training session. Dr. Rajaram, Dr. Sunil Santaji shivekar and Mr. Siddharth, research scholar, Mother Theresa Postgraduate and research institute of health sciences trained the participants in routes of drug administration and dissection of zebrafish. Mr. Siddharth also demonstrated four CNS models in zebrafish for better understanding. Vote of thanks was given by Dr. Vivekraj. Participants were provided with certificate after completing Post-test and feedback. Finally the workshop was concluded with national anthem

Pretest and Post-test analysis

Pretest

Post test

After the workshop, we can clearly appreciate the increase in average of 6.15 in pretest to 8.23 in posttest which attributes to the participants’ knowledge regarding role of zebrafish in biomedical research

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Comments from the participants

‘Excellent team work where everyone took the responsibility to arrange everything . Hospitality was so good . From Hod madam ,professor to tutors all had a smile on their face till evening . Nice team. Learnt a lot today . Well done team. Congratulations.special thanks to phd scholar Mr Siddharth for his patience and hardwork’

‘Expecting more number of informative sessions in future especially please organise workshops with Artificial intelligence in medical education’
‘Basic reading material may be given prior to workshop, so that we come prepared.’

Pharmacovigilance Week – 2024

Date: 17.09.2024 to 23.09.2024
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital

Sessions Conducted:

The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has celebrated “Pharmacovigilance Week – 2024” from 17 .09. 2024 to 23.09.2024 Under the theme “Building ADR reporting for culture for patient”. Quiz program, and outreach program for patients to create awareness regarding ADR reporting was conducted.

Description of the Report:

Quiz Competition

Since 17.09.2024 was announced as a public holiday the programs scheduled for that day were preponed to 16th September. Preliminary quiz competition was conducted on the topic of Pharmacovigilance on 16.09.2024 at 9.00AM in demo room of Department of pharmacology. Totally 11 teams, with each comprising 3 students were participated. Among these 11 teams, 4 teams with highest score were selected for final round. The final round of quiz competition was conducted on 18.09.2024 at 9.30AM in the lecture hall 4. The final round was conducted as four different level. Winners and runner-ups were awarded trophies and certificates by the Director. Certificates were also given to all participants in the final round of quiz.

Pharmacovigilance Awareness Program

From 18th to 23rd September 2024, postgraduate students were conducted an awareness campaign on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) for patients at SMVMC Hospital and the PHC in Thirubuvanai. Pamphlets containing essential information about ADR reporting and its significance were also distributed to the patients.

Report on World Hypertension Day Celebration

Date: 14.05.2024 (Tuesday)
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital

Sessions Conducted:

The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital,Puducherry has celebrated “World Hypertension Day – 2024” on 14 th May 2024. Under the theme ‘Showcase your teaching skill’ seminar competition was conducted.

Description of the Report:

Seminar Competition

As per the schedule, on 14 th May at 9.30 am, the Seminar competition was conducted on the theme ‘Showcase your teaching skill’ in Lecture hall 2. Six students participated in the event. In the end, assessment was done based on the scientific content, creativity and presentation skill of the participants. Dr. Shanthi, Professor & HOD, Department of Pharmacology felicitated the winners of the competition (I, II and III place) with prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants.

Feedback

Feedback from participants was collected to assess the effectiveness of the sessions and to gather suggestions for future improvements.
Majority of the students suggested for more time allotment for the similar type of events in the future

Report on World Health Day Celebration

Date: 08.04.2024 (Monday)
Venue: Department of Pharmacology, SMVMCH
Name of the organizing department: Department of Pharmacology
Nature of Delegates: MBBS PHASE II students
Name of the sponsoring agency: Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital

Sessions Conducted:

The Department of Pharmacology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry has conducted “World Health Day – 2024” on the theme ‘My Health, My Right’ held on 8th April2024, in that we conducted Mehndi and collage competition.

Event1: Mehndi Competition

As per the schedule, on 8th April at 8.30 am, the Mehndi competition was conducted on the theme ‘My Health, My Right’ in the Demo Hall at the Department of Pharmacology. 6 students participated in the event. In the end, Dr. Shanthi.M, Professor  & HOD of the Department of Pharmacology, judged the event. Felicitation was done in the presence of Dr.Rajagovindan. Director, SMVMCH, the first three places were given prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants.

Event2: Collage Competition

The college competition was conducted on the theme ‘My Health, My Right’, in the Demo Hall at the Department of Pharmacology on 8th April 2024. 13 students participated in the competition. In the end, Dr. Shanthi.M, Professor & HOD of the Department of Pharmacology, judged the event. Felicitation was done in the presence of Dr.Rajagovindan. Director, SMVMCH, and the first three places were given prizes and Certificates were given to all the participants.

Report on Gender Equity Program “Does Gender Bias still exist in our society? Yes/No”

Organized by : The Department of Pharmacology
Nature of the Program : Offline
Date : 12.03.2024
Time : 09:30 to 10:30AM
Venue : Lecture Hall-II

Participants
Attendees : II MBBS (2022 Batch)
Moderator : Dr. K.S. Venkatarangan, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Felicitation : Dr. R. Rajagovindan, Director, SMVMCH.
Dr. R.N. Kagne, Deputy Director & Dean, SMVMCH.
Dr. Shanthi. M, Professor & HOD, Department of Pharmacology.

Organizing Team
  • Department of Pharmacology

Summary
The department of Pharmacology has conducted a debate competition for the phase II MBBS students in view of Gender Equity Program on the topic “Does Gender Bias still exist in our society? Yes/No” on 12.03.24. The invitation for the same is attached below
As per the schedule, on 12.03.24 debate competition was conducted on the topic “Does Gender Bias still exist in our society? Yes/No”. Two teams of 4 students each participated in the event. The event was hosted by Pooja. A, Phase II MBBS student. Dr. K.S. Venkatarangan form the department of Psychiatry has graced the occasion as a moderator for the event. The students came up with interesting and valuable points to support their claim and the moderator ensured that the arguments remained in the healthier way. Felicitation was done in the presence of Dr. D. Rajagovindan, Director, SMVMCH and Dr. R. N. Kagne, Deputy Director and Dean, SMVMCH. Moderator was honored with a memento while all the participants were given a pen box as prize along with participation certificate.