ORTHOPAEDICS

ORTHOPAEDICS

INFRASTRUCTURE :

  • Clinical Demonstration Room – 1
  • Size – 16’x14’, Capacity – 20
  • Audio-visual equipment available – LCD Projector, Digital video Camera, Slide Projector, Photo phone overhead Projector
  • Departmental Library-cum Seminar Room is available
  • Size – 15’x20’  , Capacity – 20
  • Number of Books – 113
  • Journals – available from central library
  • Research Laboratory – Under the control of  Prof & H.O.D Pathology
  • Undergraduate students participate research – ICMR STS

Office accommodation –

  • Professor and HOD – 1 room,
  • Associate Professors/Readers – 3 rooms,
  • Asst Prof – 2 1 rooms,
  • Registrars/Sr. Residents – 2 rooms,
  • Jr. Residents – 6 rooms
  • Non-teaching and clerical staff – 1 room

TEACHING HOSPITAL:

  • Number of Teaching Beds – 150, Number of Units – 5,
  • Number of beds per unit – 30
  • Indoor admissions (2014-2015) – 778
  • Average Bed occupancy per day – 80%
  • Intensive care Unit – 10 Beds in central 20 bedded ICU

MAJOR EQUIPMENT AVALIABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT :

  • C. Arm, Electronic Tournique, Cautery, Power drill

OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT:

  • Arrangement for clinical instructions to student in is available in the OPD
  • Average Daily OPD Attendance –  Old Patients – 28, New Patients – 51
  • Facilities available in out-patient department – Plaster room, Plaster cutting room, Outpatient X-ray facilities, Dressing room for men, Dressing room for women, Operation theatres for out patient surgery

TEACHING AND TRAINING FACILITIES :

  • In OPD – Clinical demonstration room – 2
  • Number of rooms in the OPD for seeing the patients by various faculty members and resident staff -2
  • In-door- Bedside teaching is done
  • Clinical demonstration room/seminar room – 1

OPERATION THEATRE UNIT:

  • Operation theatres – Major OT – 01
  • Equipment: (along with anesthesia equipment)
  • Piped O2 and N2O system, Boyle’s apparatus with O2 & N2O cylinder-15, M.P. Monitor-18, S.P. Monitor, Oxymeter-13, OT light, OT table, Capnometer-4, Cardiomonitor-2, Difibrilator-2, Ventilator-6, Anaesthesia Workstation -2, BP instruments-5, Suction machine-20
  • Facilities available in each O.T. unit – Waiting room for patients, soiled linen room, sterilization room, nurses duty room, surgeons & anesthetists room store room, washing room for surgeons & assistants, students washing up and dressing up room – available
  • Arrangement of Anesthesia – Pre and post-anaesthetic care is available
  • Nature of anesthesia used: GA/LA/RA
  • Pre-operative ward (no. of beds) – 110, Post-operative ward (no. of beds) – 70
  • Resuscitation facilities and special equipments are available
  • Number of surgeries performed during 2014-2015 – 1054(major), 825(minor)

TEACHING PROGRAMME:

  • Curriculum of studies – as prescribed by MCI

Methodology:

  • Total of clinical postings monthly in groups of 25 on rotation basis-15 days
  • Didactic Lectures – As per routine is prepared by the Dean and  Principal
  • Demonstration – 30, Tutorials – 30, Seminars conducted during the year – 180. Duration of operation theatre postings – daily. Bedside Clinics – daily in different units. Number of hours a student spend daily at the wards for clerkship – 3hrs/day. Average Number of students posted at a time for indoor OPD postings – 25. Students write case histories in a prescribed book that are corrected by allotted faculty.
  • Internship training programme -1 month (including PMR)
  • Method of Assessment for Internship – logbook/assessment sheet
  • Students taken for Post Graduation – Yes