ORTHOPAEDICS
Introduction:
Dept of orthopaedics was established in the year 1980 on the 17th of November, Dr.R R Shah as the Prof. and HOD. Before that, the department was under general surgery. The first qualified Orthopaedic surgeon of the college was Dr.Bhaskar Mal. The PG Courses were started in September 1983 and now we have an intake of 3 MS and 3 D.Ortho seats per year. The Department has successfully conducted academic activities with other departments as Surgery, Pathology, and Radiology as CPC meetings. College & Department had the honour of hosting Karnataka Orthopaedic Association (KOA) Annual conferences, under the president ship of Dr. R R Shah in 1986 & Dr. K Vilas Babu in 1996.
Academic Program:
The department has conducted many CME’s, Seminars, Guest lectures, Workshops & Live Surgical demonstrations as part of CME’s. Theory classes, tutorials, histology practicals and dissection are conducted according to MCI norms. Seminars, Inter-departmental discussions & Orthopaedics Quiz competitions are held in regular basis. Students are assessed frequenty with Part completion tests & three internal assessment examination during one academic year. In addition Postgraduate students have weekly ser:ninars & Journal clubs. The Staff & PG’s of the department have presented and published many articles in journals and in state & National conferences.
Currently the department is headed by Dr.Pramod B Itagi. The department, infrastructure and instrumentations is updated keeping pace with the recent advances in the surgical techniques in Orthopaedics. This is to cater to the requirements of PG & UG teaching programs and the increasing needs of the people of this region.
P.G. TEACHING PROGRAMME
Case presentations: Once a week
Slide seminar: Once a week.
Journal review: Once a week.
Group Discussion (lnter-departmental): Every fortnight.
Mortality Meets : As per requirement
Guest lectures: 6-8 per year.
Theory test on selected topic: Monthly. Practical test: Quarterly
PGs are posted in different sections – Trauma (General trauma and Hand and Foot Surgery), Arthroplasty (Hip and Knee), Neuro Surgery, Plastic Surgey and Cold orthopaedics (including CTEV) and other departments on rotation. For advanced training in Arthroplasty and Arthroscopy, the PG students are posted to higher centres like Sparsh Hospital Bangalore, Sunshine Hospital Hyderabad, as per RGUHS regulations.
We also have speciality clinics for – CTEV, Arthroplasty, Hand, Arthroscopy, Backache& Fracture Clinic on specified days.
Logbook and day to day work diary is maintained by PGs and verified by the faculty members regularly and countersigned by HOD.
The PG teaching program will be attended by all the PGs and teaching staff of the department.
PGs are actively involved in undergraduate teaching program as a part of their curriculum.
PG's must attend CMEs, Conferences and Workshops and they have to present a poster and a oral paper in State/ National conference
Before appearing for the University exams they should publish atleast one article in indexed journals.
Department association:
Our department is associated with Integrated PG Teaching with department like Neuro Surgery, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Oro-maxillo-facial surgery and all other medical branches.
Syllabus:
The teaching curriculum and Program in Anatomy is planned and Conducted according to MCI and  RGUHS  guidelines.
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