1. Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Science, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 495009, India, 2. Professor & Head, Department of Pathology, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Science, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 495009,India, 3. Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Science, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 495009, India, 4. Medical Superintendent & Professor and Head, Department of Microbilogy, Chhattisgarh Institute o
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A five day orientation programme was held at the in the Pharmacology Lecture Hall, CIMS and organized by the Medical education unit, CIMS. The program have attended by 98 interns Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, during 02/04/2018 to 06/04/2018 for all students who passed their final professional MBBS examinations in march 2018. New graduates were invited to attend the programme. The faculty for the programme included heads of various departments and administrators, who apprised the interns about the expectations from them and their responsibilities. The faculty also helped to clear any doubts or misconceptions. The programme included interactive lectures, structured panel discussions. Adult learning principles were used to involve the interns in a highly interactive process in a nonthreatening environment. Evaluation of the programme was done using a feedback questionnaire, an interactive session between the interns and the coordinating faculty, and a pre and posttest evaluation. The questionnaire involved subjective assessment of the quality of the programme, the faculty and time management, and invited the interns to suggest ways of improving the programme and making it more targetoriented. A qualitative asse ssment was done by the faculty members involved and the interns were encouraged to express their opinions in an informal environment. The pre and posttest evaluation consisted of 30 questions that tested theoretical knowledge and clinical problemsolving skills. The questions were derived from the content covered during the programme. Issues such as blood transfusion and medicolegal and ethical concerns were included.
Keywords:CIMS=Chhattisagrh Institute of Medical Sciences.
Corresponding Author : Sachin Pandey, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 495009