Fellowship Programme In Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery

The applicant should have completed MCh Pediatric Surgery or DNB Pediatric Surgery from a recognized institute.

The fellow will be posted to other ancillary departments like Neonatal & Pediatric Intensive care units to impart training in Post-Operative management of high risk babies. An orientation program about the course will be given at the start & a periodic appraisal will be done to monitor the candidates’ progress in the course.

Departmental Academic Activities:

• Lectures: Didactic Lectures, Integrated Lectures
• Video demonstrations: series of various laparoscopic surgeries
• Seminars and Symposia
• Panel discussions
• Ward rounds and Case presentations
• Journal club
• Interdepartmental Meetings
• Presentations of papers in Conferences and regular Meets
• Publications in important journals
• Project Work
• Practical training in inanimate trainers, computerized modules, animal tissue labs, virtual reality modules, animal labs.
• Assisting live surgeries
• Performing surgeries under supervision

Candidate Assessment:

There will be continuous monitoring and regular assessment of all academic activities of the candidate. Formal evaluation is done by the staff of the department based on participation of students in various teaching / learning activities. The evaluation is structured on the basis of checklists that evaluate these various parameters.

• Personal Attitudes – It is pertinent to assess and guide the candidate in facing a stressful conditions in the ward, ICU and operating room, to assess the candidate’s ability to work as a team and to evaluate the leadership qualities, and coordinating abilities.
• Acquisition of Knowledge – This will be done by evaluation of the candidates performance during the journal club, seminars, symposia, clinicopathological conferences and discussions during the ward rounds which are entered in the log book.
• Accurate assessment of laparoscopic surgical skill will be obtained about the various techniques using the virtual reality module.
• Teaching skills – A close watch and guidance will be provided regarding the skills in communicating and teaching during the presentations that the candidates would make.

Scheme of Examination:

• The Written Assessment: There shall be a written assessment at the end of the prescribed period of the program consisting of at least two question papers. Each paper shall carry 100 marks. Questions on basic sciences and recent advances may be asked in any or all papers. IGICH will conduct the Paper setting and valuation for the examination. No marks will be assigned, only grades will be assigned to the performance and informed to the University.
• Clinical / Practical: Assessment consists of examination of given cases or practical and presentation to the examiners on which viva-voce will be held