Vol.No.43.No. 06
Vol.No.54
No.39
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY
July 31, 2006
MARCH 27, 2017
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:17
Royal College of Physicians recognises wide-ranging Medical Education and Training approach of CMC, Vellore’s Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Special Prayers: March 26 - April 01, 2017 General Superintendent's Office : Mr. Ebinezar Sundarraj and Staff Personnel Office: Mrs. Hannah Paul and Staff Hospital Management Studies and Staff Training and Development: Dr. Samuel N.J. David and Staff Hospital Annexe: Mr. Joseph Yesunesan and Staff Transport Department: Mr. Ebinezar Sundarraj and Staff We welcome : Dr. H.S. Asha, Associate Professor, Department of Endocrinology, on her return from study leave.
This came in recognition of the department’s “multi-professional approach and use of blended learning with some really innovative approaches,” as observed by the panel of judges. Having catered diabetes patient care, training, education, basic science, clinical and epidemiological research, the department has also advanced a nation-wide training programme for doctors, nurse educators and foot-care technicians since 2003, which in the following year, was developed into a distance education programme. The department has undertaken initiatives to train healthcare professionals at national and international levels, and has launched an intense local training programme on foot care and footwear. Such efforts have proven to be prolific,
with 736 trained doctors in secondary care of diabetes (from the distance education programme), and several more benefiting from its other courses on offer, such as the diabetes counselor training programme, extensive CMEs, higher specialty training programmes, diabetes fellowship programmes, and the publication of The Practical Manual of Diabetes, with as many as 60,000 copies in circulation. It has been noted that the number of trained professionals qualified to handle the diabetes epidemic has grown tremendously by the agency of the department. This has earned the department the distinction of being the only medical team outside the United Kingdom to win in any of the categories of these awards this year. The award [Image on right] was presented at a formal ceremony to Professor Nihal Thomas at the town hall in Manchester, United Kingdom on the occasion the annual academic conference of the Royal College of Physicians.
Sunday Services : April 02, 2017 6.00 pm
: Scudder Auditorium Rev. P. Rainard Pearson
6.30 pm
: Hospital Chapel Rev. R. Ramnghinglova Obituaries: Dr. Chinnamma Mathew (nee Chandy) (1943), mother-in-law of Dr. Samuel P. John (1972) on March 14, 2017. Mrs. A. Mageswari , mother of Mrs. A. Kavitha, Staff Nurse, O3 West Ward on 17th March, 2017. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved members of the families at this time of grief and loss.
CMC Newsline
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he Royal College of Physicians (London) presented to the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism of CMC Vellore, the Medical Education and Training Award, which is a prestigious category in the range of its Excellence in Patient Care Awards 2017.
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