Tuesday 9 January 2024

Useful Software for medical students and fraternity

 On this page you will get various useful software for medical students and teachers.

Take advantages

1. ICMR STS is very much popular programme for the UG medical students in India.Here you need to submit specific format. Students can open the link and copy paste in this format. And as output you will get the required readmade pdf and word document. Download and use for submission.

ICMR-STS

https://researchproposalformat.com/


2. ICMR PG synopsis 

ICMR-PG thesis grant proposal is also invited every year. In this there is specific requirements. The PG students can prepare various components and put in to the given format. On submission you will get the output file with word and pdf documents as per submission format. Download and submit 

https://researchproposalformat.com/home/ICMRPGForm

Thursday 14 December 2023

My Social and Preventive Health work

 As preventive physician I am doing various work 

Highlight of my Social work and Health related work











Saturday 14 October 2017


9th July is celebrated as National Occupational Health Day by all IAOH Branches of the country. It was on 9th July 1948, the founding founders of IAOH established this society at Jamshedpur. This Foundation day is celebrated since many years as National Occupational Health Day. This year, National President Dr R Rajesh has given the theme- Basic Occupational Health Services - For Unorganized Sector .

Managing committee of Indian Association of Occupational Health,Vadodara ( IAOH Vadodara) invited me as a Guest Speaker for National Occupational Health Celebrations on 13th ( Thursday) July 2017 at Hotel Best Western, Alkapuri, Vadodara ( Time; 8.30 PM onwards).

It was my pleasure to give talk on BOHS for unorganized sector. 
Few memories of session 






Sunday 22 January 2017

A short course - comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program (CSTRP)

A short course - comprehensive Systematic Review Training Program (CSTRP) was organised by Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) in collaboration with Health System for All India (HS4A) and Sumandeep Vidyapeeth
On. 03rd to 07th January 2017.
Prof. Ritin Fernandiz trained the participants in performing Systematic review and Meta- analysis rigorously. 
Total 10 participants were benefited from the course. Prof Ritin was glad to notice the work being done in Sumandeep Vidyapeeth in the field of Evidence based Education System (EBES). 
I was one of participants and enjoyed the workshop 


NiNaD Oration to my guide and teacher Madam Kartha on 22nd Dec 2016

In joint conference of  IAPSMGC and IAPH on 22nd Dec 2016 at Vadodara, my guide teacher Madam Dr. G P Kartha received IAPSMGC NiNaD Oration.
Memory with my guide



Saturday 7 January 2017

EBHP- Workshop on Evidence based Journal club, Ethics in research and plagiarism 29-12-2016

On 29th Dec 2016, conducted one day workshop on Research Methodology with Dr Vikash Doshi at College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth.
I covered topics which were Evidence Based Journal Club, Ethics in Research and Plagiarism in half day.





Wednesday 14 December 2016

IAOH- GUJCON 2016

IAOH Vadodara Branch organized regional conference namely GUJCON2016 at Surya Plave Hotel Vadodara. I am member of organizing committee and contributed one article in conference book.

The content of article is here

Scope & Opportunities in Occupational Health
Authors –
1.      Dr. Niraj Pandit, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SBKS MIRC, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara –Email – drniraj74@gmail.com
2.      Dr. Bhavesh Bariya, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SBKS MIRC, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara
Occupational health (OH) is a  discipline which deals with all aspects of health and safety at the workplace and has strong focus on prevention of hazards(1). It is delivered by multiprofessional teams that include occupational health physician, nurses, physiotherapists, ergonomists, psychologists and safety professionals who are specially train in this area. In India occupational health physicians are usually medical graduates with specialist like master in community medicine or certificate course in industrial health or diploma course in industrial health.(2) The specialty requires a broad knowledge of medicine and other skills, which includes understanding relevant government legislation relating to work; ethics; excellent communication skills; and business development. Occupational health physician is key person for the team of occupational Health Center. He/She must have an understanding of epidemiology, disease prevention and toxicology. He/She should be able to identify, assess the risk to health of,  to know how to control, workplace hazards and also know how to recognize, prevent and manage occupational disease. He/She can guide and manage these risks and on their implications for employees’ health.
Courses available in Occupational Health in Gujarat:
In India, there are 21 institutes who are offering courses in the area of occupational and environmental health. The courses are very from short duration training to doctoral degree course like certificate course (Associate Fellow of Industrial Health), Diploma in Industrial Health (DIH) and PhD in Occupational Health.(3)   But just limiting to Gujarat and Mumbai, the list of courses are given below -
Name of course
Institute
Duration
Eligibility
Web link
AFIH
IIPH, Gandhinagar
3 months
MBBS doctors with a minimum of one year experience in industry / Occupational healthOR two years in any other field after internship

Diploma in Industrial Health
All India institute of Hygiene and Public Health
MS University Vadodara*
2 years
MBBS with completed internship, Two year full time Post-graduate Diploma, Recognised by Medical Council of India (MCI)
Certificate Course in Industrial Health
M S University, Vadodara
6 months part time
Part time course which is available for MBBS with completed internship with experience in industrial health
AFIH
Central Labor Institute, Mumbai
3 months
MBBS with registration with council and minimum 1 year experience in industry or relevant field
PhD in Occupational health
NIOH, AHmedabad
3 years fulltime
MD degree
* Due to some administrative issues at present course is on hold at Medical College Vadodara.
Opportunities:  There are various opportunities after getting specialist degree in occupational health. They are listed below
Certifying Surgeons
The Director of Industrial Safety & Health of respective State Government appoints qualified medical practitioners to be certifying surgeons for the purposes of Factory. The certifying surgeon shall carry out such duties as may be prescribed in connection with- examination and certification of young persons under this Act; examination o f persons engaged in factories in such dangerous occupations or processes as may be prescribed; and medical supervisions for any factory where cases of illness have occurred and where young persons are employed in any work which is likely to cause injury to their health.(4)
Occupational physician at industries
Many large industries are recruiting Occupational Health physician as full time for preventing and promoting health of employees. Here key areas of work are pre-employment and periodic health check ups, prevention of various occupational diseases in industry, liaison with the safety officials and administration, investigation of accidents in the industry and sickness absenteeism as well as dealing with the medical reimbursement bills submitted by the employees. Along with this they may play role as general duty medical officer where he/she is generally have to deal with various health problems reported by the employees and their family members on regular and emergency basis.
Consulting Occupational Health Centre
After completing the required post MBBS course in occupational Health, the doctors can set up their own occupational health centres as consultant. It is concerned with the various level of health check ups, issue of fitness certificate after a period of illness and various preventive advices against occupational diseases and other. Strong collaboration with the industries is required for getting success in this field. Similarly this centre can also provide health education and training in first aid to the factory workers.
Other Opportunities – Occupational physician can also work as administrator in human resource agency which may require sound knowledge of management. She/He can give an expert opinion for recruitment of doctors, nurses, first aid trainers and technicians.
There is also an opportunity for doctors as a faculty in various training institutes in occupational health.
Research in Occupational Health is also a new scope in industrial health. The doctors can work with various research institutes for research in Occupational Health.
Various small industries are also hiring the doctors for providing curative and preventive health services on part-time basis. In this case the doctors have simultaneous exposure to various workers with multiple types of occupational exposures.
There are various upcoming opportunities and scope in Occupation Health.


1.         WHO | Occupational health [Internet]. WHO. [cited 2016 Nov 11]. Available from: http://www.who.int/topics/occupational_health/en/
2.         Tiwari RR, Sharma A, Zodpey SP. Occupational health training in India: Need for a competency-driven approach. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2016;20(1):39–43.
3.         Zodpey SP, Negandhi H, Tiwari RR. Mapping “Occupational Health” courses in India: A systematic review. Indian J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Dec;13(3):135–40.
4.         The Factories Act, Chapter - II [Internet]. [cited 2016 Nov 17]. Available from: http://dgfasli.nic.in/html/factyact/cii10.htm