NINAD ORATION

Professor R K Baxi
Medical College Baroda

HOW DID THE JOURNEY
BEGIN??
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NINAD Oration RK Baxi Medical
College Baroda04-Jan-19

MADAM MODI
Dr D N SHAH
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Impossible to exist without
working for undergraduate
teaching!
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 For nearly 20 years, Teaching Technology was
not a priority in the Institutions
 Proved to be lucky once more! Training of
Teaching Technology at PGI Chandigarh with
highest ever marks scored!
 One fine day, headed Medical Education Unit
(MCI) for Medical College Baroda
 Spear-headed training of nearly 150 colleagues
in two years
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 A Paradigm shift in UG Teaching overtime;
Clinical Postings added to UG Curriculum
 Overemphasis on theory of Epidemiology and
Bio-statistics
 Barriers to public health teaching-non
availability of transport, rescheduling of Time
tables as per MCI requirements,
discontinuation of Field visits
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 In-depth understanding and skill
developments took the back seat, due to MCQ
Based entrance examinations
 Evn commnctn skills r socl mdia drvn in d
actual practs!!!!!
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Undertaking the league….. 8

 Research Projects
 Opthalmia neonatorum and birth canal
infections
 Pattern of weight gain of normal newborns
 Anthropometry of the newborn
 Phototherapy in neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia
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 Coverage evaluation
International - Kurukshetra Haryana WHO
National - Rajkot
 Further Specialization DNB Maternal and
Child Health Care
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Case control study of Pelvic
Inflammatory Disease and its
association with Intra-uterine
Device abortion and multiparity (1998)
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Effect of Iron therapy in pregnancy on
birth weight of newborn (2002)
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Essential and emergency obstetric care
(EOC): Review of health facilities of
Rural Vadodara District (2003)
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Cost analysis of Reproductive and
Child Health services in PHCs of
Vadodara, Gujarat (2004)
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Measure to improve detection of smear
positive cases under RNTCP:
Comparision of two sputum
examination versus three sputum
examination and comparision of cough
examination of two versus three weeks
(2004)
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Assessment of Health care Facilities
for readiness for Facility based
Integrated Management of Neonatal
and Childhood Illness (2010)
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Assessment of sexual behavior,
disclosure of HIV Status and
counseling needs among people living
with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) attending
ART Center at SSG Hospital,
Vadodara (2010)
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Cost analysis of Maternal Health
Services provided at SSG Hospital,
Vadodara (2010)
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A study on HIV Sero-status and
treatment outcomes among patients
registered under RNTCP (2011)
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Situational Analysis of Medical
Certification of Cause of Death at SSG
Hospital, Baroda (2012)
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Cost analysis of maternal and new-
born care services at Rural and Taluka
level health facilities in Vadodara
District- A health systems’ perspective
(2012)
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Cost-Analysis of ante-natal care
services in a Government tertiary care
hospital, SSG Hospital, Vadodara,
India (2013)
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity
and its predictors among school going
adolescents of Vadodara City (2013)
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Risk factors affecting Maternal
Mortality in Vadodara District: A
Community Based Case-Control Study
(2014)
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Outcome of services provided under
Mission Balam Sukham at Nutritional
Rehabilitation Center in Vadodara
District (2015)
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Follow up study of water supply,
sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at
Functional Delivery points in Dahod,
Panchmahal and Mahisagar districts
of Gujarat (2015)
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Developing and implementing a local
tool for rating of menopausal
symptoms:
An analytical cross-sectional study
among peri-menopausal women in
Vadodara (2015)
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Adolescenc
e
Reproductive
and child health
Tuberculosis
HIV
Health
Economic
s
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 Mentoring
 Supervision
 Funded Research
 Multi-centric studies
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 Introduced IMNCI to practising Pediatricians
in Mumbai through National Indian Academy
of Pediatrics (IAP) and IAP Maharashtra
 UNICEF India and National IAP collaborated
to introduce IMNCI in the state of Madhya
Pradesh with ToT at Gwalior, Bhopal and
Jabalpur
 Visited seven different branches of IAP across
the state of Uttar Pradesh introducing IMNCI
through IAP and UNICEF
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 International training in Adolescent Pediatrics
– University of State of Michigan and National
IAP
 Multi-centric study in Adolescent Health Care
 PG Diploma in Adolescent Pediatrics (First
Batch), University of Kerala
 National Ambassador for Adolescent Health,
IAP
 Mission Kishore Uday
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 Core team member – Preparing modules for
Adolescent Health Training
 Core team member – Preparing set of training
material in both English and Gujarati
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NIH 2007 - ICMR HIV/INDO-US/29/2007-
ECD-II Formative study of HIV prevention
needs of HIV-infected persons in Gujarat, India
Government of Gujarat, India 2004-2005
Cost analysis of RCH Services in Primary Health
Care in Tribal and Rural Areas of Vadodara,
India.
UNFPA 2003
Users’ and Providers’ Perspectives on Inject able
Contraceptives in Vadodara, India; A multi-
centre Study
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WHO 2002-2003
Adolescent Health Care-Needs Assessment
and Establishing Adolescent Clinic- A WHO
multi-centric study
ICMR 1997-2001
RRFC No. RHN/NTF/17/95-96
Promotion of vasectomy by training the
providers and community education
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Population Council December 1999 India
Health Seeking Behavior and Perceptions in
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Patients
Attending Hospital
UNICEF 1998
Multi Indicator Cluster Survey Vadodara
Urban Slums
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Screening for PCOS among students of Medical
College Baroda (2018-ongoing)
INCLEN 2017 National validation of polio switch
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 Are our Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC)
independent and competent?
 Do we have a proper constitution of the same?
 Are members trained in Ethics/GCP?
 Are there SoPs for the conduct of IEC?
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 Do we perceive the need to have separate
technical/scientific review from the Ethical
review?
 Do members have adequate time for this
serious business? Are they adequately
compensated?
 A lot remains to be done………
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I am fourteen and frail
But uncorrupt and fragrant
Full of dreams and desires
And, the ‘will to do’ like fires
Listen to me, give me some space
Protect my grace, brighten my face
For I am your future,
I am Innocence, I am Adolescence
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