This document outlines a Continuing Medical Education (CME) and workshop on thyroid disease from an Ayurvedic perspective. The event is part of a series called Bharat Mission Bhishak, which aims to teach Ayurveda as an evidence-based science rather than just literature. Attendees will learn how to apply Ayurvedic principles to the diagnosis and management of thyroid disorders, including conducting physical exams, interpreting tests, and making treatment decisions. The workshop will cover the Ayurvedic etiologies and pathogeneses of various thyroid conditions and provide evidence-based guidelines for prognosis and treatment. Case studies will also be presented and discussed.

1. THYROID
DISEASE
BHARAT M
ISSION
BHISHAK
SBEBA
CM
E
AND
W
ORSHOP
ON
JANUARY
8, 2017

2. BHARAT MISSION BHISHAK
• BHARAT MISSION BHISHAK- A series of CMEs and
workshops on Science Based Evidence Based
Ayurveda ( SBEBA) for transforming the current
status of medicine prescribers to the intended status
of BHISHAK
• We conduct this in programme every alternate month
at the request of a group of aspirants of Ayurveda to
introduce the culture of SHATHRAARTHA
KARMAANUSHEELANA as advocated by the science of
Ayurveda in AYURVEDIC COMMUNITY .
• Today science of Ayurveda is taught as literature and
science based intentions are hardly known and
practised by physicians
• This is the 9th
CME of SBEBA wisdom series

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After attending the CME &Workshop , the
participant will have the ability to:
- Approach History & physical exam of patients with thyroid
pathology
- Understand and practice Ayurvedic evidence
based decision making in diagnosis and
management of thyroid disorders
- How to effectively utilize modern investigation tools in
diagnostic procedures of thyroid disease

4. CASE PRESENTATION
29 year old with a thyroid nodule. Patient reports this nodule
was found incidentally while she was getting ready for work one
morning.
She went to her family doctor who ordered a thyroid ultrasound,
which demonstrated a 2cm nodule in the right lobe of the
thyroid.
HOW WILL YOU START APPROACHING THE CASE BASED
ON AYURVEDIC EVIDENCE BASED DECISION MAKING
GUIDELINES ?
WHAT EVIDENCE BASED GUIDELINES OF AYURVEDA WILL
YOU EDUCATE THE PATIENT REGARDING DIET AND
REGIMEN ??
WHAT TESTS WOULD YOU ORDER THIS PATIENT AND HOW
DO THEY HELP IN YOUR AYURVEDIC DIAGNOSIS AND
MANAGEMENT ?

5. CASE PRESENTATION
Patient reports her voice seems to have become slightly
more“husky” lately. There is no neck swelling, no sore throat or
symptoms of cold . She had put on weight and stays lethargic
during day time.
Denies family history of thyroid cancer
House wife with normal menstrual cycles with a slight increase in
menstrual flow as reported by her

6. PHYSICAL EXAM- HUSKY VOICE
What components of the physical exam and blood
tests are critical for this patient for your Ayurvedic
diagnosis and evidence based decision making ?
 What tests which Modern Medicine advice can be
avoided by you by pertinently applying Ayurvedic
evidence based guidelines and reach a pinpointed
confirmation in diagnosis ??
 How can you assure that you are on scientifically right
path ??

7. THE CME & WORKSHOP
INCORPORATES
AYURVEDIC AETIOPATHOGENESIS OF HYPOTHYROIDISM
AYURVEDIC AETIOPATHOGENESIS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM
AYURVEDIC AETIOPATHOGENESIS OF HASHIMOTTO
THYROIDITIS
AYURVEDIC AETIOPATHOGENESIS OF THYROID NODULES,
BENIGN AND MALIGNANT
AYURVEDIC SCIENCE LED EVIDENCE BASED PROGNOSTIC
STANDARDS AND TREATMENT DECISION MAKING
INDICATIONS OF THYROIDECTOMY BASED ON AYURVEDIC
PROGNOSTIC STANDARDS
AYURVEDIC SCIENCE LED EVIDENCE BASED DECISION
MAKING TREATMENT GUIDELINES

8. TWO SESSIONS
First session focusses on what is Science Based Evidence
Based Ayurveda and the methodologies of standardised
decision making named “EVIDENCE TRIAD APPROACH
(ETA) .
How to document a case systematically based on SBEBA
format ??
Second session focuses on Thyroid diseases and their
evidence based diagnosis and management
A complete quiz programme to evaluate the
understanding of participants in the subjects towards
the end of every session.

9. THANKYOU
AND
W
ELCOM
E
!!!
TO
BHARATH
M
ISSION
BHISHAK
Open to BAMS STUDENTS,
INTERNEES, MD AND PhD
scholars, AYURVEDA
PHYSICIANS AND FACULTIES
Doctors qualified in other
systems of Medicine and
unqualified Ayurveda
practitioners are not eligible to
attend the programme .

10. WELCOME TO TRANSFORM TO BHISHAK
• FOR REGISTRATION DETAILS
CONTACT
:drremyaraj@gmail.com
• Registration is in progress.
Only 50 candidates
maximum .