With evolving times, health care has progressed by leaps and bounds. The modern doctor provides effective care by using highly technical investigative and therapeutic tools as part of medical, surgical and radiological procedures. These highly technical therapeutic tools require adequate training before their usage.

Therefore learning skills & competencies among other Domains of learning is a major challenge for the following reasons:
- Chances of repeating performances on patients and learning opportunities are limited.

-The concerns and anxieties of the patient to let young trainee doctors to perform procedures.

- Various risks and Medicolegal factors involved in performing the procedures.

Hence, it is important to impart basic Medical, Surgical, Obstetric & Radiological Skills in the skill labs.

GOAL:

To enable health care professional students to be competent in delivering the health care needs effectively by imparting adequate training in basic and advanced skills.

OBJECTIVES:

  1. To develop necessary clinical skills in medical undergraduate, post graduate students, paramedical and nursing students as per the competency requirement of the various courses.
  2. To develop resources, materials and course curricula required for various courses.
  3. To train and certify the learners and faculty necessary for conducting the skill courses.
  4. To provide knowledge and support for the upcoming skill centres in future.

   

RECOMMENDED SKILLS- INDIAN MEDICAL GRADUATE:

A Comprehensive list of skills recommended as desirable for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) – Indian Medical Graduate

Specialty

Procedure

General Medicine

•  Venepuncture (I)

•  Intramuscular injection(I)

•  Intradermal injection (D)

•  Subcutaneous injection(I)

•  Intra Venous (IV) injection (I)

•  Setting up IV infusion and calculating drip rate (I)

•  Blood transfusion (O)

•  Urinary catheterization (D)

•  Basic life support (D)

•  Oxygen therapy (I)

•  Aerosol therapy / nebulization (I)

•  Ryle’s tube insertion (D)

•  Lumbar puncture (O)

•  Pleural and ascites aspiration (O)

•  Cardiac resuscitation (D)

•  Peripheral blood smear interpretation (I)

•  Bedside urine analysis (D)

General Surgery

•  Basic suturing (I)

•  Basic wound care (I)

•  Basic bandaging (I)

•  Incision and drainage of superficial abscess (I)

•  Early management of trauma (I) and trauma life support (D)

Orthopaedics

•  Application of basic splints and slings (I)

•  Basic fracture and dislocation management (O)

•  Compression bandage (I)

Gynaecology

•  Per Speculum (PS) and Per Vaginal (PV) examination (I)

•  Visual Inspection of Cervix with Acetic Acid (VIA) (O)

•  Pap Smear sample collection & interpretation (I)

•  Intra- Uterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD) insertion & removal (I)

Obstetrics

•  Obstetric examination (I)

•  Episiotomy (I)

•  Normal labor and delivery (including partogram) (I)

Paediatrics

•  Neonatal resuscitation (D)

• Setting up Paediatric IV infusion and calculating drip rate (I)

•  Setting up Paediatric Intraosseous line (O)

Forensic Medicine

•  Documentation and certification of trauma (I)

•  Diagnosis and certification of death (D)

•  Legal documentation related to emergency cases (D)

•  Certification of medical-legal cases e.g. Age estimation, sexual assault etc. (D)

•  Establishing communication in medico-legal cases with police, public health authorities, other concerned departments, etc (D)

Otorhinolaryngology

•  Anterior nasal packing (D)

•  Otoscopy (I)

Ophthalmology

•  Visual acuity testing (I)

•  Digital tonometry (D)

•  Indirect ophthalmoscopy (O)

•  Epilation (O)

•  Eye irrigation (I)

•  Instillation of eye medication (I)

•  Ocular bandaging (I)

Dermatology

•  Slit skin smear for leprosy (O)

•  Skin biopsy (O)

•  Gram’s stained smear interpretation(I)

•  KOH examination of scrapings for fungus (D)

•  Dark ground illumination (O)

•  Tissue smear (O)

•  Cautery – Chemical and electrical (O)

I-  Independently performed on patients.

O-  Observed in patients or on simulations.

D- Demonstration on patients or simulations and performance under supervision in patients

Certification of Skills:  Any faculty member of concerned department can  certify  skills.  For  common procedures, the certifying faculty may be decided locally.

SKILL TRAINING RECEPIENTS:

  1. Faculties
  2. M.B.B.S students.
  3. M.D/M.S Postgraduate students.
  4. Nursing staff and students.
  5. Technical staff
  6. Paramedical students

MANNEQUINS IN OUR SKILL LAB

S.N.

Item Description

1

KIT ARM-MLTIVEIN AM-STD

2

KIT ARM-MLTIVEIN AF(S)

3

KIT PEDI MV IV ARM (S)

4

TASK TRNR ENEMA/CATH

5

MAMA BIRTHIE (LIGHT)

6

ADV BREAST EXAMINATION

7

NG TUBE/TRACH CARE-STD

8

LITTLE ANNE QCPR

9

LAQCPR UPGRADE KIT

10

AMT (IE)

11

NEONATAL INTUBATION

12

PEDIATRIC INTUB TRAINER

13

DLX DIFF AIRWAY TRNR-STD