Changing attitudes, changing perspectives. A thought that ensembles the involvement leap in educaton with the launch of FOGSI-ICOG Satellite School. This novel venture would not have seen the light of the day, had it not been the education grant from Cosme Farma laboratories Limited. An initiative that will bring the best of theory and practical knowledge from the experts in the field of Gynaecology of the medical students right at their doorstep.
This pioneering satellite based educational programme, is a joint venture of FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric Gynaecological Societies of India), ICOG (Indian College of Obstetric & Gyanecology) & ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organization). This huge initiative is supported by Cosme Farma Laboratories Limited. Cosme Farma , under thecinal support from ISRO, will install satellite dishes at selected medical colleges in India to receive live National and International workshops, CMEs, Postgraduates courses and Conferences. All the programs will be broadcast from the studios allocated by ISRO.
This will ensure better gains, for the benefit of students and teachers alike, without undertaking long distabce traveling. This initative will prove to be a great promise for the future of medical education.
The programme is scheduled to begin in mid-October in ten cities of the country-Mumbai, Jammu, Jaipur, Goa, Guntur, Manipal, Patna, Guwahati. Baroda and Gorakhpur — by connecting them to the three ISRO studios. Eminent doctors and medical professions will be conducting the six hour sessions on a Sunday each month.
"Training of MBBS students and rural doctors is an important part of our National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The distance learning programme will help training them and give updates on different topics that will improve quality of healthcare in the country." said Union Health Secretary P K Hota. through a written message.
"The government has allotted 5 per cent of the NRHM for voluntary organisations and we are encouraging people to come forward and join hands with the government, “said Dr. Himanshu Bhushan, Assistant Commissioner (Maternal Health), Union Department of Health and family Welfare.
The sessions will initially be held for the fields of obstetric and gynaecology which will eventually be spread to other fields of specialisation.
"So far, post-graduate medical students found it difficult to travel for conferences and workshops due to time and financial constraints. The satellite school will provide them with exposure to teachers and experts from all over the country.” Said Dr. Duru Shah, President of FOGSI. “In the first phase we are looking at only medical education, but eventually we would like to link it to the telemedicine facility.”
A session was held between the Ahmedabad based studio and Mumbai gynaecologists o discuss a case. The technical support for the programme is being provided by Cosme Farma Laboratories Limited to install satellite dishes in 108 municipal and government colleges across the country, take the instructors to the three ISRO studios and the maintenance of the satellites. |
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