Training & Supervisory Activities NTI Bulletin 2003, 39 / 1&2, 27-35

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1 Training & Supervisory Activities NTI Bulletin, 39 / &2, 27-3 TRAINING & SUPERVISORY ACTIVITIES During January - June I National TB Programme (NTP) a) Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) (i) Training of Trainers The National Tuberculosis Institute (NTI) faculty and concerned staff actively participated as facilitators in the following training programmes. As part of the training activity the trainees were taken to tuberculosis (TB) units of Yeshwanthpur and Hosahalli for field demonstration. Besides, the trainees, visited Animal Model Research Unit for a briefing on the importance of animal experimentation in control of TB. () At NTI of participants Details 20 th - 3 st January 24 Thirteen (3) Doctors, STLS and 6 STS from Karnataka, Kerala & Himachal Pradesh attended the Training of Trainers Programme th - 3 st Two doctors from Bangladesh sponsored by WHO attended 02 January in the comprehensive training on TB Control. 20 th - 3 st An STS from NRL (an NGO), Nepal attended the training 0 January of Trainers for TB Supervisors. 20 th Jan - 4 th A doctor from Myanmar sponsored by WHO attended the 0 February comprehensive training on TB Control. 7 th Feb - 0 st March State TB Officers, District TB Officers, City TB Officers, Professors and Associate Professors of Medical Colleges from different parts of the country took part in the Modular Training Programme under RNTCP. 6 7 th - 2 th April Five () Medical Officers, 2 Epidemiologists, Bacteriologist, Reader in Thoracic Medicine and 2 Statistical Assistants from different parts of the country participated. Guest lectures were arranged on 9 th April. Dr Vasist, STO, State TB Centre, New Delhi and Dr Bhatia WHO Consultant, Central TB Division, Dte, GHS, New Delhi delivered lectures on "Role of STDC in TB Control & Role of State TB Control Societies" and Research priorities in RNTCP respectively. As part of the training activity, the trainees were taken to BSA Road Dispensary for field demonstration. Three (3) Dot providers and 3 patients were interviewed. 7 6 th - 28 th June 4 RNTCP Modular Training for STOs/DTOs/CTOs from Maharashtra, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, UP, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal. 27

2 (2) Outside NTI of participants Details th - 9 th January 24 Dr B Mahadev, CMO (NFSG) took part as facilitator in the training of Trainers Programme held at DANTB, Konark, Orissa. 2 3 rd Feb 3 Dr Chitra Nagaraj, CMO participated as facilitator in Sensitization programme on RNTCP for the staff of Victoria Hospital,, held at Victoria Hospital,. The faculty and PG from Medical College also took part in the Programme. 3 th Feb 20 4 th Feb 3 Dr Chitra Nagaraj, CMO participated as facilitator in Sensitization Programme on RNTCP for the Doctors and staff of Jayanagar General Hospital, held at Jayanagar General Hospital,. Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, SMO, participated as facilitator in Sensitization Programme on RNTCP for the faculty and Post Graduate of Bowring Hospital, held at Bowring Hospital,. 30 th May - th June - Two Laboratory Technicians participated as facilitators in training of LTs & STLS of North Eastern Indira Gandhi Research; Institute & Medical Science, Shillong. (3) Supervision / Appraisal / Meetings / Discussions / Lectures Place Purpose 20 th - 2 th January Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, Sr Medical Officer under- took appraisal of RNTCP implementation. Vishakapatnam and West Godavari Districts 2 20 th - 24 th Khammam and Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO(NFSG) undertook appraisal January Kurnool districts of RNTCP implementation. 3 6 th - 20 th February Amaravathi district of Maharashtra Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO(NFSG) & Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, Sr Medical Officer undertook appraisal of RNTCP implementation. 4 6 th - 20 th Nanded district Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, Sr Medical Officer under- February of Maharashtra took appraisal of RNTCP implementation. 6 th - 20 th Buldhana district Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO (NFSG) undertook appraisal February of Maharashtra of RNTCP implementation. 28

3 Place Purpose 6 9 th January Seminar Hall of Vani Vilas Hospital, Dr VH Balasangameswara, CMO (NFSG) attended a workshop on RNTCP for Private Practitioners, jointly organized, sponsored by Indian Medical Association, Branch RNTCP, urban and Swami Vivekananda Integrated Rural Health Centre, Pavagada. 7 3 rd February Victoria Hospital Dr Chitra Nagaraj, CMO attended the RNTCP Sensitization Programme on RNTCP for the faculty, staff and of Medical College. 8 th February Jayanagar General Hospital,. Dr Chitra Nagaraj, CMO attended the RNTCP Sensitization Programme on RNTCP for Doctors and Staff th - 2 th February Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, Sr Medical Officer under- took appraisal of RNTCP implementation. Chickamagalur district of Karnataka 0 27 th - 28 th Kolar District Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO(NFSG) undertook appraisal February of RNTCP implementation. 20 th & 27 th March Christian Medical College, Vellore Dr B Mahadev, CMO (NFSG) participated as resource person in the South Zone workshop for Involvement of Medical Colleges in RNTCP and spoke on scientific Basis and Rationale of Diagnosis, follow-up examinations under RNTCP besides facilitating the group discussions th March Adichunchunagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, BG Nagara Mandya District Dr VH Balasangameswara, CMO (NFSG) delivered a lecture on RNTCP and Role of Medical Colleges under RNTCP. 3 3 rd April Main Office of Mahanagara Palike, Dr (Mrs) Sophia Vijay, Sr TB Specialist, attended the meeting of Mahanagara Pallike Society for RNTCP. 4 th April Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO(NFSG) delivered a lecture on RNTCP & Diagnosis and Management of TB. 2 th April CG Hospital, Davanagere Dr.V.H.Balasangameshwara, CMO (NFSG) participated in the CME on RNTCP for the members of Government Medical Officers Association and Private Practitioners and spoke on RNTCP th April - 9 th May STC, Shillong, Meghalaya Mr D Narayana and Mr GA Manjunath, Lab-Technicians participated as facilitators for training LTs under RNTCP in which 2 Lab Technicians took part. 29

4 Place Purpose 8 8 th - 27 th May STC, Shillong, Meghalaya Mrs K Hemalatha & Mrs N Vijayalakshmi, Lab-Technicians participated as facilitators for training of LTs under RNTCP in which 8 Lab-Technician took part th - 22 nd May Belgaum District of Karnataka Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO(NFSG) & Dr Sophia Vijay, Sr TB Specialist undertook appraisal of RNTCP implementation. 9 8 th - 23 rd May Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, Sr Medical Officer under- took appraisal of RNTCP implementation. Guna & Indore districts of Madhya Pradesh 20 6 th - 28 th May Microscopic Centre, Broadway TB Clinic, Sr TB Specialist accompanied the trainees of the RNTCP Modular Training. 2 3 rd & 4 th June Hotel Taj Residency, Director addressed the participants of the "Joint Regional workshop on State IEC Action Plans for NLEP and RNTCP, jointly organized by the World Bank and Government of India and participated as facilitator on both the days th June State Institute of Health & Family Welfare, Sr TB Specialist attended State Task Force meeting for implementation of RNTCP in Medical Colleges and delivered a lecture on Technical Basis of RNTCP. II Orientation training for under graduates, medical / paramedical Date Category of Participants Organization Topic 3 rd January Lady Health Visitors 30 Vani Vilas Hospital Orientation on TB and briefing on Ziehl Neelsen microscopy, primary isolation, sensitivity & identification tests and importance of animal experimentation in the control of TB. 2 8 th January Nurses 20 Chest Diseases Hospital, Bijapur 3 3 rd February II & III year probationary Nursing course 27 Air Force, Command Hospital, 30

5 Date Category of Participants Organization Topic 4 3 rd February III B.Sc Microbiology 20 Smt. Kasturba Walchand College, Sangli, Maharashtra 4 th February III B.Sc Microbiology 6 Anupama College of Management Studies & Sciences, 6 th February B.Sc Microbiology & Biotechnology Students 9 T. John 7 7 th February I year General Midwifery 40 Hillside School of Nursing, 8 0 th February II year B.Sc Microbiology 30 The American College, Madurai (TN) 9 2 th March Final Year 60 Hillside School of Nursing 0 28 th March st year 38 Dr Shyamala College of Nursing, Marathalli, 27 th March Final year Hospital 26 St. Martha's Hospital, 2 28 th March Health Assistants 47 Air Force Medical Training Center, Agram, 3 3 st March Final Year 60 KMJ College of Nursing, 3

6 Date Category of Participants Organization Topic 4 27 th May B.Sc & M.Sc Nursing 22 St.John's Medical College, 28 th May 2 Father Muller College of Nursing, Mangalore 6 24 th June Students of III year GNM 3 College of Nursing St.Philomena's Hospital, 7 27 th June Students of IV Year B.Sc & IInd year 4 Alva's College of Nursing, Mangalore Other Technical Activities Technical and Administrative reports of the RNTCP Modular Training held during December 2002 was prepared and sent to WHO, New Delhi and DGHS, New Delhi. Training section was shifted from the Main Building to the 2nd floor of PV Benjamin Block. Technical reports of the following training were prepared: a. In country WHO Fellowship training held between 7 th November - 8 th December b. Training of Trainers held between 20 th - 3 st January. c. Comprehensive Training on TB Control for WHO Fellows from Bangladesh and Myanmar held between 20 th - 3 st January and 20 th January - 4 th February respectively. III Special Training A WHO fellow from Bhutan participated in the training course on TB Control from 3 rd March - th April. The sixth (6 th ) South East Asia Regional Training Course on TB Control was held at NTI from 0 th - 2 st March. A total of 7 participants representing from countries viz. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand and East-Timor participated in the training course. Director participated as course co-coordinator and delivered a lecture on "TB & HIV in the region". The trainees were taken to the TB Units of Mahanagara Palika for field demonstration. The Bacteriology section and the Computer Centre of the Institute were utilized for imparting training in TB Bacteriology and Computer applications respectively. On the concluding day, certificates were distributed to the participants. 32

7 IV Participation in Conferences/Seminars/Symposiums, Meetings/Workshops/Training etc. Details Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director attended the inaugural function of the "90 th Session of Indian Science Congress" held at Gnana Bharathi Campus, University, jointly hosted and organized by ISRO and University. 3 rd January 2 Participated in the discussion on "HIN Project on Tele-TB Control and tele - Pediatrics project" held on the office of the commissioner Health & Family Welfare services, th January Mr P Sangeeth Kumar, Sr Statistical Officer attended the Financial Management Training at IIHMR, Jaipur. Director visited Central TB Division, New Delhi and had discussion with the DDG (TB) on the pending administrative issues of NTI with DGHS. Director visited the office of WHO, New Delhi and had discussions with regard to WHO fellowships at NTI. Dr B Mahadev, CMO attended the Drug Resistance Surveillance/Green Light Committee (GLC) meeting at Dt. GHS, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi. 27 th Jan - st February 30 th January 3 st January 6 th February 7 Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director participated in the workshop on 'Private - Public partnership for Tuberculosis Control in India' organized by the World Bank at their office in New Delhi. 2 th - 26 th February 8 Mr BA Shivashankara, Mr NK Hemanth Kumar, Mr O Srinivasalu, Health Visitors; Mrs N Vijayalakshmi, Mr D Narayana, Mr Raghunandan, Mrs K Hemalatha, Lab-Technicians; Mrs G Uma Devi, Mr RK Shivastav, Field Investigators; Mr R Padmesh, Mr Ananda Babu, X-ray Technicians; Mr V Thimmarayapppa, Mr PM Sheshadri, Upper Division Clerk; Mr Naveen Sharma, Jr Hindi Translator attended the Basic Computer Training at CMC, Malleswaram,. 3 rd - 7 th March 9 Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director attended a lecture on challenges in Health Care in the new Millennium organized by the Indian Institute of Health Management & Research, Jaipur at Hotel Taj Residency,. 4 th March 0 Dr VH Balasangameshwara, CMO (NFSG) participated in the CME on Involvement of Private Practitioners in Urban and Mahanagara Palika held at SDS Sanatorium,. 6 th March Dr B Mahadev, CMO (NFSG) participated in the selection of Sr.Treatment Supervisor for Mahanagara Palika (BMP) held at India Population Project training Centre, BMP, Malleswaram,. 2 st April 33

8 Details Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director, Dr VK Chadha, Sr Epidemiologist and Dr Preetish S Vaidyanathan, Sr Medical Officer attended a meeting on "Consultation on Annual Risk of TB Infection (ARI) in India" held at Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi. Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director attended the "Workshop for Development of Prototype IEC material" at Taj Mahal Hotel, Man Singh Road, New Delhi. Dr B Mahadev, Training i/c attended the training Programme at Delhi as one of the co-ordinator for training of 23 newly appointed consultants. Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director, attended the inaugural session of WHO/NICD training course on "Epidemiology and control of Malaria" conducted at NICD /PSU and chaired the session on ECO- Epidemiology of Malaria - presentation of KAP survey data. Dr VH Balasangameshwara, CMO (NFSG) participated in the executive committee meeting on behalf of the Director, NTI. Dr VK Chadha, Sr Epidemiologist along with Mr PS Jagannath, SA, visited Bhubaneshwar for discussion with DANTB officials on the study report concerning sample survey to estimate ARI in Orissa. Dr Prahlad Kumar, Director attended the meeting with the principal, Bethesda School, along with Dr VK Challu, Veterinarian to discuss about collaboration between NTI and their school in IEC activities. Meeting of Epidemiologist (NTI, ) and Statistician (TRC Chennai) for estimation of ARI on the basis of Zonal ARTI estimates held at NTI,. Dr L Suryanarayana, CMO (NFSG) participated as faculty member in the workshop conducted for the formation of State Task Force of Medical Colleges at State level held at the Institute of Health & Family Welfare at Magadi Road,. 22 nd & 23 rd April 28 th & 29 th April th - 30 th May 9 th & 22 nd May 9 th May 26 th - 3 st May 30 th May th & 6 th June 6 th June 2 Dr VK Chadha, Sr Epidemiologist participated in Central Steering Committee meeting held at Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi and presented () Estimation of ARI in different parts of India - A cross sectional study & (2) Baseline survey to estimate the ARI in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. 0 th June Dr Sophia Vijay, Sr TB Specialist attended the Annual General Body meeting of the Karnataka State Co-oridnation Society held at Committee room, Multi storied building,. Mrs VN Saroja, Sr Public Health Nurse participated in the National Workshop on Research Methodology held at St. John's Medical College of Nursing,. Dr B Mahadev, CMO (NFSG) attended one day conference of Vigilance Officers conducted by the DGHS held at Nirman Bhawan New Delhi. 3 th June 9 th - 2 st June 27 th June

9 SUPERVISORY VISITS Visits under NSS-ARI Survey Planning and Supervision Place of Visit Place of visit & Purpose Officer / Official Itanagar Initial planning, Supervisory and field work Investigators Field Investigator Entire month January -- 2 Samastipur Planning and Supervision Field Investigator Field Assistant 0 st - 23 rd January 0 st - 2 th January 3