A wonderful two days with UG students – at Quest Unplugged

A wonderful two days with UG students – at Quest Unplugged

June 1 and 2 of 2016 were two wonderful and rewarding days I spent. Quest Medical Academy - the brainchild of Dr Sushant Shinde had organized an event - Quest Unplugged.This is an annual event (this was the second) where  small groups of students chose topics, did some research on them and then presented the topics, based mainly on one core article that they chose, but also quoted others.The topics ranged from broad ones like Nutrition in the ICU, to very specific ones like Asthma - COPD overlap syndrome! Overall eight topics were presented on each day. Majority were equivalent…
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Goa Medical College – Oct 31, 2014

Goa Medical College – Oct 31, 2014

For those who do not live in Goa, the place  is almost always associated with holidays. And those who go on a holiday to Goa would be most reluctant to leave the beaches and anything else they are enjoying.  My trip to Goa was for the wedding of the daughter of my childhood friend - someone who I shared almost every waking moment with, during high school and college days. Now getting away from her and that too on a Goa beach venue would not have been easy, but thank goodness, it was for something I had long wanted to…
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Lecture: LTMMC (Sion Hospital). Event – DNB Research Methodology Workshop. Oct 08, 2013

Lecture: LTMMC (Sion Hospital). Event – DNB Research Methodology Workshop. Oct 08, 2013

The LTMMC also known as Sion Hospital conducted the 4th workshop for DNB students. Again there were 35 students today and my lecture was after Dr Supe's and Dr Mamta Manglani's. I went in during the last 20 minutes of Dr Manglani's lecture and while the contents may be more or less the same as usual, it is always a delight listening to her, as she weaves in life stories and keeps the students laughing often, so that they enjoy the sessions. This time I loved the way she said "many people read the Bhagavad Gita  (or any spiritual reading)…
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