Department Of
Microbiology
Student support Activities
Curricular:
The department offers various courses like MD Microbiology, PhD in Microbiology, MBBS, P.B.B.Sc (N), B.Sc(N), DGNM, BPT, Optometry, B.Sc-MLT, DMLT and Allied Health Sciences.
Also offers value-added courses in Basic Microbiology techniques, Biomedical waste management and Hospital infections.
Co-Curricular:
The students enthusiastically participate in quiz programmes conducted by our department, which changes the scope of learning, gives them an interactive platform and helps them gain knowledge to excel beyond academics.
Students also participate in quiz competitions conducted by other institutes. One such is SUSHRUT conducted by IGMC, which gives them a break from traditional classroom learning.
Research:
Apart from PG and PhD students, the department encourages UG students to participate in research work, which allows undergraduates to better understand the subject and gain in-depth knowledge, learn to balance collaborative and individual work, develop an interest in various areas that can help them in future, and gives them career guidance.
UG student projects:
| S.No | Name of the Guide | Title of the projects | Funding details | Year of study | IRC/IEC approval | Present status (Ongoing/Completed/Presented /Published) |
| 1 | Dr.R.Latha | A Study on Scrub Typhus in patients reporting with acute febrile illness at a tertiary health care hospital” Reference ID- 2016-05228. | ICMR-STS | 2016 | Approved | Completed |
| 2. | Dr.K.Bhaskaran | Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant females in a tertiary care hospital | ICMR-STS | 2016 | Approved | Completed |
| 2 | Marcella Sherin | Screening of vulvovaginal candidiasis & its antifungal susceptibility to flucanazole in women | Internal Funding | 2017 | Approved | Completed |
| 3 | Marcella Sherin Samuel Dr.R.Latha | A study on biomarkers of sepsis & potential role of Procalcitonin and Ferritin marker in diagnosis, prognosis & treatment. | ICMR-STS | 2019 | Approved | Completed |
| 4 | Ms Swetha Dr.K.Kavitha | A study on magnitude of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae infections and their antimicrobial resistance pattern in a tertiary care hospital at Puducherry- | ICMR-STS | 2020 | Approved | Completed |
CME Programmes / Guest Lectures / Conferences / Seminars / Workshop Organized
S.No | Name of activities | Type of activities | Level of the program (National/International) | Date | Number of participants | Credit points |
1 | World Rabies Day | CME | State | 28.09.2015 | 121 | 1 |
2 | World Rabies Day | CME | State | 28.09.2016 | 109 | 1 |
3 | World Tuberculosis Day | CME | State | 31.03.2017 | 132 | 1 |
4 | World Rabies Day | CME | State | 21.09.2017 | 144 | 1 |
5 | World Rabies Day | CME | Institutional | 28.09.2019 | 136 | – |
6 | COVID-19 – Get Yourself Updated | CME | National | 24.02.2021 | 231 | 2 |
7 | Hepatitis – Can’t wait | CME | National | 09.08.2021 | 190 | 2 |
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:
- During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Microbiology department faculty participated in more than 15 camps at various places in and around Puducherry along with the ENT department faculty as per the Director, Health service, Puducherry guidance.
- We collected more than 1,500 (approx.) samples.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:
The department has conducted various awareness programmes. Primary prevention plays an important role and is the most effective measure in dengue prevention and control. Therefore, a symposium was conducted on dengue to determine the knowledge and practice of dengue control amongst the community and explore the factors affecting the practice of dengue control in the area.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our department faculty have spread awareness by conducting programmes batch-wise to doctors and students. All the healthcare workers also have spread knowledge on hand hygiene and safety measures among the hospital workers.
