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Patrons
PETA India
Vice Dean, St John’s Medical College
Organising Secretary
Prof Sandhya Avadhany,
Department of Physiology Head and Vice Dean,
St John’s Medical College
Scientific Committee
Dr Mohammad Akbarsha
Dr John Pawlowski
Dr David Dewhurst
CME Proceedings and Certificates
Dr Chaitanya Koduri
Registration
Dr Chaitanya Koduri
Travel and Accommodation
Dr Chaitanya Koduri
Contact
Dr Chaitanya Koduri
Science Policy Adviser
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India
PO Box 28260, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
+91 8767446083 (mobile)
+91 22 26367383 (fax)
CME
Modernising Medical Training: Replacing Animals in MBBS Programmes
16 January 2012
Venue:
St John’s Medical College
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore 560 034
Sponsored by:
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India
PO Box 28260, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
Invitation
In 2009, the Medical Council of India (MCI) officially amended its Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) regulations to state that “experimental work on animals can be demonstrated by Computer Aided Education”.
MCI’s new policy allows Indian medical schools to completely eliminate animal use in MBBS curricula, as has been done in 95 per cent of programmes in the US and in every programme across Canada and the UK. These institutions instead use didactic methods, human-patient simulators, supervised clinical practice and interactive, computer-aided learning simulations.
To familiarise MBBS programmes with these MCI-approved non-animal training methods, this free continuing medical education (CME) workshop will feature lectures and simulation demonstrations from medical experts.
On behalf of the organising committee and with thanks to St John’s Medical College for hosting this event, we extend a warm welcome and invite you to attend this CME workshop to modernise your MBBS curricula.
With regards and best wishes,
Prof Sandhya Avadhany
Department of Physiology Head and Vice Dean,
St John’s Medical College,
and Organising Secretary
91 9538006664 (mobile)
Speakers
Prof Mohammad Akbarsha, PhD
Director and Chair,
Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Centre
for Alternatives to Use of Animals in
Life Science Education,
Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirappalli, India
Prof David Dewhurst, PhD
Professor of E-Learning,
Jeanne Marchig Professorial Fellow of Replacement Alternatives in Higher Education and
Director of Educational Information Services,
College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine,
University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, UK
Dr John Pawlowski, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Director of Thoracic Anesthesia,
Boston, US
Programme
8–9 am Registration
9–9:15 am Inauguration
9:15–10:45 am Need to Use Animal
Alternatives for Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology
(Prof M Akbarsha)
10:45–11 am Tea
11 am–1 pm Computer-Assisted Learning: Interactive Demonstration
(Prof D Dewhurst)
1–2 pm Lunch
2–4 pm Human-Patient Simulation:
Interactive Demonstration
(Dr J Pawlowski)
4–5 pm Panel Discussion
(Prof M Akbarsha, Prof D Dewhurst and
Dr J Pawlowski)
5–5:05 pm Valedictory