BPNI NEWS DESK, LUDHIANA: A 3-day zonal workshop on strengthening pre-service medical education on Infant and Young Child Feeding was held at Ludhiana from April 19 to April 21 for the faculty members of pediatrics, OBG and community medicine of government and private medical colleges. BPNI in collaboration with UNICEF and Christian Medical College organized this zonal workshop at Ludhiana.
The purpose of this workshop was to discuss IYCF curricula with the faculty members of pediatrics, OBG and community medicine. It was made explicit in the workshop that IYCF training was prepared in line of Medical Council of India's recommendations made in its 1997 document on graduate medical education. IYCF curricula could easily be covered within the existing syllabus and time frame. The purpose of learning IYCF was also shared with the participants of three departments.
Director of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, inaugurated this zonal workshop and welcomed all participants. Also there were principals and superintendents of the hospitals. Dr J C Sobti, coordinator-BPNI task force, and Dr S Aneja, national task force coordinator of BPNI highlighted the objective of the workshop and discussed important areas related to IYCF. Prof. Tejinder Singh was the course coordinator and a local coordination committee was formed by involving head of the departments of community medicine PSM and OBY.
The participants were given a time-wrap for teaching IYCF in various semesters. An attempt was made for making evaluation tools on broad-based objectives so that it could have a far more reaching effect on teaching and learning methods to ensure needs of the students. A model lecture on optimal IYCF focusing on the physiology of lactation and its practical implications on infant feeding was also made in the workshop.
There was an extensive discussion by all the participants suggesting incorporation of many new things connected with IYCF. In a separate session, there was a lecture on complimentary feeding followed by demonstrations on assessment of breastfeeding.
A total of 51 participants from Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Ross Hostel Warden's Residence, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Govt. Medical College of Patiala, S.G.R.D. Institute of Medical Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Gandhi Medical College, Govt Medical College, Jammu; Dr. RPG Medical College, Kangra; Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Bathinda; Government Medical College, Chandigarh and Indira Gandhi Medical College, Simla; participated in the workshop.
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