Academic Council

• Student enrollment:
  • Identify the applicants who meet the entry requirement
  • Prepare the final list and inform the students about the status of the appl
  • Supervise the informing of the selected candidates for the course
  • Provide the relevant documents to the s(The relevant documents include timetable, course outline, rules and regulations, assessment policy, academic calendar etc)
  • Giving advanced standing if the need arises
  • Attend to all administrative matters that may arise regarding student
• Coordination:
  • Maintain student teacher records for the course
  • Attend to all cases of disciplinary charges.
  • Prepare the final marks at the end of the course.
  • Monitor the progress of stude
  • Ensure that all students receive the necessary course documentation i.e. course outlines, dates of assignments et
  • Maintain a record for the attendance of the students attending the course.
  • Deal with all academic related issues of students, conduct evaluation of lectures and the course, supervise and monitor the process of the course.

• Minimum academic qualifications and teaching experience of the teaching staff: Post Graduate Medical Degree with a minimum of 3yrs of experience in the field.
• Responsibilities of the teaching staff : 
  
  • Coordinating the sessions
  • Arranging the necessary resource materials.
  • Conducting and completing the sessions effectively to enable the students to achieve the learning outcomes
  • Evaluating the students’ performance and reporting to the course coordinator.

• Performance criteria and process will be utilized for staff appraisal
• Student’s evaluation of the course.

After MBBS Course, many doctors, though good in theoretically, lack the practical knowledge necessary for early diagnosis and intervention, this results in decreased confidence on their part and those around them. Hence they need a good bedside clinical knowledge.

I’ve been in the medical field for over 2 decades, which includes a decade of critical care practice. Throughout my 10 years in Critical Care, I’ve attended a numerous conferences and seminars as a delegate, a facilitator, a moderator and also as a teacher. In these scientific events, it’s been my keen observation that there is a decreased interest among the attendees to learn and sharpen their knowledge. Mostly the emphasis lies upon the current trend and scientific evidence and the basics are conveniently omitted. These events though are being conducted frequently, it only provides more of a theoretical prospective. However the course like this is primarily, practical oriented, with major emphasis being laid on the ‘Basics’, formulated to sharpen the bedside knowledge of the critical care practitioners, and  undertaken more frequently on a regular basis.

My fellow professionals, who are interested to increase their bedside knowledge in the ICUs, have been requesting me to conduct a crash course on critical care practice. But because of my increasing professional commitments, I’ve not been able to do so up until now. So I feel it’s time now to give back what I’ve learnt, share my experiences and teach what I know. In addition, the nursing staffs need to acquire and better their clinical knowledge. Quite often, their basic skillsets are found to be deficient and also they need guidance to prepare themselves form the examination point of view. The paramedics could also derive tremendous benefit from this course.

This course intends to focus on early recognition, immediate intervention, leading improved patient, culmination in good treatment outcomes. Software applications and audiovisual aids will be used. Doctors are always in a state of tension in ICUs and need to be stress free. Finally, there should be no compromise whatsoever in patient care.