IOA MADURAI

IOA Madurai is very committed in shaping and transforming the post graduates into able anaesthesiologists. We firmly believe that a good anaesthesiologist has to be sound in his/her knowledge and procedural skills. Inorder to nurture the same in our postgraduates, various academic activities and sessions are being conducted at our institute.

We have about 82 operation theatres and 82 operating tables in total. We perform about 600 cases under general anaesthesia ,1200 cases under regional anaesthesia and assess about 3000 cases per month. We have a well equipped post anaesthesia care unit and take care of the neurosurgical ICU patients as well.

Our department plays a vital role in the state organ donation programme,with hand and gloves involvement and management in brain dead identification, organ protection, organ harvesting and organ donation.

We have an exclusive pain clinic, which takes care of about 350 cases per month and 12 pain relief procedures are being done in a month approximately.

IOA is famous all over the country for its strong and vivid academic sessions. Here are few reasons, why people call it ,"The School Of Anaesthesiology "in a lighter note.

Following are Academics sessions

1. Lecture classes
   Lectures are delivered by the Professors and Assistant professors. A total of six classes spread as two per week are conducted. The content of the class will be predominantly from reference text books like The MILLER'S ANAESTHESIOLOGY.

2. Case Discussion
   One exam case will be discussed every month. The session will be chaired by aProfessors and two assistant professors. Two postgraduates will be presenting the case. Thishelps students to prepare for their VIVA during the final exams.

3. Symposium
   This will be headed by a professor and two assistant professors with one symposium conducted every month. The most important , The mustknows and "ddifficult to understand" topics are chosen and discussed for the benefit of postgraduates.

4. Guest lectures
   As medicine is an intricately woven and overlapping subject, we invite eminent teachers, Professors from other departments. At times NRI speakers and alumni of our institute who are pioneers in various branches of anaesthesia are called upon to enlighten the students. These personalitiesalso inspire postgraduates to push their limits and desire to achieve biggergoals!

5. Journal club
   This meeting is being conducted monthly once. Research papers &recent advances from National and International journals are discussed.

6. Department ethical committee meeting
   This is also held once in a month. Dissertation topics and discussion about the prosand consand the feasibility of the studies are discussed.

7. Intra departmental Morbidity and mortality audit
   It is conducted once in a month. The causes and circumstancial scenarios of morbidity and mortality are thoroughly discussed .

8. Interesting cases
   Interesting cases taken in a month are discussed for the benefit of others so that everyone can further sharpen their knowledge and skills in managing difficult cases.

9. Bed side clinics
   This includes IRCU ward rounds, interaction with postgraduates inside the theatres regarding intraoperative management of cases.

10. Monthly once Quiz programme
    This is conducted to keep the PG's thirst for knowledge alive!

11. Post duty discussion
    On a daily basis, The post duty team is made to discuss their emergency cases and management of the same with their concernedProfessors. This help them to hone their skills in managing emergency cases which are unoptimized and more sick majority of the times.

12. Coffee break
    As per ASA guidelines ,regarding quality monitoring, every anaesthesiologist needs a short mental break during the intraoperative management and monitoring, so that they can concentrate again on the monitors and thus be more vigilant. So,provision of a good drink and snacks will serve the purpose. The coffee club run by the PG's and faculties together, helps this cause.

13. Log book completion and monthly tests
    These are compulsory in the month end. This helps students to develop a routine schedule to complete the allotted test topic and keep their log books up to date.

14. Conferences
    Inaddition to the above mentioned activities students are permitted to attend National,South zone and State conferences. Also every year a CME is conducted and the entire department right from the professor to the student work towards making it a success. In this process students also gain a lot of knowledge regarding the particular topic.

15. ISA meeting
    The students also attend the monthly ISA meetings held.Throught the academic sessions conducted in these meetings,students learn about the recent advances and guidelines in management of various cases.

16. Appreciation time
    Academically ,best performing students are also awarded with medals Every here.

17. Entertainment
    Too much academics and only work without proper breaks will only lead to fatigue. To make sure that doesn't happen,small get togethers to celebrate achievements,victory in competitions are held now and then.

S. No. Details

1. Clinico- Pathological conference

2. Clinical Seminars

3. Journal Clubs

4. Case presentations

5. Group discussions

6. Guest lectures

7. Death Audit Meetings

8. Physician conference/ Continuing Medical Education (CME) organized.

9. Symposium

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Publications from the department during the past 3 years:

1. COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF EPIDURAL KETAMINE VS ORAL GABAPENTIN FOR ANALGESIA IN CHRONIC PAIN DUE TO SPINAL INJURIES.

2. COMPARISON OF EPIDURAL WITH ILIOPSOAS PLANE CATHETER INSERTION FOR PROVIDING POST-OPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN HIP SURGERIES.

3. COMPARISON BETWEEN ULTRASOUND-GUIDED QUADRATUS LUMBORUM BLOCK AND TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERIES.

4. A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION OF PREOPERATIVE ULTRASONOGRAPHIC AIRWAY ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT IN THE PREDICTION OF THE DIFFICULT AIRWAY.

5. COMPARISON OF DEXMEDETOMIDINE AND BUPRENORPHINE AS AN ADJUVANT TO ROPIVACAINE IN EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA FOR LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERIES.

6. A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN 0.125% LEVOBUPIVACAINE WITH CLONIDINE AND 0.125% LEVOBUPIVACAINE ALONE IN EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR POST OPERATIVE PAIN RELIEF IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LOWER LIMB SURGERIES.

7. COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ALKALANISED LIGNOCAINE AND PLACEBO FOR INFLATING ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE CUFF TO REDUCE POSTOPERATIVE SORE THROAT, HOARSENESS OF VOICE.

8. COMPARISON OF SUPRAINGUINAL FASCIA ILIACA BLOCK VS PERICAPSULAR NERVE BLOCK FOR EASE OF POSITION DURING SUBARACHNOID BLOCK.

Our Department of Anaesthesiology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai has bagged many awards and medals over the years.
We proudly list a few of our achievements below:

1. Dr. (Mrs). Meenakshi Sundaram Gold Medal

   • Awarded for outstanding performance in the University Examination.

2. Dr. P. Subramanian Gold Medal

   • Given for the best dissertation work in Anaesthesiology.

3. Dr. S. Ramachandran Gold Medal

   • Awarded to the topper in MD (Anaesthesiology) University Examination.

4. Dr. R. Srinivasan Gold Medal

   • For best performance in Paper Presentation at the State Level Conference.

5. ISA Tamil Nadu State Branch Medals

   • Won multiple times for excellence in academic presentations and quiz programmes.

6. University Ranks

   • Our postgraduates have consistently secured top ranks in The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University examinations.

7. Recognition in National Conferences

   • Our faculty and students have presented research papers and posters at National Anaesthesia Conferences and won several accolades.

8. Best Department Award

   • Department of Anaesthesiology, Madurai Medical College, was recognized for its outstanding contribution in academics and service.