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Students are attached to different dental hospitals and are expected to do routine clinical work such as patient management and primary oral health care services. An important aspect of the education and training of science students in the universities is organised exposure to some elements of industrial art. Students are expected to undertake this activity for 24 weeks (6 months) continuous which attracts 6 credit units earning upon successful completion. Industrial Training as a course involves the following: 1. Working successfully in the industry for the specified period. 2. Submitting of a Work Report to the Industrial Training Coordinating Centre at the end of the training period. 3. Presentation of seminar on the industrial training experience. 500 Level

Students will be posted to recognised and relevant placement areas of their choice during the industrial training. Continuous assessment of students will be undertaken jointly by their industrial-based supervisors, ITF officials and institutional supervisors. Finally, students on returning to the institution will present a seminar on major duties performed and skills acquired during the training. Grades are allotted according to ITF directives.

Students will be posted to recognised and relevant placement areas of their choice during the industrial training. Six (6) months of the industrial training will be spent in hotels, food industry and any other food and nutrition related establishment. Continuous assessment of students will be undertaken jointly by their industrial-based supervisors, ITF officials and institutional supervisors. Finally, students on returning to the institution will present a seminar on major duties performed and skills acquired during the training. Grades are allotted according to ITF directives.

Students will be attached to a hospital/health care centre for a period of six months under the supervision of Registered Dietitian-Nutritionists. They will be exposed to hospital dietetics practice which includes the use of therapeutic diets in the treatment of diseases, counselling of patients/clients, preparation of various therapeutic diets such as clear fluid diet, soft diet, bland diet, and nutrient controlled diets. Practical classes in assessing dietary intake, designing diets and preparing therapeutic diets are an essential part of this course. Students will be graded based on seminar presentation, assessment of their logbooks, attendance and general assessment from their industrial based supervisor.

Student is expected to rotate round the areas of specialties in physiotherapy clinical practice with particular focus on the following physiotherapy clinics: Musculoskeletal and trauma, paediatrics, women’s health,; Neurology (medical and surgical subunits), cardiorespiratory and intensive care physiotherapy, Geriatrics units. Each student will spend two weeks in each of the units at the Physiotherapy Department of the respective teaching hospital. The course shall be examined as part of the Clinical Practice III.

Tympanoplasty. Pressure Equalisation Tube-PET (grommet insertion). Myringotomy, staepedectomy. Mastiodectomy. Endolymphatic sac decompression and shunt insertion. Vestibular neurectomy. Cochleosacculotomy. Suboccipital craniotomy of cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumour. Transcanial labyrinthectomy. Cochlea Implants. Bone-anchored hearing aids, Middle-ear implants. Brain-stem implants. 400 Level: Clinical Year I First Semester

Introduction to the use of computers for processing, organising, retrieving and utilising biomedical information at the molecular, biological system, clinical and healthcare organisation levels. Description of essential concepts in biomedical informatics that are derived from medicine, computer science and the social sciences.

Introductory survey of the discipline of biomedical informatics. Use of computers for processing, organising, retrieving and utilising biomedical information at the molecular, biological system, clinical and healthcare organisation levels. Essential concepts in biomedical informatics that are derived from medicine, computer science and the social sciences.

Content management, content deployment (file system planning and structure), server administration and management, user and group management, backup management, security management, disaster recovery, resource management, automation management (automatic job scheduling), site management notebooks and documents, system support, user support and education; administrative domains – web domain, network domain, database domain, operating systems domain, and support domain; secure installation; removing unnecessary components; file system maintenance (isolation of sensitive data); user restrictions (access and authorisations); user/group/file management; password standards and requirements; shutting down unnecessary/unneeded services; closing unnecessary/unneeded ports; patch management/software updates; virtualisation; vulnerability scanning.

System Analysis Fundamentals: Introducing SA&D; SA&D concepts, Roles of system analyst; The system development life cycle, Using CASE tools; Depicting system graphically, determining feasibility, activity planning and control; Information requirements analysis: Sampling and investigating data, interviewing. Prototyping; The analysis process Using data flow diagram; Using data dictionaries; Describing process specifications and structured decisions; The system proposal; The essentials of design designing output; designing input’ Designing the file or database Designing the user interface Designing data; Documenting the design phase; Software engineering and implementation Quality assurance through software engineering; Implementing the information system.