In my previous blog, I have already enumerated the subtle merits of the Physical Conferences ( esp. PEDICONS) over the Webinars . That was the NON-ACADEMIC PART of our Conferencing Experience. Now, let’s dwell upon the ACADEMICS related one-to-one comparison. After having attended 25 National Pedicons in my long tenure in Central IAP, here too, […]
The Pandemic year 2020 has given birth to a novel option of e-Conferences or Webinars . The compulsion to STAY SAFE at home and yet be enabled to enjoy Academic sessions has also created multiple platforms like ZOOM, WEBEX etc. as Service Providers. The concept of Conferencing is obviously on an evolutionary path . The
We, as Pediatricians, are concerned with the growing trend of SINGLE CHILD families. The fashion to have a SINGLE CHILD is so trendy that so many of our Medicos themselves place a FULLSTOP after the first child is born. This is surely not welcome professionally , as a single child does not support our profession
Sharing my views on ways of steadily growing and improving the Vaccination Activity in our clinics, has been a great WRITING EXPERIENCE for me too, besides the fun of sharing and caring with all of you, my dear colleagues. Some more steps are laid out : STEP SEVEN Parents’ minds can be quite fragile in
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Most of you have liked the part ONE of the Vaccination Blog, released last Saturday. Here is the second part . STEP FOUR At the outset, let’s define what our Vaccination Practices should AIM AT : Is it 1. The number of Vaccine Doses dispensed to our kid patients. ( month on month ) 2.
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GROWING YOUR IMMUNIZATION PRACTICE…. nine steps to follow So many variables are negatively affecting the Vaccination Practices of many Private Practitioners. These have been enumerated earlier. Let’s see how we can stepwise build our Vaccination Practice in our Private Clinics , despite Huge Resistance and Vaccine Hesitancy from middle class families, as this is undoubtedly
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IMMENSE VALUE of the twin ZERO DOSES It is our regular practice to administer the TWIN DOSES of OPV – ZERO DOSE and the HBV – ZERO DOSE within max. 48 hours of birth of every Newborn Baby, usually along with the BCG VACCINE. This new practice in our newborn care has the following Logical
1 . AUTISM seems an inevitable consequence, of the last few decades, when Indian families have moved from large joint families to smaller nuclear families, whereby the toddler finds limited avenues of socialization and human interaction in the form of nonverbal and verbal interactive communication. We can call it the side effects of the Westernization
Having targetted the infants under 6 months of age for Hearing assessment , we need to discuss the specific AUDIOMETRY TESTS that help us explore Deafness ( Hearing Loss) for timely and corrective interventions. 1. OAE = OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION Test It measures Outer Hair Cell response in Cochlea. This screening test measures the sound waves
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Lately, this topic is in the limelight, with a renewed global interest in ECD ( Early Childhood Development ) as all of us realise the immense potential of Brain Development in the first three years of a child, for acquisition of intellectual capabilities . Hearing is the vital input for Speech and Language skills, Academic
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