Mar 2013 : Report of Post Graduate Quiz

KIMS, Bengaluru

ABHEDHYA – 2013
2nd State Level Intercollegiate, Post graduate Pathology Quiz

 REPORT OF THE EVENT

2nd State Level Intercollegiate, Post graduate, Pathology quiz was held on 2nd March 2013 at Kempegowda Institute of Medial Sciences, Banashankari IInd stage, Bangalore-70.

An organizing team was constituted and various jobs and responsibilities were distributed.

The Brochure was designed and circulated to all medical colleges having Post Graduation in Pathology, three months in advance as part of the early announcement.

Later an invitation card was sent to all HOD’s of various medical colleges and reminders were made telephonically. The response was very encouraging with a total of 43 teams from all over Karnataka State, representing around 28 institutes.

8.00 – 9.00 AM :
The event began with registration of all the participants followed by breakfast.

9.00 – 10.00 AM:
There was a preliminary round comprising of 50 multiple choice question and the  time allotted was one hour.

10.00 – 10.30 AM:
The event was inaugurated in the presence of Dr. M.K.Sudarshan, Dean and Principal of KIMS, Bengaluru along with the Secretary of KCIAPM, Dr. Vijayshankar S. The Head of the Department, Dr.Suguna B.V., Professor of Pathology, welcomed the dignitaries followed by the inaugural address by our beloved Principal Dr. M.K.Sudarshan, Dr. Vijayshankar. S, also said a few words of good luck to the organizing team and participants. Invocation song was by Miss Nikita Kulkarni an undergraduate student of KIMS, Bengaluru. Dr. Kusuma V, Professor of Pathology gave the vote of thanks.

The semifinal round constituted 4 rounds comprising of Direct question round, Gross pathology round, Microscopy round and Cytology round conducted by Dr. Rangaswamy R., Dr. Savithri R, Dr Suguna B.V. and Dr. Chethana Mannem respectively.

The final round was divided into 6 rounds consisting of History round, Hematology case based round, Systemic Pathology case based round, Special stain round, General Pathology round and Rapid fire round conducted by Dr. Sruthi Prasad, Dr. Suja Ajoykumar, Dr. Kusuma V., Dr. Manjula C.P., Dr. S. R. Niveditha and Dr. Thejasvi Krishnamurthy respectively.

Teams qualified for Semi-finals Teams qualified for finals
1 Dr. Sulakshana M.S. Dr. Namrata Rao - BMC&RI, Bangalore 1 Dr. Sulakshana M.S. Dr. Namrata Rao - BMC&RI, Bangalore
2 Dr. Rajashree K, Dr. Archana Bhat - Father Muller's - Mangalore 2 Dr. Akshay Bali, Dr. Maitrayee Roy - JNMC, Belgaum
3 Dr. Anubha Aditya, Dr. Nishta Batra - Govt Medical College Mysore 3 Dr. Divya, Dr. Supriya Jain - JSS, Mysore
4 Dr. Akshay Bali, Dr. Maitrayee Roy - JNMC, Belgaum 4 Dr. Ranjana Ranade Dr. Anuradha Patil - KIMS, Hubli
5 Dr. Divya, Dr. Supriya Jain - JSS, Mysore 5 Dr. Akshata, Dr. Aditiraj - MS Ramaiah, Bangalore
6 Dr. Ranjana Ranade Dr. Anuradha Patil - KIMS, Hubli 6 Dr. Rajashree K, Dr. Archana Bhat - Father Muller's - Mangalore
7 Dr. Neeta, Dr. Tejaswini G - KIMS, Hubli
8 Dr. Akriti Gupta, Dr. Kavitha Gupta - KMC, Manipal
9 Dr. Akshata, Dr. Aditiraj - MS Ramaiah, Bangalore
10 Dr. Suraksha Rao, Dr. Vasavi - SDUMC, Kolar
11 Dr. Shiva ganesh, Dr. Indu - St. John's MC, Bangalore
12 Dr. Mamatha, Dr. Kumar - B.M Patil MC, Bijapur

The finals were keenly contested and winners of ABHEDHYA -2013 were:

1st Prize Dr. Ranjana Ranade  Dr. Anuradha Patil Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli
2. Dr. Akshay Bali         Dr. Maitrayee Roy Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum
3. Dr. Sulakshana M.S. Dr. Namrata Rao Bangalore Medical College & Research centre, Bangalore

VALEDICTORY FUNCTION:

Individual mementos, winner certificates and cash prizes (Ist prize – Rs. 5,000/-, 2nd prize – Rs. 3,000/- & 3rd prize – Rs. 2,000/- ) were given away by Dr. Veeranna. B., Hospital Administrator of KIMS Hospital and Research Centre, Bangalore. The rolling shield was awarded to the Ist prize winners Dr. Ranjana Ranade and Dr. Anuradha Patil.

A final thank you speech was given by our organizing secretary Dr. Rangaswamy R. and we bid farewell to all the participants after a high tea