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Post Industry Visit Report on 06.05.2022 Industry Visit to National Brain and Research Centre (NBRC)- Manesar

On 6th May 2022, Department of Physiotherapy, FAHS organized an industrial visit for students of Master of Physiotherapy (Neurology) total of 10 students visited the National Brain and Research Centre (NBRC) under the supervision of faculty members Dr. Priyanka Sethi (PT) and Dr. Sunita. The team from NBRC guided the students to the core of their knowledge and expertise. It is an autonomous institute and a nodal centre under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. The institute is dedicated to research in neuroscience and brain functions in health and diseases using multidisciplinary approaches. The institute pursues research to understand brain functions in health and diseases, generate trained human resources with the capability to conduct interdisciplinary research in neuroscience, and promote neuroscience in India through networking among national institutions. NBRC is the only institute in India dedicated to neuroscience research and education. Scientists and students at NBRC come from diverse academic backgrounds, including biological, computational, mathematical, physical, engineering and medical sciences, and use multidisciplinary approaches to unravel secrets of the brain. Dr. Arpan Banerjee the Senior Scientist at NBRC-Manesar Gurgaon has helped us to made this visit possible. Dr. Arpan has shown us MRI with 3 Tesla specifications, (a product of Siemen) he explained about its functioning and usage. Also, he explicated various ways to analyse this MRI Study through structural and Functional forms in both T1 & T2 images.This centre is one among two of centres in whole India with this configuration of MRI. Ms. Nisha Ph.D. Scholar at NRBC has described about the methods of analysing the outputs received after conducting MRI, and how to read the values to get the desirable results. After this, another Ph.D. Scholar Mr. Neeraj has taken us to EEG lab, where he has given detailed description about operations of EEG and he shared his studies on the normal population. The Visit was really interactive and the buddying physiotherapists have shown their keen interest in the ongoing researches as well as they raised many queries based on their understanding on EEG & MRI with their utilization in the field of neurological rehabilitation. The aim to explore, learn and have experiential learning and to develop the zeal to be more research oriented was well achieved through the exposure to advanced technologies and diagnostics done to the patients.

Ending my remarks by stating that this event would not be possible without the continuous support and inputs of Prof. (Dr.) G.L Khanna Pro Vice Chancellor-MRIIRS who given us this opportunity to interact with the specialists there at NRBC. The efforts done by Dean FAHS Prof. (Dr.) Moattar Raza Rizvi and Head of Department Dr. Nitesh Malhotra who were always there to motivate us to engage more and the transport team MRIIRS who helped us to reach out at NRBC.

Indian Spinal Injuries Centre provides state of the art facilities for the management of all types of spinal ailments. The team there is dedicated and supportive. The spine service provides comprehensive management of spinal injury, back pain, spinal deformities, tumours, osteoporosis etc.

Students have attended the post visit webinar related to spinal injuries and how to prevent them which was organised by the faculty of Department of Physiotherapy, ISIC followed by self-assessment and feedback questionnaires.

The visit ended up with the closed remarks delivered by Dr. Chitra Kataria-The Principal, Department of Rehabilitation, ISIC. She has recommended all the students to practice hands on techniques with the patients and gave open invite for the future visits to learn other trainings conducted by ISIC including wheelchair training, pressure mapping techniques, spinal cord injury etc. This visit has set up a benchmark for all the buddying physiotherapists to explore more and do mastery in their domain of rehabilitation.

Report on organized on One day workshop on Basic Understanding of EMG (CLASS-IV) 0n 18.05.2022

Department of Physiotherapy organized a one-day workshop for students of Masters in physiotherapy first year.32 students were registered and different sessions were conducted to get hands on both machines to be further used for research purposes.

Workshop was presented by Mr. Manish, Chief sales executive Chattanooga from Noida who had some knowledge and updated research on the topic to be delivered.

Dr. Priyanka, Assistant professor ,Department of Physiotherapy , FAHS address and briefed about the objective and outcome of the workshop .It was attended by Dr Nitesh Malhotra , HOD Department of Physiotherapy ,FAHS and all faculty available at time to work in collaboration with students .Mr .Manish addressed the gathering and emphasized on the significance of EMG and its merits in diagnostic and therapeutic practice to work towards our vision of speedy recovery and excellence in patient care simultaneously working on data collection to be analyzed and used for research projects.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES, MRIIRS CELEBRATES THE WORLD PHYSIOTHERAPY DAY ON 08-09-2022.

The World Physical Therapy Day is celebrated on 8th September every year. It is an opportunity for physical therapists all over the world to raise awareness about the crucial role their profession plays in making and keeping people well, mobile and independent. The day was established in 1996, by the World Confederation for Physical Therapy – the profession’s global body representing over 350,000 physical therapists in 106 countries. The day marks the unity and solidarity of the global physical therapy community. It is an opportunity to recognize the work that physical therapists do for their patients and community.

The World Physiotherapy Day was celebrated on 8th September, 2022 with Dr. Nitesh Malhotra, HoD, PT welcoming the chief guest Dr. Jaswinder Kaur, HoD, Physiotherapy, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, a physiotherapist with over 35 years of experience. The event commenced with Ganesh Vandana to invoke the blessings of Lord Ganesha and a ceremonial lighting of lamp. He appreciated the efforts of the students in putting up a great event and promised on behalf of department to put more efforts & provide more learning opportunities such as these to the students. Dr. Jaswinder Kaur talked about the role of physiotherapy in the society and the ever evolving role of a physiotherapist.She opined that Physiotherapy is needed in every sphere of life and across all age groups.The efficacy of physiotherapy is such that it has no side effects.The day concluded with awards to the faculties and students for excelling in their respective fields and a vote of thanks by Dr. MR Rizvi, Dean, FAHS on the behalf of department of physiotherapy and thanked all the dignitaries and congratulated the students for their efforts.

Five Days Faculty Development Program

(Scheduled by NITTTR, Chandigarh and MRIIRS as Nodal Center)

A Five days’ faculty development program on “Leadership in academic practice (LEAP)” in association with NITTTR, Chandigarh was organized by Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and Department of social and political sciences under the able guidance of Dean and HOD Physiotherapy and N&D, Director, DOSPS from 13-17 June, 2022. The target audience for the FDP was faculty members of MRIIRS.

The aim of the FDP:

• 1Academic Leadership
• Developing Vision & Mission
• Strategic Planning for Future Growth and Development
• Communication Strategies for Effective Leadership
• Inter-personal Skills for Academic Leadership
• Emotional Intelligence for Leadership Effectiveness

Five days FDP was divided into three sessions per day which were conducted by renowned experts in quality certifications, as well as Institutional brand enhancement through quality interventions. Resource persons for the FDP were – Dr. RK Watts, Dr. Rakesh Sharma, Dr. Sanjeev Sharma, Sh. AK Saihjpal, Sh. Vikas Attry, Dr. Harshwardhan Somalia, Dr. Jasveen Kaur, Dr. Archana R Singh, Dr. Sunil Dutt, Ms. Manjula Salaria & Er. Amardeep Singh.