Pre conference workshops / CME
Theme: Rediscovering Anatomy through Novel surgical approaches
Clinical Service, teaching and research are the key components of Health Care institutions. Acquisition of knowledge and skills is a lifelong process. Anatomy and surgery are linked inseparably. Solid anatomical knowledge is essential for surgical training and practice.
- Anatomists are always curious to understand the techniques of dissection to better reveal the complex white matter organization of brain.
- CBME is an outcome based education suggesting two thirds of small group learning. Effective small group learning is a difficult task than often realised.
- Research in medicine helps to build it’s future. This advances the medical knowledge and patient care.
- Although dissection of cadavers is the gold standard method to teach and learn anatomy, plastination also serves as an additional tool.
Pre-conference workshops are designed to facilitate comprehensive understanding of brain white matter dissection, Clinical embryology, Small group learning in anatomy, Systematic review and meta-analysis, and Silicone Mold plastination and Sheet Plastination.

Venue: Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru
Date: September 27, 2024
Sl. No.
Workshop Name
Co-ordinator
Venue
Workshop 1
Brain White Matter Dissection (Restricted to 20 participants)
Dr Veena Vidya Shankar
Mob. No.9980308735
ALC Skill Lab
CME 1
Clinical Embryology -CME
Dr. Jyothi K.C
9731346464
Council Hall, RMC
Workshop 3
Small Group Learning in Anatomy (Restricted to 30 participants)
Dr Komala N
9480259177
MEU Seminar Hall, RMC
Workshop 4
Systematic Review & Metanalysis (Restricted to 30 participants)
Dr Anupama K
9449249001
Saraswathi Hall, RMC
Workshop 5
Silicone Mold Plastination & Sheet Plastination (Restricted to 30 participants)
Dr Ashwini C A
9845994708
Dept. Of Anatomy, RMC
Brain White Matter Dissection
Co-ordinator- Dr Veena Vidya Shankar, Ph No. 9980308735
Venue: Ramaiah Advanced Learning Center, RUAS
Date: September 27, 2024
Timing
Topic
Speaker
8.30 am – 9.00am
Registration and Breakfast
9.00 am to 9.30 am
Inauguration
9.30 – 10.00 am
Oral presentation – White matter dissection of Cerebellum
Dr Nupur Pruthi
Professor - Neurosurgery
NIMHANS Bengaluru
10.00 am – 11.00 am
Hands on dissection – White matter of cerebellum along with participants
11.00 am – 11.15 am
Tea break
11.15 am – 12.00 pm
Hands on dissection – White matter of cerebellum along with participants
Dr Nupur Pruthi
Professor - Neurosurgery
NIMHANS Bengaluru
12.00 pm – 12.45 pm
Oral presentation - White fibre system of cerebrum:Internal capsule, association fibres
Dr. Rajasekhar SSSN
Additional Professor - Anatomy
JIPMER Puducherry
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Lunch
2.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Hands on demonstration of the dissection in the half brain specimens
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Hands on dissection by participants – white fibre system of cerebrum
Dr. Rajasekhar SSSN
Additional Professor - Anatomy
JIPMER Puducherry
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Valedictory followed by tea
Clinical Embryology
Co-ordinator-Dr. Jyothi K.C Mob. No.: 9731346464
Venue: Council Hall, Ground Floor, RMC
Date: September 27, 2024
Timing
Topic
Speaker
8.30 am – 9.00am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00am – 9:30 am
Inauguration
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Male infertility -causes, evaluation & treatment
Dr. Lakshmikantha BM
Professor & Head - Anatomy
Yadgir Institute of Medical Sciences
Yadgir
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Female infertility - causes, evaluation & treatment
Dr. Anupama Patil
Senior fertility consultant
Kritu Fertility Centre
Gadag
11:00 am – 11:10 am
Question answer session
11:10 am – 11:30 am
Tea break
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Basic in assisted reproductive technology procedures
Dr. VijayKumar S
Assistant Professor - Anatomy
Clinical Embryologist
JNMC Belagavi
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Advances in assisted reproductive technology procedures
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
Question answer session
1:10 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
An insight into fertility centre
Recorded video
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Assisted reproductive technology law 2022, future scope in clinical embryology, courses offered in national & international university
Dr. Lakshmikantha BM
Professor & Head - Anatomy
Yadgir Institute of Medical Sciences
Yadgir
4:00 pm
Valedictory followed by tea
Small Group Learning Anatomy
Co-ordinator-Dr.Komala.N, Ph: 9480259177
Venue: Medical Education Unit, Ground Floor, RMC
Date: September 27, 2024
Timing
Topic
Speaker
8.30 am – 9.00am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00am – 9:30 am
Inauguration
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Introduction to small group learning and “JIGSAW”
Dr. Ashwini C A
Professor and Head - Anatomy
Member -MEU
Ramaiah Medical College
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Introduction of Problem based Learning
Dr. Suman G
Professor - Community Medicine
Member-MEU
Ramaiah Medical College
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Tea break
11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Problem based learning
Dr. Suman G
Professor - Community Medicine
Member-MEU
Ramaiah Medical College
Dr. Ashwin Kulkarni
Associate - Professor General Medicine
Member-MEU
Ramaiah Medical College
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Team based Learning
Dr. Anupama Kodialbail
Associate Professor - Anatomy
Ramaiah Medical College
Dr. Jyothi K.C
Associate Professor - Anatomy
Ramaiah Medical College
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Peer assisted Cooperative learning
Dr. Komala.N
Professor - Anatomy
Member-MEU
Ramaiah Medical College
3:30 pm – 4.00 pm
Small group learning and technology
Dr. Manjula Patil
Professor - Anatomy
S.N.Medical College
Bagalkot
4:00 pm
Valedictory followed by tea
Systematic review & Meta-analysis
Co-ordinator-Dr Anupama K,
Ph: 9449249001
Venue: Saraswathi Hall, RMC
Date: September 27, 2024
Timing
Topic
Facilitators
8.30 am – 9.00am
Registration and Breakfast
9.00 am – 9.30 am
Inauguration
9.30am-9.45 am
Introduction to research designs and evidence pyramid
Dr Praveen Kulkarni & Team
Professor of Community Medicine,
Vice Principal, JSSMC
Dr Shwethashree M
Asst. Professor of Community
Medicine JSSMC
9.45 am – 10.30 am
Basics of systematic reviews and meta-analysis (SRMA)
Dr Praveen Kulkarni & Team
Professor of Community Medicine,
Vice Principal, JSSMC
Dr Sheeba Pakkan
Bibliometrician, JSSAHER
10.30 am – 11.30 am
Framing a research question Identification of gap, review question, PICO, Keyword compilation (TT) – Hands on exercises
Dr Praveen Kulkarni & Team
Professor of Community Medicine,
Vice Principal, JSSMC
DR Shwethashree M
11.30 am to 11.45 am Tea/CoffeeBreak
11.45 am -12.30 pm
Database search (PubMed & other database(s): Boolean Operators; Truncation, etc.) (TT), PRISMA and STROBE checklists
Dr Sheeba Pakkan
12.30 pm – 1.15 pm
Hands on exercise
1.15 pm–2.00 pm : LunchBreak
2.00 pm – 3.15 pm
Data extraction and role of statistical soft-wares in data
Analysis in SRMA- Hands on exercise
Dr Sheeba Pakkan / Mr Arun Gopi
3.15 pm – 4.00 pm
Interpretation of data – SRMA- Forest plots, OR, AOR, RR etc.
Mr Arun Gopi
Asst. Professor of Community
Medicine, JSSMC
4.00 pm – 4.45 pm
Reporting and publication of SRMA
Dr Praveen Kulkarni
4.45 pm
Valedictory followed by tea
Silicone Mold & Sheet Plastination
Coordinator-Dr Ashwini C A, Mob. No. 9845994708
Venue: Dissection Hall, Dept. of Anatomy, Ground Floor, RMC
Date: September 27, 2024
Timing
Topic
Speaker
8.30 am – 9.00am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00am – 9:30 am
Inauguration
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Plastination in Brief
Dr. Martin Lucas
Professor and Head - Anatomy
CDSIMER Bengaluru
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Silicone Mold Plastination
Dr. Sangeetha S
Associate Professor - Anatomy
CDSIMER
Bengaluru
11:00 am – 11:15 am
TEA BREAK
11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Hands On-Silicone mold preparation
Dr. Martin Lucas
Professor and Head - Anatomy
CDSIMER Bengaluru
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
LUNCH
2:00 pm – 2:45pm
Sheet Plastination
Dr. Martin Lucas
Professor and Head - Anatomy
CDSIMER Bengaluru
2.45 pm – 4:00 pm
Hands On- Sheet Plastination
Dr. Sangeetha S
Associate Professor - Anatomy
CDSIMER
Bengaluru
4:00 pm
Valedictory followed by tea
