June 9th 2017
A 2 days workshop on “ Fundamental of Cardiology and Screening of Valvular Disease” was conducted at Fewa Resort, Pokhara. The workshop was made possible with the funds Jayanti Memorial Trust (JMT) received from Nick Simons Institute (NSI).
Workshop
14 medical officers from in and around Kaski and other districts participated in the workshop. Participants stationed at the District Hospitals as below attended the workshop:
The workshop commenced on the 9th of June 2017 till the 10th of June 2017. The following doctors in the workshop covered the following topics:
Evaluation of the feedback forms
An evaluated paragraphed brief of the feedback forms filled out by the participants helps us understand about their point of view on the competencies and inadequacies of the workshop. According to the participants, the workshop was helpful in a way that it allowed them to learn about the basic diagnosis of cardiac ailments and it also provided them with an opportunity to revise what was learnt beforehand. It also enabled them to assimilate the concepts of valvular heart diseases and the basic rules followed to draft an ECG report. The participants were able to grasp the process of screening congenital heart diseases, valvular heart diseases and birth abnormalities. They are now successfully abled to make ECG interpretations as the entire topic was covered in an efficient manner.