Daily Review - 05 Dec 2008

Today was the last day for the seminars and there was three topics covered. The first topic was on Family Planning presented by Kishore and Kishan,The lecturer present was Dr.Kay. The topic was covered extensively by both the presenters and a special note was mentioned on the role of non government organization and HIV/AIDS prevalence in Malaysia. The second topic was presented by Parames, Rohini and Rathi on Diarrheal Diseases. The lecturer present was Dr.Kay. It was filled with charts and graphs explaining the prevalence of diarrheal disease in Malalysia and also prevention methods on hygiene.Types of diarrhea was also discussed widely by the presenters. The third presentation was on Occupational Health and Dr.Rashid was the lecturer present. The presenter, Nithya, did an excellent job on the presentation by giving vital information on the topic,definition,types,causes and prevention of occupational hazards was informed.Dr.Rashid then mentioned certain points that are vital for the topic, Afternoon session was started by a talk by Prof Narayan on Methods Of Research. It was a very useful talk as it gave a brief overview on the importance of research. Later we started to discuss about the survey topics and a huge list was written covering various aspects of medicine. We were told to prepare questionnaire on general survey in the Epi-info and to be done by Tuesday. We then finished the session at 5pm sharp