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HEAD OF DEPARTMENT’S
MESSAGE
“Being a reputed institute in Gujarat , it aims to provide
world class health care facilities in the field of
pulmonary medicine along with producing excellent
future pulmonologists ’’.
GOALS
The goal of Postgraduate Medical Education is to
build on the foundation of undergraduate medical
education to produce pulmonologists who will
1. Practice with proficiency and efficiency, with a
base of science and sense.
2. Act with Societal Responsibility and have the
skills to participate in illness prevention, health
advocacy and the health care system.
3. Be keeping abreast of the latest developments and
continuing the education.
4. Be a teacher – sharing his knowledge with
colleagues and patients.
5. Have competency in Ethical and Medico-legal
issues
OBJECTIVES
The following objectives are formulated to achieve
the aforementioned goals when the student completes
the course. The domains of the objectives are
1. Knowledge
2. Skills
3. Professional behavior
KNOWLEDGE:
1. Describe etiology, pathophysiology, and
principles of diagnosis and management of common
problems including emergencies
2. Demonstrate understanding of basic sciences
relevant to this specialty.
3. Identify social, economic, environmental and
emotional determinants in a given case, and take
them into account for planning therapeutic measures.
4. Recognize conditions that may be outside the area
of his specialty/competence and to refer them to the
proper specialist.
5. Describe common illnesses prevalent in the
area/state/country and their management including
prevention
6. Describe indications and methods of fluid and
electrolyte replacement therapy including blood
transfusion
7. Update oneself by self-study and by attending
courses, conferences and seminars relevant to the
specialty.
8. Teach and guide his team, colleagues and other
students.
9. Undertake audit, use information technology tools
and carry out research, both basic and clinical,
with the aim of publishing his work and presenting
his work at various scientific fora.
SKILLS
1. Eliciting a detailed clinical history; thorough
examination of the patient; performing relevant
diagnostic procedures and tests and careful
interpretation of them to get to a most appropriate
diagnosis .
2. Perform common procedures relevant to the
specialty.
3. Provide basic and advanced life saving support
services (BLS) in emergency situations.
4. Careful monitoring of the patients.
PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR
1. Development of communication skills, especially
in explaining the illness , various treatment
options available for the patient
2. Be humble and accept the limitations in his
knowledge and skill and to ask for help from
colleagues when needed.
3. Respecting the patients and their autonomy.
4. Acting on the basis of Beneficence (acting in the
best interest of the patient) and Non-maleficence
(first, do no harm), Justice (delivering the health
resources irrespective of the patients caste, creed,
religion, social status).
5. Act with truthfulness and honesty – especially in
obtaining an informed consent.
FACILITIES IN THE
DEPARTMENT:
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BRONCHOSCOPY UNIT:
Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy ( video
) is done regularly in Indoor and outdoor patients as well as
in Emergency
Following BAL, BRUSHING , BIOPSY, TBLB and TBNA is
taken as per requirement.
VIDEO-PLUOROSCOPY
is
done on required basis
PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST
RMS HELIOS 401 - spirometry 01 unit
SLEEP LAB:
For diagnosis of sleep related disorders (Planning
to Establish)
BIPAP & Ventilator:
Department has 02 Bipap and 1 Ventilator Use for Non
invasive ventilation & Invasive Ventilaton.
RESPIRATORY ICU:
Department has 6 bed ICU with 1 ventilator for
management of critically ill pt. with respiratory
disorders.
GENERAL WARD:
Department has 4 wards (Male TB Ward, Female TB
Ward, Male chest Ward, Female Chest Ward) each ward
is equipped with Central oxygen Line
DRUG RESISTANT TB PRETREATMENT EVALUATION:
Done on Regular basis for MDR TB Patients
RNTCP COLLOBRATION:
In collaboration with RNTCP we have DMC (Designated
Microscopy Centre) DOTS Centre for directly
observed chemotherapy for Diagnosis and management
of tuberculosis.
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SUBJECT CURRICULUM
Topics:
1. Anatomy and Physiology of Respiratory
system
2. Scientific basis of Lung function
3. Control of respiration
4. Ventilation, Perfusion and Diffusion
5. Pulmonary function tests
6. Respiratory muscles and Pulmonary
mechanics
7. Development and Growth of Lung
8. Pulmonary surfactant and airway epithelia
9. Alveolar ventilation
10. Acid Base Balance
11. Immunology of respiratory system
12. Upper respiratory tract infection
13. Approach to respiratory symptoms
14. Investigation of a patient with
respiratory symptoms
15. Radiology in respiratory disease
16. Approach to a patient with respiratory
infection
17. Rational antibiotic use
18. Community acquired pneumonia
19. Hospital acquired and ventilator
associated pneumonia
20. Lung abscess
21. Microbial virulence factors
22. Respiratory Mycoses
23. Viral pneumonias
24. Parasitic diseases of the Lung
25. HIV and Lung
26. Bronchiectasis
27. Airway diseases – Bronchial Asthma, COPD
28. Smoking and lung
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29. Mycobacterial respiratory infection (TB)
– Diagnosis, Management, Pulmonary and
Extrapulmonary, Non-TB Mycobacteria
30. RNTCP & PMDT
31. Respiratory failure – Acute and Chronic
32. Metabolic disorders of respiratory
system
33. Acute Lung injury and acute respiratory
distress syndrome
34. Mechanical ventilation – invasive and
non-invasive, intubation and airway
management and weaning
35. Oxygen therapy and pulmonary toxicity
36. Pulmonary Pharmacology
37. Pleural diseases – pleural effusion,
empyema, pneumothorax, pleural malignancy
38. Anatomy of Mediastinum and mediastinal
diseases
39. Lung cancer – Pulmonary and
Extrapulmonary manifestation, diagnosis,
investigation and management
40. Congenital anomalies of respiratory
system
40. Environmental lung diseases
41. Occupational lung diseases –
pneumoconiosis, silicosis, asbestosis etc
42. Systemic diseases involving the lung
43. Sarcoidosis
44. Sleep disorders
45. Interstitial Lung diseases – IPF and
other diffuse lung diseases
46. Drug induced lung diseases
47. Pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale
48. Pulmonary thromboembolism and vasculitis
49. Pulmonary eosinophilia, Wegeners
granulomatosis
50. Diseases of chest wall and diaphragm
51. Pulmonary rehabilitation
52. Lung transplantation
53. Medical thoracoscopy
54. Ethics in RICU and research
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