Department Details :
Department of Anatomy is developed when Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Medical College is well established under the long term and prosperous distant vision of Dr Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation in Aug. 2004 after fulfilment of all norms and guidelines prescribed by the Medical Council of India. Being a basic science subject it is the first department required and developed accordingly under the eminent guideline and capacity of our previous Heads of department Dr. M. S. Farooqui sir (From 3/08/2004 to 3/01/2005) and Dr. B. R. Zambare sir (From 4/01/2005 to 6/11/2016). Under their tremendous efforts and excellence guidelines department reached to such a competent level to give basic knowledge of anatomy. Presently department is developing under the leadership of Dr. Pawar Sudhir E. (From 7.11.2016 to till date). Being newly established in early budding phase department established and shifted from one building to other as per need of new development, but later on stabilized and developed to its full extent in Medical College Block II on ground floor, with a special feature that Dissection hall is isolated from the main building (so that minimum disturbance of formalin to rest of departments and faculties). Now every year department is gradually upgraded with the help of experienced faculty so that advanced updated knowledge will be available. Initially main focus was on undergraduates (100 intake Capacity till 2010). Later on undergraduate’s intake capacity increased to 150 since 2011-12. Now recently college get permission for 200 intake capacity by NMC after doing proper inspection. Meanwhile the department developed keeping in mind postgraduate as well as PhD students. Being a basic science subject we know the need of anatomy knowledge not only to medical students but also to paramedical faculty students from Physiotherapy, General and Post basic Nursing. Keeping in mind we have developed all required things in our department. Now we are providing teaching to 200 medical students. 50 Physiotherapy students, 100 General nursing and 50 Post Basic Nursing students. Till now 4 students have awarded PhD from our department which is affiliated to MUHS. Now we are confident that we can provide sound knowledge platform to all kind of students with a maximum depth of concepts with well-experienced faculty members and good quality infrastructure.
Vision
“To inculcate the sound knowledge and confidence of anatomy to all students and to promote application of anatomy in clinical experience.”
Mission
*To make Anatomy more easier and interesting from its tedious and complex present
Existence by teaching topic-wise knowledge and skills
*To impact research oriented teaching along with regular text teaching on the
Students.
*To involve students as well as teachers for more number of projects and research
Work.
*To nurture the minds of students for all competitive examinations globally.
*To develop more comfortable and easier online teaching platform for both students
and teaching staff to face any Pandemic situations.
*To broaden and fasten the body donation awareness among all age groups of
people in society by giving continuous counselling and using various other social
media.
*To develop due respect towards the cadavers by applying AETCOM modules (1.1&1.5)
*In the present era of CBME and student centric education to motivate students by Early Clinical Exposure (ECE), Self-Directed Learning (SDL) and Integrated Teaching(IT)
*To educate the student to function as an efficient and competent physician
*To develop academically more stronger to make them competent concern with slow learners
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1.Body Donation Awareness Program :
Body donation is important movement that we should promote it on priority.We do regular body donation camps in society to increase interest of people towards body donations. We arrange for body donation camps with the help of NGO’s in society. During the camp importance of body donation, doubts, myths and body donation procedures are explained with the help of power point presentation by senior faculty member. At the end we distribute Body donation forms. We explains them how to fill it and necessary documents required during submitting it.
2.Organ Transplant counseling Program :
Most of the time people do not understand the difference between the body donation & organ transplant. Therefore, we tell them the difference between two and solve their queries. Along with body donation we play important role to provide counseling regarding organ donation in society so that organ donors number will increase easily.
3.MOU with various NGOs:
Every year we are making MOU with various NGOs and with the help of them we arrange Body Donation & Organ Transplant Awareness Programs in society. We reach in rural areas with the help of these NGOs.
4.School visits to museum:
Department of anatomy conducts school visits to anatomy museum, which can increase interest of budding children towards medical fraternity .
5.Cranial Nerve Museum:
Department of anatomy has developed unique cranial nerve museum. Meticulously dissected specimens of twelve cranial nerves are displayed. Various charts with their anatomy & clinical insight are displayed along these specimens. This is the unique museum in our department. It is very useful to teach the cranial nerve anatomy for phase one and postgraduate students.
6.Bone Bank:
Every year we are preparing bones. These bones are useful for various projects of UG , PG students, teachers and other colleges students for various research projects.
7.Organ Bank:
We preserve the organs for studies. These organs are useful for various projects of UG students, teachers and other colleges students. Also useful for Revisions and Examinations.
8.Preparation of charts & models by students:
Every year we ask students to prepare charts & models. We display them on notice board. So their interest will increase towards anatomy.
9.Cadaveric Oath and Abhivandana :
We conduct “cadaveric oath” at the starting of dissection of cadavers to teach
to give respect to cadavers as they are our first teachers as a part of AETCOM
module 1.1 and 1.5. Also at the end of year we conduct “Abhivandana” which
teach to express thankfulness towards cadavers due to which learning of
anatomy becomes easier by doing dissection on cadavers.
10.Poster Exhibition for students:
We conduct poster exhibition which is drawn by students. So their attention towards drawing diagrams will increase which is backbone for Anatomy.
11.ICMR Project:
We conduct ICMR Projects under the eminent guidance of Teachers in the department.
12.Motivate students and teachers to attend Conferences /Workshops:
We stimulate interest of students/teachers to attend the various conferences and workshops arranged by university under guidance of senior teachers to stimulate their research mind.
13.Academic Help
a.Department of anatomy provides temporal bones to ENT Department for doing temporal bone dissection to learn microscopic anatomy of internal ear for budding ENT surgeons .Which will build enough confidence and accuracy during operation.
b.Department of anatomy provides soft embalmed cadavers for cadaveric laboratory for doing laparoscopic workshops to orthopedic or surgery department.
c.Department of anatomy helps Pathology department to arrange Mock Autopsy workshops for their Post graduate students.
d.Department plays an important role by providing required material for education or research purpose to various other departments like ENT, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Pediatrics and Surgery.
e.Our department plays an important role in developing museums at various other departments which can be used as teaching tool.
FUTURE PLAN To develop the academic platform for not only to undergraduates but also to postgraduate students and Ph.D. scholars. To develop students and staff members enough competent in all way to compete the global competition. To develop departmental museum to such an excellent level which can become an important innovative teaching and inspiring tool for students and outsider visitors including school childrens. To develop cranial nerve museum in all way with advanced innovative ideas which is a unique feature of department. To achieve patents of the unique rare things and techniques developed in departments. To promote Body Donation movement more strongly and effectively in society with the help of various organizations and NGO’s to such an excellent level so there will be no shortage of cadavers for medical education. To promote and stimulate all staff members to involve in research activity which is an indeed need for further development. To make all staff members much competent in information technology so as face online education programming independently, more effectively and confidently as we all are facing Covid pandemic. To promote staff members to involve and to conduct more and more conferences/workshops /training programs where there is continuous exchange of research and innovative ideas which is much needed to develop academically strong.
A] We conduct “ABHIVANDANA” at the end of academic year, after completion of dissection to express gratitude and thankfulness towards the cadavers for their great role in learning anatomy.
“ABHIVANDANA”
We, all the students of 1st MBBS batch ------, gathered here in dissection hall at the end of academic year, to express our heartfelt gratitude to the cadavers.
All round the year, we all had undergone a systemic programme of learning theoretical knowledge first and then applying the same for acquiring practical skills through dissection, which made our journey of Anatomy easier.
Without the cadaver\'s contribution, this would have been a mission impossible for us. We take this opportunity to express our sincere regrets for all the wrong doings done unknowingly throughout the course duration.
The moments we spent here shall be inscribed as golden memories in our whole career. We assure that all the knowledge garnered here will be used for the betterment of patients in future.
Once again, we all express our heartfelt indebtedness to cadavers for their valuable contribution.
Thanking You
B] Other extension activities
1. College Of Pharmacy –
We provide specimen of Skin of Cadavers for Various Research Purpose.
2. College of Physiotherapy –
We provides Bones, Specimens & Models for Skill Lab of Physiotherapy College.
3. Department of Orthopedics –
1. We Provides Bones for study purpose UG, PG Examinations.
2. We provide soft Embalmed cadavers for Research Purpose, Workshop, and Orthoscopic.
4. Indoriwala Institute of ENT and Research center Nashik:
1. Provides Temporal bones for training workshops at their institute.
5. Embalming Service –
We provide embalming to the dead bodies required to travel long distance.
6. Department of Pathology –
1. We Provide Histology Slides for PG Teaching.
2. We cut be Pathological Specimens for Mounting.
3. We provide cadaver for Mock Autopsy.
7. Formalin Chemical –
1. We provide formalin required for preparation / Maintains of specimens to various department like OBGY, Paediatric, and Surgery.
2. We provide formalin to OT for fumigation purpose.
