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Government of India Initiatives in Transforming Medical Education Deploying ICT

Prof. S. K. Mishra, MS, FACS Head, Dept. of Endocrine Surgery

I/C, School of Telemedicine & Biomedical InformaticsNodal Officer, National Resource Center, National Medical College

Network Project, MOH&FW, Govt. of India

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS)Lucknow, UP, India

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Organization of Health Services in India(Central Government)

Ministry of Health

1. Organization of Medical Education and Research

(i) Medical Council of India (MCI)(ii) National Board of Examinations (NBE)(iii) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

2. Running of Institutions(i) All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)(ii) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER)(iii) Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS)

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Medical Colleges in India

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National Network of Medical CollegeNeed

Diversity in the standard of

– Number and Quality of Faculty– Library Resources– Quality and type of patient materials (geographical

difference in the incidences of various diseases)– Rural, Urban and Semi urban patients – Diversity in the quality of students because of entry and

exit parameters

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Introduction

• Networking of medical colleges can bridge the knowledge

and resource gap

• Quality of Postgraduate education in Indian Medical colleges

needs improvement

• Tertiary academic medical centers can provide additional

inputs through networking

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Objectives

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1. Tele-education (Knowledge sharing, Continuous Medical Education, Sharing of surgical &

interventional skills, virtual Class room, capacity building of HRH etc)

2. Access to specialty consultation (Tele-consultation, Tele-follow-up, m-Health applications, remote monitoring, Tele-

pathology, Tele-cardiology, Tele-radiology, Tele-dermatology, Tele-ophthalmology, Tele-oncology, etc services)

3. Access to electronic Knowledge repositories (e-Books, e-Journals, and open source web knowledge resource), creating Digital

Library infrastructure facilitating medical researchers and knowledge seekers to have continuing education programme (e-CME) in respect of basic and recent developments in the health medical fields

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Scope of the work

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1. Supply, Installation, Training and Commissioning of requisite equipment for the Telemedicine Platform and Maintenance for five years from date of commissioning Access to specialty consultation as per Bill of Material approved by the National Standardization group and ratified by the working group

2. Up gradation of existing Central HUB (NRC), RRC and Creation of Disaster Recovery Site

3. Services to be provided by the Agency during the project period as defined in the DPR

1. Operation of the Telemedicine platform and Network for Distance medical education using all possible digital educational technologies

2. Operation of Telemedicine platform for Tele-healthcare services3. Development of Medical Multimedia Educational Content4. Design, development, hosting and maintenance of National e-CME portal5. Operation and maintenance of Data Centre at NRC and DR Site. Appropriate manpower

with required knowledge & skill should be deployed.6. Maintenance of all equipments

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Road Map

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Network Architecture• NMCN would ride over NKN : High speed optic fiber

backbone• Utilization of NKN bandwidth at three different locations in

Medical Colleges/ RRC, hence internal network configuration needed

• Availability of Reliable Physical Fiber over CAT6/ Wireless

• Integration of NKN with Campus WiFi/ LAN/ WAN (Not to be funded under NMCN)

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National Medical College Network

01 National Resource Center

05 Regional Resource Center

35 Medical Colleges

Scalable , Hierarchal, Secured IPv6 compatible Network Riding over NKN

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PGI Chandigarh

AIIMS New Delhi

JIPMER, Puducherry

KEM HOSPITAL, Maharashtra

NEIGRIMHS, Shillong

NRC & RRC

RRC

NRC

STBMI, SGPGIMS, Lucknow

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PGI ChandigarhJammu &

Kashmir

Punjab

Chandigarh

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

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AIIMS, New DelhiUTs of

Uttarakhand

Delhi

Madhya Pradesh

Chhattisgarh

Rajasthan

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SGPGIMS, Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Jharkhand

West Bengal

Odisha

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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NEIGRIMHS, Shillong

Assam

Meghalaya

Tripura

Manipur

Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

Nagaland

Mizoram

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JIPMER, Puducherry

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Kerala

Pudducherry

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KEM Hospital, Mumbai

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Goa

Daman & Diu

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Lakshadweep

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Virtual Classroom

Web Casting

Video Conferencing

Live Streaming

Digital Library

National Medical College

Network

Services

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Expected Outcome

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Health Education Content Delivery

Central Repository of Medical Education Content

& Digital Medical Library Network

Technology Enabled Skill Transfer& Mentoring

Platform for InteractiveDistance Learning in a Adaptive

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Virtual National Medical University

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• Digital Library− e-books− Management Software− Desktop Virtualization− Wireless Connectivity

• Digital Lecture Theatre− Studio Set-up for live

streaming− Content Delivery Software

• Tele-CME− Video Conference System− Tele-Consultation Software

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Tele-CME (Group multipoint)

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Tele-presence (Surgical Procedure)

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Tele-CME ( Peer to Peer Institution)

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Tele-Follow-up (Healthcare Delivery)

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Rural Healthcare Delivery

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27 Thank You

url: http://nmcn.in

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