Srinagar, April 20: The Department of Psychiatry SKIMS Medical College and Govt Medical College Srinagar (IMHANS-K) on Saturday inaugurates the National Mid- Year Conference of Indian Association for Social Psychiatry (MID CON IASP 2024) & CME on CBME (Competency Based Medical Education) by Indian Teachers of Psychiatry (ITOPS).
An official spokesperson said the Theme of the Conference was “Changing Lifestyle and Mental Health” appropriately chosen as present epidemic of NON-Communicable diseases like depression, Diabetes, heart Diseases, obesity and other psychiatric illness are precipitated and aggravated by the faulty lifetstyles that are prevalent these days in our society across world.
The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Dr U C Garg, President IAPS with Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Administrative Secretary, Health and Medical Education & Director SKIMS, Srinagar, J&K as the chief Guest. Dr Iffat Hassan Shah, Principal GMC Srinagar/ Handwara and Dr Irfan Robbani, Principal SKIMS Medical College graced the occasion as Guests of honour.
The Chief Guest emphasized the importance of sticking to the ABC’s of positive lifestyles like Adequate sleep, Balanced Diet, Connectedness (soial), Devotion to Social causes & religious activities and of course of the Exercise as the best possible measures for prevention of mental health issues and lessening the burden of such diseases in the society for optimal health of our present and future generations.
Earlier in the day, Indian teachers of Psychiatry (ITOPS) in collaboration with Department of Psychiatry, SKIMS Medical College Bemina Srinagar organized a CME on CBME (Competency Based Medical Education) which is the new curriculum introduced by National Medical Council (NMC) with an aim to transform medical education for more competency and skill based approached to make the Indian Medical Graduates (IMG) perusing carrier in various medical institutions for more patient centric training than traditional teaching method.
The chief guest during the inaugural session for this event was Prof. Pratima Murthy, Director of prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences Bangaluru (NIMHANS) with Dr. Mushtaq A Margoob, the leading Mental Health Professional from J&K as guest of honour.
The conference showcased cutting-edge research in psychiatry, with a focus on importance of adopting to positive lifestyle and evidence-based practices that can contribute to promotion of positive mental health.