The 6th Residents Review Course was held between 01 and 04 November, 2001 at a new venue, the Mysore Sabha Hall.

299 residents from all over the country attended.

The new speakers this year included Yojana Nalawade, Vipul Parekh, Deepak Patkar and Rajeev Mehta.

The prizes for the quiz were changed due to problems with travel to the USA, etc.

The first prize had been named “The Prashant Shetty REF Quiz Award”. This prize for Rs 60,000 was won by Dr. Kartik Ram from Ahmedabad. The second prize winner for Rs 15,000 was Dr. Jyoti Kumar from New Delhi.

“All the finalists were given prizes and they were in order of points, Dr. Atin Kumar from New Delhi, Dr. Pankaj Kamra from Lucknow and Dr. Krishnakumar MS from New Delhi.”

The final program was as follows:

    November 01, 2001    
Topics Speaker Start Time End Time Duration
Physics, Procedures and General Radiology   1.00 pm 7.30 pm  
Tubes and Generators Ravi Ramakantan 1.00 pm 1.45 pm 45 mins
Films, cassettes, screens, artifacts Ravi Ramakantan 1.45 pm 2.30 pm 45 mins
Break – CR & DR systems       15 mins
Procedures        
Sialography Ravi Ramakantan 2.45 pm 3.05 pm 20 mins
Lympangiography Hemant Deshmukh 3.05 pm 3.25 pm 20 mins
Dacrocystography Ravi Ramakantan 3.25 pm 3.45 pm 20 mins
Angiography basics Hemant Deshmukh 3.45 pm 4.30 pm 45 mins
Break – CR & DR systems       15 mins
Doppler basics Madhav Nagarkar 4.45 pm 4.45 pm 30 mins
Spiral CT & multislice detector technology Gurmukh Advani 5.15 pm 5.45 pm 30 mins
MRI basics Deepak Patkar 5.45 pm 6.30 pm 45 mins
Break – CR & DR systems       15 mins
Internet I K Indrajit 6.45 pm 7.15 pm 30 mins
Pubmed Vasumathi Sriganesh 7.15 pm 7.30 pm 15 mins
Quiz – Written   7.30 pm 8.00 pm 30 mins

 

    November 02, 2001    
Topics Speaker Start Time End Time Duration
Neuro   8.00 am 2.15 pm  
Stroke   8.00 am 8.45 am 45 mins
Vascular lesions of the brain Meher Ursekar 8.45 am 9.30 am 45 mins
Break – Top 50 Radiology Websites       15 mins
Infections Meher Ursekar 9.45 am 10.30 am 45 mins
Head & Neck        
Temporal bone Bhavin Jankharia 10.30 am 11.15 am 45 mins
Break – DICOM       15 mins
Larynx Meher Ursekar 11.30 am 12.15 pm 45 mins
Orbit – CT & MR Anil Bhaya 12.15 pm 1.00 pm 45 mins
Lunch – After residency   1.00 pm 2.15 pm 75 mins
Lunch – Quiz answers        
Musculoskeletal   2.15 pm 8.00 pm  
Trauma Ravi Ramakantan 2.15 pm 3.00 pm 45 mins
Neoplasms Bhavin Jankharia 3.00 pm 3.45 pm 45 mins
Break – Top 50 Radiology Websites       15 mins
Metabolic bone diseases Ravi Ramakantan 4.00 pm 4.45 pm 45 mins
Arthritides Bhavin Jankharia 4.45 pm 5.30 pm 45 mins
Break – DICOM       15 mins
Bone dysplasias Ravi Ramakantan 5.45 pm 6.30 pm 45 mins
Degenerative diseases of the spine Bhavin Jankharia 6.30 pm 7.15 pm 45 mins
CVJ Meher Ursekar 7.15 pm 8.00 pm 45 mins

 

    November 03, 2001    
Topics Speaker Start Time End Time Duration
Cardiac   8.00 am 9.30 am  
Plain radiograph and the heart Ravi Ramakantan 8.00 am 8.45 am 45 mins
CT & MR of cardiac and pericardial diseases Bhavin Jankharia 8.45 am 9.30 am 45 mins
Break – Pubmed       15 mins
Chest   9.45 am 12.15 pm  
Principles of chest PA interpretation I Ravi Ramakantan 9.45 am 10.30 am 45 mins
Solitary pulmonary nodule Bhavin Jankharia 10.30 am 11.15 am 45 mins
Break – Planning a department       15 mins
Principles of chest PA interpretation II Ravi Ramakantan 11.30 am 12.15 pm 45 mins
Mediastinum Bhavin Jankharia 12.15 pm 1.00 pm 45 mins
Lunch – After residency   1.00 pm 2.15 pm 75 mins
Lunch – Quiz answers        
Lateral chest radiograph Ravi Ramakantan 2.15 pm 3.00 pm 45 mins
Neonatal respiratory distress Ravi Ramakantan 3.00 pm 3.45 pm 45 mins
Break – Pubmed       15 mins
Women’s radiology   4.00 pm 6.30 pm  
Breast Bijal Jankharia 4.00 pm 4.45 pm 45 mins
HSG Suleman Merchant 4.45 pm 5.30 pm 45 mins
Break – Planning a department       15 mins
USG of the ovaries & uterus Yojana Nalawade 5.45 pm 6.30 pm 45 mins
Gentourinary        
Approach to focal renal lesions Bhavin Jankharia 6.30 pm 7.15 pm 45 mins
Quiz Finals   7.15 pm End  

 

    November 04, 2001    
Topics Speaker Start Time End Time Duration
Genitourinary   8.00 am 9.30 am  
Retroperitoneum Vipul Parikh 8.00 am 8.45 am 45 mins
Calculus disease Suleman Merchant 8.45 am 9.30 am 45 mins
Break       15 mins
Obstetrics   9.45 am 11.45 am  
What to see in which trimester Milind Gune 9.45 am 10.30 am 45 mins
Fetal anomalies Chander Lulla 10.30 am 11.15 am 45 mins
Break       15 mins
Gastrointestinal   11.30 am 4.15 pm  
Acute abdomen        
Acute abdomen – Plain films Ravi Ramakantan 11.30 am 11.50 am 20 mins
Acute abdomen – USG Milind Gune 11.50 am 12.10 pm 20 mins
Acute abdomen – CT Anirudh Kohli 12.10 pm 12.40 pm 30 mins
Obstructive jaundice        
OBJ – Ultrasound Vipul Parikh 12.40 pm 1.00 pm 20 mins
OBJ – CT & MRCP Rajeev Mehta 1.00 pm 1.30 pm 30 mins
Lunch   1.30 pm 2.15 pm 45 mins
The bowel and barium Ravi Ramakantan 2.15 pm 4.15 pm