Annapoorana Medical College and Hospitals

Physiology

The Department of Physiology  was started in the year 2011 with dedicated team of faculty members and infrastructure as per the norms of the MCI. The department has well equipped hematology laboratory, clinical laboratory , amphibian laboratory and mammalian laboratory  to accommodate 90 students in each. The department also has electrophysiology laboratory, cardiorespiratory laboratory and exercise physiology laboratory  with facilities to conduct clinical research.   All the faculty members are actively involved in encouraging the students to participate in various academic activities like seminars, quiz programmes, research and other extracurricular activities.  The department is committed to train all the students to become a competent Indian Medical Graduate so as to serve the community with confidence as a clinician, professional, communicator, leader and life - long learner.    Our vision is to be a top ranked research oriented academic department providing quality medical education in the discipline of Physiology.

Courses handled:

Under graduate courses:

First Year M.B.B.S; students.

 

Affiliated University:

The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai.

Academic curriculum:

Quiz programme: Nil

Seminars:

S.N0:	Year	Topic
1	2013 – 2014 batch	General Physiology
2.	2013 - 2014 batch	Endocrinology
3.	2014 – 20 15 batch	Central Nervous system
4.	2016 - 2017 batch	General physiology and blood
5.	2017 – 2018 batch	General physiology and blood

 

Research activities:

Research conducted at AMCH:

1. Role of speech associated gestures of the teacher in medical education - a comparative study.
2. Anisocytosis in peripheral smear as a tool for screening dyslipidemia in the community.
3. Impact of waist circumference on red blood cells size in obese adults .
4. Anisocytosis in hyperglycemic patients - why is it important?    
5. Comparison of anisocytosis between active and passive smokers.
6. The Semmes Weinstein monofilament examination as a single effective screening tool in diagnosing diabetic peripheral neuropathy when compared to vibration perception threshold.
7. Diagnostic efficiency of vibratip in detecting diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
8. Assessment of reaction time among diabetic subjects.
9. Assessment of vessel wall compliance among normoglycemic, normotensive middle aged offsprings of diabetic subjects.

Ongoing projects:

1. A study of simple screening tests on peripheral neuropathy in type II diabetic patients.
2. Body composition analysis, survey among diabetic subjects.

Publications by the faculty:

1. Babitha, R. (2011). Pulmonary Function Tests in Air Conditioner Users: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 5(3), 532-535.
2. Babitha, R. ( 2011). Effect of air conditioner environment on pulmonary function tests in female employees: National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2(2), 130-32.
3. Niruba, R. Maruthy, K N.(2011). Glycosylated Hemoglobin Verses reaction time in diabetics: A cross sectional study : National Journal of Basic Medical Sciences,1(4),198-201
4. Niruba, R. Maruthy, K.N. (2011).Assessment of Auditory and Visual reaction time 2 diabetics-A case control study : AI Ameen journal of Medical science,4(3),274-279.
5. Niruba, R. (2011).Correlation between serum triacyglycerol and liver enzymes (SGOT, SGPT) :Biomedicine, 31(3), 360-363.
6. Babitha, R. (2013). Role of Speech associated gestures of the teacher in Medical education- a comparative study:National Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2(3), 150-57.
7. Niruba,R.(2013). Correlation between systolic blood pressure and CFF: National journal of Physiology,1 (1), 11-14.
8. Niruba, R.(2014). Assessment of Arterial stiffness among middle aged offspring of Diabetic parents: International Journal of Current Research Review,6 (24), 31-34.
9. Babitha, R. (2016). Anisocytosis in peripheral smear as a tool for screening Dyslipidemia in the community : Indian Journal of Basic and Applied Medical Research,5 (2), 330-337.
10. Babitha, R. (2016). Impact of waist circumference on red blood cells size in obese adults: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 4(8), 3449-3454.
11. Niruba,R.(2016). Correlation between BMI and arterial stiffness in middle aged subjects: International Journal of  Current  Research Review, 8(6), 14-17.
12. Babitha, R .(2017). Anisocytosis in hyperglycemic patients - why is it important?  : International Journal of Physiology, 5(2), 52-57. 
13. Niruba, R.(2017). Correlation between BMI and arterial stiffness among middle aged off springs of diabetic parents : International Journal of Physiology, 5(2), 33-36.
14. Niruba, R. (2017). Correlation between CFF and HbA_1C among type 2 diabetic subjects: Indian journal of clinical anatomy and physiology,4 (2), 190-191.
15. Babitha, R.( 2018). Comparison of Anisocytosis between Active and Passive Smokers: Journal of Medical Science and Clinical Research, 6 (12), 259 - 262.
16. Niruba, R. (2018). Assessment of regional body fat and body mass index with glycemic status in the middle aged offspring of type 2 diabetic parents - A cross sectional study : National journal of Physiology Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 8 (9), 1326 -1329.
17. Bharathi,C. (2019).Correlation between PEFR and regional body fat in the middle aged male subjects – A cross sectional study: Indian Journal Of Clinical Anatomy And Physiology, 6(3), 287-290.
18. Babitha,R.(2020). The SemmesWeinstein monofilament examination as a single effective screening tool in diagnosing diabetic peripheral neuropathy when compared to vibration perception threshold: National Journal of  Physiology  Pharmacy and Pharmacology,10(05),419-422.
19. Babitha,R. ( 2020). Diagnostic efficiency of vibratip in detecting diabetic peripheral neuropathy: MedPulse International Journal of Physiology, 13(3), 33 - 36.

CME/WORKSHOPS:

TITLE	DATE & MONTH	YEAR	CREDIT POINTS
CME:        Topic ‘Thyroid , Eltroxin and beyond’	7:02:2015 February	2015	-
CME : Topics ‘Understanding Blood Pressure’  ‘Illusion of perception’	16:11:2019   November	2019	-