Indian College Of Physicians

CME WORKSHOPS APICON 2025

23rd January, 2025 (Thursday)

Dear Delegate,

Eagerly looking forward to welcome you all to the City of Joy - Kolkata at the memorable medical feast being laid out by the Organising Committee of APICON 2025 at Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan, in Kolkata. During the CME programme on 23.01.2025, workshops on some important topics are planned keeping in mind of young & budding postgraduates, researchers and practicing internists as per details given below.

These workshops are open to registered delegates attending the APICON 2025 and are available on FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. There is a registration fee of Rs. 500/- per workshop. Keeping the constraints of space and logistics, maximum One Hundred registrations are available for each workshop and you are requested to avail of this opportunity by registering early and thereby help us to plan better logistics.

ICP CME Workshop Details

Workshop No. 1
Hall No. 1
Timing: 9.00 am to 12.00 noon

Critical Care

Chief Coordinator : Dr Rajesh Kumar Pande
  • Sepsis Management: Have we made any progress?
    ( Dr Susrut Bandhopadhyay )
  • ARDS: Newer Perspectives in Management
    ( Dr Suresh Ramasubban )
  • Fungal Infections in non- neutropenic critically ill patients
    ( Dr Sauren Panja )
  • New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus ( NORSE): Beyond conventional anticonvulsants
    ( Dr Ajoy Sarkar )
  • Emerging Indications of Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal ( ECCO2R)
    ( Dr Saswati Sinha )
  • Choosing Antibiotics in the hospital setting and Antimicrobial stewardship
    ( Dr Chandrashish )

Workshop No. 2
Hall No. 1
Timing: 12 noon to 2.00 pm


Osteoporosis

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Rohini Handa
  • Broken bones , broken lives - Why does Osteoporosis matter ?
    ( Dr Rohini Handa )
  • Pitfalls in measurement and interpretation of BMD
    ( Dr Parthajit Das )
  • Looking beyond the BMD - Fracture risk prediction - Case based
    ( Dr Kaushik Basu )
  • Secondary osteoporosis – Does it matter ?
    ( Dr Partha Pratim Chakrabarty )
  • Radiological evaluation of Osteoporosis related fractures - Case based
    ( Dr Sumit Chakrabarty )

Workshop No. 3
Hall No. 1
Timing: 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Critical Care Nephrology

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) N. P. Singh
  • Basic Concepts, Renal dose modification
    ( Dr N P Singh )
  • Management of Fluid & Electrolytes
    ( Dr Sunil Prakash )
  • POCUS In Critical Care Nephrology
    ( Dr Vineet Behera )
  • Dialysis in Critically Ill & CRRT
    ( Dr Dinesh Khullar )
  • Extracorporeal Therapies/ Poisoning
    ( Dr Arashdeep Singh )
  • Hands On Demo - CRRT Machine & Acute PD on Mannequin

Workshop No. 4
Hall No. 2
Timing: 9.00 am to 12 noon

Stroke

“Catching up with Recent Advances”

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Man Mohan Mehndiratta
  • Temporal Trends, Recent Research and Updates on Diagnostic & Therapeutic fronts in stroke
    ( Dr Man Mohan Mehndiratta )
  • Which Neuroimaging Modality should be performed in a patient eligible for thrombolysis
    ( Dr Kaushik Sundar )
  • Thrombolysis in Stroke: Alteplase vs Tenectiplase Where are we ? Who should /can thrombolyse ?
    ( Dr Deep Das )
  • Advances in Mechanical Thrombectomy
    ( Dr Vinit Banga )

Workshop No. 5
Hall No. 2
Timing: 12 noon to 2.00 pm

Digital Technology and AI Workshop

Chief Coordinator : Dr SV Kulkarni
  • An Overview of AI in Medicine, Basics, learning locks and practical examples
    ( Dr Amit Kumar Dey )
  • Data Science Overview, Basics and Hands on demo (Dr Alok Modi )
  • Use in Clinical practice , Perspective in NCD & Diabetes in particular
    ( Dr Bharat Saboo )
  • AI application in Medical Imaging
    (Dr Anamika Chakraborty )
  • Multimodal Data -AI in combination of medical education, clinical decision making & training
    ( Dr Jananee Muralidharan )

Workshop No. 6
Hall No. 2
Timing: 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Reporting Statistical data in Manuscripts (Original Articles/Research Articles)

Submitted for Publication to Biomedical Journals Conducted by Physicians for Physicians

Chief Coordinator : Dr Alladi Mohan
  • Introduction
    ( Dr YSN Raju )
  • Material and methods: The denominator of the study
    ( Dr V Manolasya, Dr Alladi Mohan )
  • Material and methods: reporting “Statistical analysis”
    ( Dr Alladi Mohan, Dr KM Bhargav )
  • Reporting statistical data under “Results”
    ( Dr J Harikrishna )
  • Comparing and discussing statistical data under “Discussion”
    ( Dr Alladi Mohan )
  • Interactive session
    ( All Faculty )

Workshop No. 7
Hall No. 3
Timing: 9.00 am to 11.00 am

Fluid Therapy

Prescribing Fluid Therapy in Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders

Chief Coordinator : Dr Sanjay Pandya
  • Fluid Therapy in Sodium Disorders
    ( Dr Sanjay Pandya )
  • Fluid Therapy in Potassium Disorders
    ( Dr N P Singh )
  • Fluid Therapy in Calcium and Magnesium Disorders
    ( Dr Vivek Sood )
  • Fluid Therapy in Acid-Base Disorders
    ( Dr Sanjay Pandya )

Workshop No. 8
Hall No. 3
Timing: 11.00 am to 1.00 pm

Diabetes- Insulin Devices and Glycaemic Monitoring Tools & Techniques”

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Anupam Prakash
  • Insulin Devices
  • (a) Types of insulin syringes and vials
    (b) Types of Insulin devices
    ( Dr. Saurabh Srivastava )
  • Glycaemic monitoring – Overview of need and the types
    ( Dr. Debasish Chaudhary )
  • SMBG- what is it ? And how to go about it ?
    ( Dr. Debasish Chaudhary )
  • Glucometers
    ( Dr. Amit Bhaskar )
  • Flash Glucose monitoring
    ( Dr. Sunil Kohli )
  • Wearable portable devices & remote monitoring
    ( Dr. Sunil Kohli )

Workshop No. 9
Hall No. 3
Timing: 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

Epilepsy - Clinical Perspective and Patient Centric Approach

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Man Mohan Mehndiratta
  • EEG reading - Physician Perspective Role of Mobile application in Epilepsy Wearable devices for seizure detection in Epilepsy
    ( Dr Haseeb Hassan )
  • Should First Single Seizure be treated ?
    ( Dr Manjari Tripathi )
  • An Approach to an adult brought to ER who had been convulsing for last 8 minutes
    ( Dr Arabinda Mukherjee )
  • Auto-immune Encephalitis and Seizures-Case Vignettes
    ( Dr Man Mohan Mehndiratta )

Workshop No. 10
Hall No. 3
Timing: 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm

Neuroimaging in Clinical Practice

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Ajay Garg
Professor Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Neuroradiology
AIIMS, New Delhi
  • Imaging Approach to Intracranial Infections : Detailed imaging strategies and differential diagnoses of intracranial infections, focusing on ring-enhancing lesions
    (Dr Ajay Garg)
  • Imaging in Medical Emergencies : Imaging modalities and techniques in managing acute medical emergencies, including stroke
    (Dr Chirag Ahuja)

Workshop No. 11
Hall No. 4
Timing: 9.00 am to 11.00 am

Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curves :

Basis, Applications in Medical Research : By Physicians, For Physicians

Chief Coordinator : Dr Alladi Mohan
  • Introduction
    ( Dr Sudha Vidyasagar )
  • Bayes’ theorem: The basis of ROC curves
    ( Dr Alladi Mohan )
  • Sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, Accuracy, Likelihood ratios: The basics
    ( Dr V Manolasya, Dr KM Bhargav )
  • Examples of Applications of ROC curves
    (Dr YSN Raju, Dr Alladi Mohan )
  • Hands on demonstration – How to Construct and Interpret ROC curves
    ( Dr Alladi Mohan )
  • Interactive session
    ( All Faculty )

Workshop No. 12
Hall No. 4
Timing: 11.00 am to 1.00 pm

Poisoning and Toxicology Syndromes

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Bhupen Burman
  • Overview of Poisoning and common clinical signs and symptoms
    ( Dr. Bhupen Barman )
  • First aid measures and Principle of Management of Poisoning
    ( Dr. Md. Jamil )
  • Toxicology syndrome
    (a) Sympathomimetics ( Dr. Iadarilang Tiewsoh )
    (c) Anti cholinergic ( Dr. Bhupen Barman )
    (e) Opioids ( Dr. Ayondyoti Bora )
    (g) Serotonin syndrome ( Dr. Iadarilang Tiewsoh )
    (b) Cholinergic ( Dr. Ayondyoti Bora )
    (d) Hallucinogenic ( Dr. Md. Jamil )
    (f) Sedative / Hypnotic ( Dr. Md. Jamil )
  • Faculty : Dr Md Jamil, Dr Iadarilang Tiewsoh, Dr Ayondyoti Bora

Workshop No. 13
Hall No. 4
Timing: 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm

Doctor-patient Communication Skills

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Priya Bansal
  • Understand Basics of Communication, deficiencies in communication and patient’s perspective
    ( Dr. Priya Bansal )
  • Learn and encourage Shared decision making
    ( Dr. Rohit Bansal )
  • Communicating with angry, anxious or depressed patients
    ( Dr. Priya Bansal )
  • Breaking bad news
    ( Dr. Rosmy Jose )

Workshop No. 14
Hall No. 4
Timing: 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm

Geriatric Medicine

Chief Coordinator : Dr (Prof) Ashish Goel
  • Geriatric Medicine Related topics... Frailty, Falls, Urinary incontinence, Parkinson’s Disease
  • Focus areas in Geriatrics
  • What is implementation research
  • Writing Grant Proposals - Tips and Tricks
  • Brainstorming for ideas
  • Faculty : Dr Ashish Goel, Dr Arun Sharma, Dr Ashoo Grover, Dr Neha Dahiya

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