Monday, December 27, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Clairvoyance 2010 : Healthcare in South Asia: Revisiting the first Decade, Foretelling the next
Check out the website for TISS Clairvoyance 2010
Just like other sectors, healthcare has undergone enormous changes in the last one decade. It has witnessed the dawn of new concepts and the decline of old theories. It faced the heat of numerous challenges and was blessed with innovations from unlikely sources. These transitions shall pave the way for developments of the coming decade.
The students of the School of Health System Studies at TISS feel that concurrent developments during the past 10 years should be explored further in order to fathom the trends of the future. They have thus proposed Clairvoyance 2010 to be held on 11th and 12th December, 2010 as a platform for hosting a 'Dialogue on a Decade of Health'. Clairvoyance, the signature annual event held at the Convention Centre, TISS Campus, Mumbai has spread its wings this year to include the entire South Asian subcontinent."
Read More about Clairvoyance 2010 at Express Healthcare.
http://www.expresshealthcare.in/201008/market36.shtml
http://www.expresshealthcare.in/201009/market38.shtml
http://www.expresshealthcare.in/201009/market38.shtml
Clairvoyance 2010
11th and 12th December, 2010
Venue: TISS Campus, Mumbai
Venue: TISS Campus, Mumbai
Tel: 720444815,720444818Email: clairvoyance10@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
BRMS: A Well Drafted Idea or Short Sighted Proposal
"If the availability of qualified doctors is denied to the rural population, early detection of complicated disease conditions and appropriate treatment will be affected".
"District hospitals that serve thousands of patients are inadequately staffed to form training ground for doctors. Due to little recruitment from government side, today even medical colleges recognized by the MCI, numbering about 300, face faculty crunch. What faculty and infrastructure would be made available to churn out semi-qualified medical personnel?"........
Read More Below:
BRMS - A Well Drafted Idea or Short Sighted Proposal
Dr Rekha
M.A in Hospital Administration (2010-2012)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Friday, September 24, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
MEGH MUDRA 2010
“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rains.”
United with music – MEGH MUDRA, THE RAIN DANCE @ TISS… the smash play of an
exclusive four hours set..!As the name suggests, it’s an event organized to praise rain gods, but what’s the need for
praise when the city is Mumbai..! This EVENT had beaten out the heat this summer with a
refreshing party on SATURDAY, JULY 3. What more can one ask for, if the venue is the much loved basket ball court? The party started 6 PM onwards and presented hot and high voltage music with great performances.
It's the time of the year again when juniors realize what it means to be at one’s dream place
and seniors realize how far they have come, and yet how much enjoyment is still in store. Last year, approximately the same time, I was breathing in the fresh air after BDS, trying to imagine what the coming years would bring as I was all set for TISS. There was a hope, enthusiasm, excitement, curiosity on my face and in my spirit too. Today, after an year, I look around me, the
campus all lighted up, smart people bustling around and I see my feelings, from an year before mirrored into many new lives. Yes, that's how we were welcomed in TISS and the various new faces were thus integrated into our lives.
The baton had to pass and we decided to do everything in style.The event started with the usual fanfare; and after the freshers were seated, the compeers of the night took over. The batch of 2010 came up and performed in the rain. Technically nothing was audible! Still it was a laugh n
fun riot! Job was done well guys!
Of course, then there were group dances by the freshies, which started off as a group dance alright, but ended up into a mob dance. We were joined by everyone capering around from different schools, and enjoyed it to the hilt. The same continued till 10pm in the night. The best part was that it rained from 5pm to 10pm and throughout we danced. All I can say is that this was the best rain dance I had ever experienced. I would like to thank all those who made our most awaited moment truly special.
Those of you who missed it, however, missed out a special night ! Its vibes were electric… we danced n danced n danced…………
Dr Pallavi Soni
2010-12 Batch
Friday, June 25, 2010
Connecting the Dots
Was given an assignment to analyze the Stanford commencement speech of Steve Jobs in the Strategic Management class by Prof. Thapar.
It was a group assignment and my part was to present first story from his speech, that is "Connecting the Dots". Liked this story very much and also the way in which it has been told by the man. These three words are just magical and i thought a simple powerpoint presentation wont be able to do justice to this idea.
Some days back came across this article of HBR and came to know about an awesome and innovative way of making presentations; a web based application called Prezi with a zooming user interface. It is a perfect example of a big leap. One of the best feature is that it makes it very easy to express the non linearity and complexity of thoughts. Especially for all you right brain dominant individuals who think images and can see the bigger picture behind things. Now when i look back at powerpoint presentations, they look like dwarfs. Am embedding my presentation below...enjoy connecting the dots!
It was a group assignment and my part was to present first story from his speech, that is "Connecting the Dots". Liked this story very much and also the way in which it has been told by the man. These three words are just magical and i thought a simple powerpoint presentation wont be able to do justice to this idea.
Some days back came across this article of HBR and came to know about an awesome and innovative way of making presentations; a web based application called Prezi with a zooming user interface. It is a perfect example of a big leap. One of the best feature is that it makes it very easy to express the non linearity and complexity of thoughts. Especially for all you right brain dominant individuals who think images and can see the bigger picture behind things. Now when i look back at powerpoint presentations, they look like dwarfs. Am embedding my presentation below...enjoy connecting the dots!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
70th Annual Convocation (2008-2010 Batch)
70th Convocation of the Institute will be held on Monday, May 10, 2010 at the TISS Convention centre.
Dr. Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director (Programme), United Nations Population Fund has been invited as the honorary chief guest for the occasion.
Best wishes and heartiest congratulations to SHSS 2008-2010 batch from SHSS 2009-2011.
Dr. Purnima Mane, Deputy Executive Director (Programme), United Nations Population Fund has been invited as the honorary chief guest for the occasion.
Best wishes and heartiest congratulations to SHSS 2008-2010 batch from SHSS 2009-2011.
Monday, April 12, 2010
BRAINSTORMING: Feasibilty of International Health Financing Models in the Indian Context
| Dr Arun Jitendra | |||
| mailed-by |  gmail.com |
In first place why do we have to look at international financing models, it would rather be good if we are able to think something out of the box and yet rational which suits our present needs. Considering the fact even the pattern of health education is based on international curriculum its high time we start looking inside our system rather than imposing something which has been tried somewhere else . Even NRHM can be considered such an initiative which i dont think has been borrowed from anywhere.
| Dr Khyati Tiwari | |||
| mailed-by | gmail.com |
What i think is, considering international models is not a bad option, all we need to take care of is that it is appropriately defined according to the needs and circumstances. The most important aspect being sustainability. For example, micro financing is something which was implemented in extremely backward African countries and was thoroughly successful. You always have a turn to experiment something new, all u need is the guts to justify it, according to circumstances and surroundings.. bits and pieces must fall in place and then the wheel rolls on...
| Astha Gupta | |||
| mailed-by | gmail.com |
In my view, in the current global scenario of interlinked economies and globalization having entirely indigenous health financing models is not possible. To add on there are constraints from donor agencies which influence the health financing model being implemented. On the contrary a blind imitation of the international models without assessing the needs and situation of our set up is also not a feasible option. Instead we need a balanced approach wherein the international models are taken up but remodeled as per our needs after a through needs assessment and then implemented with the scope of revaluation being in place.
Friday, April 2, 2010
BRAINSTORMING - Accreditation of Public Hospitals: Possibilities and Implications ??
| Dr Deepthi Alle | |||
| mailed-by | gmail.com |
Accreditation of public hopitals, there are two basic things to be discussed
1) What are the standards that are to be reached?
2) What is that we are expecting out of it?
If what we are trying to achieve is public welfare, we can achieve that if our governments put in little more interest into public health setups, which starts with providing basic amenities. Well equipped and maintained PHCs alone can work wonders, not even to speak of teaching hospitals.And for governments to be serious about anything, it has to be an election issue, so if our population are informed about, and they become aware of their rights; may be things will take a different turn. So, what i feel is, accreditation is of-course good, but it's not a must.
Rather an integrated approach grounded to basics shall be our immediate remedy, accreditation being a long term goal.
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Hospital accreditation has been defined as “A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organisations to accurately assess their level of performance in relation to established standards and to implement ways to continuously improve”
-International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua)
If you ask me about accreditation of public hospitals, i will say that we should have a separate accreditation authority for public hospitals since the standards of quality for public hospitals can not be compared to private hospitals any day because of the big difference in case load and the administrative constraints. But some say accreditation and quality standards are not feasible in a public setup; but mates we should remember that quality is relative, it is an indicator of the efficiency of each unit of an organization and thus it should be monitored with help of suitable indicators both internally and externally where accreditation being an external solution. The data should also be disclosed for public scrutiny.
In short, better quality should be a persistent aim of any responsible organization; be it public or private.
In short, better quality should be a persistent aim of any responsible organization; be it public or private.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Tiss scores on the accreditation front: DNA India
Once again TISS has come out with flying colours in the NAAC accreditation process this year, scorring 3.88 on a scale of 4 which is one of the highest in the league!!
Check out the article on DNA India website.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Impact of Globalization on Health: Seminar and Paper Presentation
Lokraj Sangathan, a Mumbai based NGO in association with School ofHealth Systems Studies is organising a seminar and paper presentation on 'Impact of
Globalisation on Health' on January 30, 2010 from 4 p.m to 7 p.m. in
the Common Room, Main Campus.
The speakers are:
Dr. Amar Jesani
A medical professional who has been deeply involved with social science research in health for more than three decades especially
in the fields of human rights and medical ethics. He is the coordinator at the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights, an institute of the
Anusandhan Trust in Mumbai.
Dr. Narendra Jawle
A person deeply concerned with issues of Human Rights and social equity , he has rendered service as an Honorary physician since 1997 at The Indian Red Cross , Thane District.
He is a Medical advisor to many NGO's and a visiting faculty to Mumbai University on the subject of "Right to Health".
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
They say that all good things must come to an endAnd if it's the end of a great learning stint at TISS, it should be nothing short of amazing!
With this thought, we set about celebrating the exit of some special people from SHSS...
....who helped us feel at home and gave us confidence
....who took us under their wings and became our mentors.
It was time, for a grand 'Farewell' to the 2008-10 MHA/MPH batch from us juniors
Date: 13th January '10
Theme: 'Bollywood. 70's ishtyle'
Invitations were sent.
The stage was set.
And at 'Indian Standard Time', the guests arrived
Many came dressed in typical filmi attire
Once at the venue, the seniors were divided into various 'badmash' teams -
Gabbar, Langda Tyagi, Chhota Chhatree, Moganbo et al.
After a formal welcome, the teams assembled themselves on stage
We started off with - Chance pe Dance
In which, a member from each team to perform a Bollywood 'item number'
Loud cheer, whistles and thunderous applause was maintained throughout...
Winner: The evergreen Dr. Ayan, dancing away in his smart kurta
In fact, his inspiring performance set the tone for all the fun & frolic that followed
Ayaanji, aapke adaon ney toh humein...................................... Maar daala!
Show stopper: Dr. Vinit Samant, whom we all thought of as a serious fellow; leaving us spellbound with his jhatkaas, matkaas and killer expressions!
In the second game, the teams had to come up with a marketing pitch for a product.
Spoons, balloons and bowls were used as props.
Winner: Dr Sujay selling a bowl in Shah Rukh Khan voice. Hilarious!
A farewell party is incomplete without fondly recalling the quirks and qualities of the teachers
Our beloved faculty members were recreated on stage by some talented impressionists
All in good spirit and fun, mind you
Winner: The audience. For chanting - 'Please remember!!!'
Sweet aroma of the 'Farewell Cake' added flavour to an atmosphere already full of smiles and laughter
It was cut amidst much chaos and mirth, Dr. Sujay and Dr. Altaf doing the honours
And finally, the much awaited DJ!
Lights went out as everyone took the floor
Crazy disco lights, bollywood numbers, dance tracks, pop music and even a wacky vernacular song here and there created a heady mix....
It was hard not to join in and shake a leg
A tiring dance session was followed by a delectable dinner and desserts
Mementos were handed out to the senior batch, a token of remembrance from the grateful juniors
Thus ended a wonderful evening of merriment and conviviality
A smartly organized event with much attention to details
Everyone smiled throughout, laughed a lot, danced hard, ate with relish and enjoyed themselves
I can't help but think about our farewell, now less than a year away
It's going to be a year full of wonderful memories
And they'll bring a smile to our faces and moisten our eyes forever....
Sunday, January 10, 2010
QUIN-TISS-ENCE 2010
Schedule: Sport events: January 11th - 15th January 2010 Literary and Cultural events: 16th-18th January 2010
Venue: TISS Campuses, Deonar Mumbai - 88
The morning sunlight shines through the foliages with a silky warmth. The day dawns for the most awaited event of TISS - QUINTISSENCE. A 3-days event' consisting of educative as well as fun-filled Literary and Cultural events with Sport events being the harbinger to this colourful saga. What's better way is there to start a new year other than this?
Here is a brief purview of QuinTISSence 2010:
SPORTS:
Chess
Badminton
Table Tennis
Volley Ball
Cricket
Basketball
Football
....
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LITERARY
Quiz - Will be hosted by Bombay Quiz Club
Debate
Poetry/Creative Writing
Blob writing
Pictionary
Parliamentary Debate
JAM - Just A Minute
Mock Press Conference
etc
etc
CULTURAL
Singing Competition - Solo and Group
Dance Competition
Street Plays
....
(The list is indicative)
<< Watch out this space for updates and changes regarding QuinTISSence >>
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