Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology:

Mission:

The mission of this faculty is to update the subject of OBGYN in Bangladesh and to create the subject of Community Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Vision:

The vision of the department is to become a centre of excellence in the near future both in its community activities and in clinical performance. The department also envisions itself as a regional and international research and training centre in the subject in future.

Departmental Objectives :

In conformity with the Institute, the OBGYN department has the following objectives:

• Training: The department will update training in the subject. It will make those training available to the discipline which are essential for the country but either not available or are not available in adequate quantity and/or quality.
  
  
• Research: The department would create a congenial environment to accelerate essential research in the subject within the Institute. It would also initiate and participate in research in the discipline according to the demand of the country. The department would thus contribute to build up a research culture in OBGYN in the country. (In the long run, the department would be able to contribute globally)
  
  
• Service: The OBGYN department of ICMH would provide services to patients at three levels, namely, community, outpatient department and inpatient department. The services would be client oriented and holistic in approach.

The department would closely pursue the WHO dyad approach' of working as a mother and child team in all its activities.

Departmental Facilities:

Physical facilities:

The faculty of OBGYN has ample teaching and training facilities. There are two training rooms (having facility for forty participants, 20 in each), students desks (for 24 students) in the faculty of OBGYN. Moreover, the Institute has 600 seated conference hall with a big solarium, dormitory for 60 trainees, training and communication centre, eight conference halls, videography studio for training material development, a video editing suit and a video library.

Training activities:

ICMH is a unique national level training centre for health and nutrition of children and mothers every year 1000-1500 health workers and health professional of different levels will be trained here. A good number of training courses have already been accomplished, such as training on reproductive health for doctors and nurses, training of trainers on breast feeding, training on nutrition, post graduate training courses on obstetrics and gynaecology, training course for 1st year and 2nd year BSC nurses, EOC training, ESP training. OBGYN faculty is also involved along with Epidemiology & Bio-statistics department in training and research activities.

Conference activities:

An international conference on 'Severe anemia during pregnancy' was organised jointly by Micronutrient Initiative and ICMH. Another regional workshop on 'Neonatal resuscitation and Essential newborn care' was held here organised jointly by ICMH and All India Institute of Medical Science. Besides these, various workshops and seminars of different national institutes are held here regularly. An international course in reproductive health was organized jointly by South to South University and ICMH. An international conference on "safe communities" was held on February, 2000.

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