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Epidemiology - Introduction |
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The department of epidemiology
was established at MediScan Systems in May 2000. It has an epidemiologist
who designs and executes clinical epidemiological studies with the
help from other departmental staffs of MediScan Systems. It also
has a Statistician who does statistical analysis for the other departmental
staffs and thesis of the P.G.Students of MediScan and other Institutions.
Applying epidemiologic methods (Screening, Nomograms) in various
departments of clinical medicine such as ultrasonography, genetic
counseling, & perinatal pathology etc. and to help them to practice
evidence based medicine From its inception the department has achieved
many things. Of them the important ones are listed below: |
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Established birth defects registries (BDR) in Chennai
and other 17 regions across India with cooperation from the directors
and clinical dysmorphology department of MediScan Systems.
Developed fetal growth reference ranges for our own population as per
the international standards for the first time in India.
Helped many postgraduates in obstetrics, pediatric & radiology fields
in their thesis work.
Analyzed innumerable clinical data in the field of ultrasound and all
were presented in in-house clinical meetings. |
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Besides that the department has lent
its hand in many important endeavors of the institution such as streamlining
the institutional library and PubMed search, to name a few. |
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Functions of the department |
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Maintaining BDRs (Birth Defect Rates) and analyzing the Birth Defects
in the regional registries.
Evaluating the data quality of the first trimester screening programme
and developing own population MoMs.
Developing fetal growth and Doppler reference ranges.
Design and execution of clinical epidemiological studies.
Conduct teaching programmes in epidemiology and teaching trainee doctors
in ultrasound on the use of statistics in clinical decision making.
Design, execute and analyze research studies and publish them in scientific
journals. |
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The technical team |
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Epidemiologist (Vacant) |
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Statistics |
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