“Undergraduate Surgery Quiz 2017â€
The Department of General
Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, conducted “Undergraduate Surgery Quiz 2017†for final year MBBS students and
Interns on Saturday, 28.10.2017.
Students from six Medical Colleges in and around Mangalore consisting of
35 teams have participated in the quiz.
The event was half a day
program and began with inaugural function with lighting the lamp by the
dignitaries on the dais. The function
was presided over by Rev. Fr. Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director, Father Muller Charitable
Institutions. Welcome address was given
by Dr. Leo Francis Tauro, Professor & HOD, Department of Surgery. Dr. Jayaprakash Alva, Dean, Father Muller Medical
College spoke on importance of quizzing.
Presidential address was delivered by the Director, Rev. Fr. Richard
Aloysius Coelho. Vote of thanks was
given by Dr. Elroy Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery.
The quiz consisted of a preliminary selection
round followed by a final quiz of 6 rounds with the top 5 teams. The final quiz
consisted of six rounds which included general round, spotters / identify the
surgical condition, buzzer round on pioneers of surgery, buzzer round on
synonyms in surgery, surgical aphorisms – Pictionary round and rapid fire
round. The quiz master was Dr. Elroy
Saldanha assisted by Dr. Reshmina D’Souza.
The first prize won by Ms. Nisha Mathias and Ms. Suvidha Kamath,
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. The
Second prize won by Ms. Sandhya Rao and Ms. Swathi S., Father Muller Medical
College. Third prize won by Mr. Karthik
Sadanand and Mr. Akshay, K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte. “Wizards of grey matter†the Best Team Name
prize won by Mr. Shahab Qadir and Ms. Vanessa Fernandes from Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore.
The Prizes were
distributed by Dr. Leo Francis Tauro, HOD, Department of General Surgery and
Dr. Shubha N. Rao, Professor. Overall
the programme was a grand success and well appreciated by the
participants.
