SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Goal 1 – No Poverty

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Scholarship for medical students

 

 

Stethoscopes donation for students

 

Stethoscope Scholarship

Department of Microbiology Endowment fund for research

 

Endowment Fund Offer Letter

Final year scholarship

It is no secret that the final year is the most arduous in the journey of medical students. The surplus of our annual budget has been well utilized in providing scholarships to a select group of needy students in the final year help lighten their economic burden in the midst of a scathing economic depression.

 

Goal 2 – Zero Hunger

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Nutrition lectures conducted for medical students

Clerkship programs - GMP teaching

Early identification of malnutrition is vital for prevention of stunting and wasting. In the Clerkship Programme under CWC and SGD students learn interpretation of growth charts to identify children with growth faltering. They also learn of management of children with nutrition problems.

Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

Goal 3 – Good Health and Well-Being

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HE activities in SMI in Clerkship program

Conduct the lectures on NCD and communicable diseases.

Food handling and sanitation in Clerkship Programme

Reproductive module lectures and environmental health lectures and FP clinics and CWC Clinics in clerkship

Participation of academics in mass media programmes to raise public on important health topics

Under the community health stream students learn about epidemiology and prevention of Non-communicable disease (ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, cancer, healthy lifestyle centre) and communicable diseases (food sanitation, dengue, malaria, filaria). In addition, they learn health services available for children (SMI, CWC), women (WWC, ANC, PHM home visits, FP clinic). In clerkship Programme, under the health education sessions, students conduct health education activities for preschool and school children on these topics to increase community awareness on important health topics. In addition, academics of the department are involved in mass media programmes to raise public on important health topics

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Epidemiology of Communicable Disease

Reproductive Health

Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

Reproductive and Neonatology Module

Radio Programme

Community Awareness Programme

Workshop The Department of Parasitology will be conducting a half-day workshop titled "Parasitic Diseases in Children Sri Lanka" on 7th March 2024 at the Department Seminar room. Workshop on Parasitology Diseases in Children
Donation of glucose strips to Colombo South Teaching Hospital The Arts Circle of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has always maintained a very close relationship with the Colombo South Teaching Hospital, as a charitable patron. Each year essential medical supplies are donated from the surplus of our annual budget and last year was no different. Our generous donation would undoubtedly be used to provide optimum care for patients.  
Nenasa TV discussions As a student body of a Faculty of Medical Sciences, we realize the importance of community health education. For this purpose with the partnership of Nenasa TV, Dialog Axiata Pvt Ltd, we created a series of 'Health Talks' to educate the community about various communicable and non-communicable diseases, their cure and prevention. Employing such a large multimedia network, we were able to reach people from all across the island and strengthen their knowledge and thereby empowering them to improve their overall health. Nenasa Discussion
Emotional intelligence (EI) of the medical undergraduates and possible association of EI with some selected socio - demographic factors, academic performance and extracurricular activities of medical undergraduates from a selected government medical school. Sandakumari GVN, Dedigama DAAD, Wettasinghe I, WeeraratneKC, Weerakkody DSI, Jayasinghe S Emotional intelligence (EI) of the medical undergraduates and possible association of EI with some selected socio - demographic factors, academic performance and extracurricular activities of medical undergraduates from a selected government medical school. - Abstract presentation at SIMCON 2021  
List of research publications for the year 2023

 

Dr. Nilanka Perera
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9YL6b8wAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  1. An international multidisciplinary consensus statement on MAFLD and the risk of CVD
  2. The presence of strongyloidiasis and associated risk factors in patients undergoing treatment at the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka
  3. Incidental diagnosis of strongyloidiasis in a patient with hepatic metastasis

Dr. Thushara Matthias
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1UcZtZEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  1. Utilization of statins in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the practice in a lower middle income South Asian country
  2. A possible Sphingomonas paucimobilis endocarditis in a haemodialysed patient: A case report
  3. Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea risk and quality of sleep in chronic liver cell disease patients admitted to a tertiary care centre
  4. A study on prevalence of familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Sri Lanka: A multicenter study
  5. Sarcoidosis presenting as a loss of weight with preserved appetite
  6. Endoscopic Intra gastric Balloon placement for Obesity: Case series of the first five balloons placed in Sri Lanka
  7. Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea risk and quality of sleep in chronic liver cell disease patients admitted to a tertiary care centre
  8. Perceived level of stress in patients with acute coronary syndrome in Sri Lanka: associations and short-term outcomes
  9. Health Sector Approaches to Present Economic Crisis: TARA Framework (Transformation, Adaption, Resilience, and Absorption)
  10. A study on knowledge, awareness, and practice of familial hypercholesterolemia among doctors at two tertiary care hospitals in Sri Lanka

Senior Prof. J. Indrakumar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=anoeDjkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  1. Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea risk and quality of sleep in chronic liver cell disease patients admitted to a tertiary care centre

Dr. Shehan Silva
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hF1aeZMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  1. Outbreak report of polymyxin-carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae causing untreatable infections evidenced by synergy tests and bacterial genomes
  2. Diabetic Striatopathy: A Case Report of a Patient With Poor Glycaemic Control and Abnormal Movements
  3. A Case Report of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy With Dengue
  4. Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis with Extensive Cranial Nerve Palsies in a Diabetic Patient
  5. Caregiver strain among patients of palliative care in Sri Lanka: validation of modified caregiver strain index-Sinhala version
  6. A Case Report on Pseudo-Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia: A Rare Manifestation of Myasthenia Gravis
  7. Case report of scrub typhus with bilateral acute sensorineural hearing loss and cerebral salt-wasting disease
  8. A case report of Graves Thyrotoxicosis associated with Pulmonary Hypertension
  9. Venom-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Following Hump-Nosed Pit Viper (Hypnale sp.) Bite: a Case Report
  10. Frailty
  11. An unusual case of hump-nosed-viper bite complicated with venom-induced thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura
  12. Two unusual presentations of vitamin B12 Deficiency.

Dr. Dumitha Govindapala
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Yxje4CgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

  1. A prospective cohort study on post COVID syndrome from a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka
  2. Clinical audit on in-patient diabetes care in a university medical unit
  3. A SARS-CoV-2 variant of C-36 lineage with L452R mutation infects a family in Sri Lanka, but has limited spread–A Case Series
  4. Paraganglioma in a young female. Are we missing a possible inherited aetiology? A case report
  5. Health Sector Approaches to Present Economic Crisis: TARA Framework (Transformation, Adaption, Resilience, and Absorption)
  6. Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Trait Emotional Intelligence Scale-Short form (Teique-Sf) into Sinhala
  7. Reactogenicity and persistence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among recipients of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: A single center experience from Sri Lanka
Clinics
  • General Medicine Clinic held every Monday and Saturday at Colombo South Teaching Hospital
  • Geriatric Clinic held every day at Colombo South Teaching Hospital

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Goal 4 – Quality Education

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Workshops

Conduct the SGDs and Tutorials.

Conduct the Clerkship and case base discussion.

Student feedback is collected, discussed and relevant actions are implemented

Curriculum of the Community Health Stream was revised and the assessments were mapped with the teaching learning activities. Prepared and conducted the SGDs and tutorials that complement the content covered in lectures and learning sessions to facilitate students' gaining of knowledge. Case based discussions were introduced to students in the clerkship Programme. Student feedback is used to improve the study programme

Small Group Discussion

Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

Response to Student Feedback - Clerkship Programme Evaluation

Weekly consensus meeting for updating teaching materials for MBBS    
Workshops Awareness session on student participation in quality assurance by IQAC Coordinator, Prof. K.L.M.D. Seneviwickrama on 02/02/2023 for Undergraduates of the FMS - 32nd batch at the orientation programme https://drive.google.com/file/d/11P_TrFu9y-I0_yj0oza9qseRO4QM5f_2/view?usp=drive_link
Awareness Seminar on Institutional Review by Professor B.D. Nandadeva, Advisor to the Standing Committee on Quality Assurance Council of the UGC, Retired Professor, University of Kelaniya to both Academic and non-academic members of the FMS on 12/08/2023

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SCTZZmfmwJ3WCVzleV_N-loZoHSM435d?usp=sharing

Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Webpage Establishment A webpage was developed for the IQAC/ FMS. All the policies, formats, and flow charts related to QA activities developed by IQAC/FMS was made available for ease of reference https://opac.lib.ruh.ac.lk/ebooks/RUQAS2023/mobile/index.html
Research An extended abstract was submitted to the 3rd Ruhuna Quality Assurance Sessions - 2023 University of Ruhuna under the topic “Student participation in quality assurance activities: experience from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura’’ and was presented under oral presentation category behalf of Editorial Board decision  
Workshop The IT & LMS Committee has conducted two successful workshops for the non-academic staff of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, on handling the WORD and EXCEL. The workshop titled “Basics of MS Office Word” was held on 28th July and 04th August 2023, as a hands-on training session with the participation of 30 non-academic staff members. The workshop titled “Basics in Microsoft Excel” was held on 12th, 19th, 26th October and 9th November, as a physical session for 30 participants. The Committee is planning to conduct similar workshops in future to uplift the IT skills of the University staff.  
Nenasa TV discussions As a student body of a Faculty of Medical Sciences, we realize the importance of community health education. For this purpose with the partnership of Nenasa TV, Dialog Axiata Pvt Ltd, we created a series of 'Health Talks' to educate the community about various communicable and non-communicable diseases, their cure and prevention. Employing such a large multimedia network, we were able to reach people from all across the island and strengthen their knowledge and thereby empowering them to improve their overall health. Nenasa Discussion
Musical instrument workshop   Musical Instrument Workshop
Final year scholarship It is no secret that the final year is the most arduous in the journey of medical students. The surplus of our annual budget has been well utilized in providing scholarships to a select group of needy students in the final year help lighten their economic burden in the midst of a scathing economic depression.  
Online teaching Effectiveness and factors affecting online teaching for medical students Wettasinghe, Indika & Dsi, Weerakkody & Kn, Elvitigala & Sandakumari, Nilangika. (2022). IJRISS) |Volume VI, Issue VIII.  
2023.01.11 - Student centered learning workshop 1 This workshop was held with the participation of 34 academic staff members of the faculty of medical sciences. Attendance
2023.03.08 - Student centered learning workshop 2 Objective of this workshop was to identify means and methods to promote student centered learning in MBBS curriculum.
Facilitator – Prof. R. B. Marasinghe, Head of the Department of Medical Education.
Attendance
2023.03.31 - Tranning on 'How to use Goggle calendar'

This workshop was held with the participation of 13 nos. of physical, 39 nos. of online non-academic staff members of faculty of medical sciences.
Facilitator - Prof. R. B. Marasinghe, Head of the Department of Medical Education.
Objective was to give an overview on how to use Google calendar in academic work.

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2023.06.14 - Outcome Based Learning – 1st workshop 10 and 13 members of academic staff of the Faculty of Medical Sciences participated for two workshops respectively. Attendance
2023.07.12 - Outcome Based Learning – 2nd workshop To describe the concepts of "Outcome Based Education", "Objective" and "Outcome" To discuss the differences between objectives and outcomes To comprehend the importance of defining outcomes in curriculum designing, implementing and evaluation.
It was facilitated by Prof. R. B. Marasinghe, Head of the Department of Medical Education.
At the end of each workshop a feedback was taken from the participants.
Attendance
2023.08.09 - Workshop on "Is Open AI (ChatGPT) an enemy or friend in education?" The aim of this was to discuss on pros and cons of using AI ChatGPT in education. 6 members of the academic staff participated for this event. This was facilitated by Prof. R. B. Marasinghe. Attendance
2023.09.13 - Workshop on "OER Policy, Concepts and Applications" Objective of this session was to aware academic staff on open educational resources (OER) policy along with concepts of OER. During this workshop some examples for OER in faculty learning, teaching and research activities were discussed with the participants. Resource persons – Prof. R.B. Marasinghe and registrar of MD-Health informatics/PGIM. Letter
2023.12.18 - workshop on "Becoming a Better Facilitator" 34 members of academic staff of the Faculty of Medical Sciences participated for this workshop which was conducted by Prof R. B. Marasinghe.
This workshop provides opportunities to explore the basics of facilitation and the differences between SGD, CBL and PBL facilitation.
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Goal 5 – Gender Equality

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Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) education sessions at SMI Under health education sessions of the SMI, students conduct awareness sessions on SRH for school children to sensitize them on gender equality

Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

Community Awareness Programme

Female involvement

The Arts Circle prides itself in valuing merit when appointing leaders. We also boast a booming history of female leadership within the club, with the current board itself having many female members in its board, thereby solidifying the principle that one's gender should never be an obstacle in reaching new heights.

 

Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation

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Clerkship visit to water and sewage purification In the clerkship program, students learn about how water pollution occurs due to human activities, why waste water recovery is important, and what actions can be taken to recover from water pollution. Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

Effective waste segregation and management

 

e-Waste and Sharp Bins

Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy

Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Lectures on occupational Health

Factory visit under Clerkship programme

Income generating projects

  • Distant learning course on Biosafety
  • Service function for microbiological testing
  • Bench fees for research students

Students learn how work affects health and measures to ensure optimum physical and mental well-being for workers.

Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

Lecture Schedule - Community Medicine

Goal 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Undergraduate research

Academics and non-academics are involved in collaborative research

Students develop skills in conducting scientific research through the research module

Collaborative research of the staff members leading to indexed journal publications

Research
  Patent for modified Ilmenite Nano hybrid material for food packaging Gazette 21845 (section 3) 2023.03.24

 

Expansion of department of microbiology to the AHEAD building

AHED Project

Goal 10 – Reduced Inequalities

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Department of microbiology Endowment fund for research

 

Endowment Fund Offer Letter

Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Conduct a lecture on disaster in Environment & Occupational Health module

As the future healthcare professionals, students’ gain knowledge on disaster preparedness and response which is important in providing essential services during a disaster

Lecture Schedule - Community Medicine

Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production

Goal 13 – Climate Action

Goal 14 – Life Below Water

Goal 15 – Life On Land

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Conduct the Environmental Health lectures

Waste water and sewage visits under clerkship Programme.

Conducted environmental health lectures for students, where they learned about environmental pollution and its impact on animal health. Discussed methods for creating safe environments for living beings and managing environmental factors to improve human quality of life

Clerkship Programme - 29th Batch

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Goal 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Talents 2023 & Padura (Sajje)

Sri Lanka is a country with a rich cultural diversity from each of our ethnic groups. The Arts Circle always strives to promote unity among different ethnicities and religions and our annual events such as Talents and (Padura) always makes room for cultural performances by all ethnicities as well as fusion events which enable our unique cultural heritages to mix in a fabulous display of unity and harmony.

Talents

Annual Carol Service 2023 The annual Christmas carol service of Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized by the Catholic and Christian Students’ Society of the faculty was held on the 6th of December 2023 at the Apeksha hospital, Maharagama. The  lecturers of the medical faculty, doctors from the catholic guild, priests, students from the medical faculty and other faculties, staff of the hospital and patients were present at the event. The true meaning of the Christmas season was shared with the gathering by the carols sung by the students of the medical faculty and the other faculties. Rev. Fr. Jude Nicholas, chaplain to the cancer patients in Maharagama shared a meaningful Christmas message. The inter-religious dialogue was depicted by the carols sung by the Buddhist and Hindu societies. At the end of the carol service, donations were done to the paediatric wards in the hospital. This was a heartwarming event that brought joy and comfort to the patients, families and also the staff of the hospital. Against the backdrop of a challenging environment, the uplifting melodies and heartfelt lyrics resonated, creating a sense of unity and hope. The gathering found solace in the music and the event served as a reminder of the power of community support during difficult times. Photos

Goal 17 – Partnerships for the Goals