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Enrolment Eligibility Form

 

Eligibility form to be filled and attached with the application for enrolment as Institute to conduct IAP Neonatology Chapter fellowship program

 

  • The institution should have a NICU which provides tertiary level (level 3) care to newborn babies for the last five years.
  • The institution should have two DM Neonatology Teachers with five years teaching experience / two MD / DNB Teachers with minimum ten years teaching experience in Neonatology for two Fellowship Candidates (one teacher: :one student)
  • All teachers / Neonatologists in the Institute should be Life members of IAP and IAP Neonatology Chapter
  • The NICU should fulfill the following criteria:
    • NICU in existence since year: ( should be at least 5 years or more )
    • Total number of cradles with radiant warmers  or equivalent number of incubators (         )
    • Central oxygen and suction supply: Yes (          ) No (          )
    • Number of ventilators that can provide CPAP and conventional ventilation methods such as SIMV / AC etc to neonates: Number (           )
    • Number of single & double surface phototherapy units (           )
    • Number of pulse oximeters (                 )
    • Number of NIBP monitors (              )
    • Number of infusion pumps, syringe pumps, drip monitors (            )
    • Hemoglucometer: Available or not (             )
    • Are the following procedures performed in your NICU:
        • lumbar tap  (         )
        • intercostal drain insertion  (           )
        • peritoneal dialysis (             )
        • exchange transfusion  (             )
    • Are the following facilities available in your NICU?
        • 24- hr service of portable X-rays  (             )
        • 24-hr service for basic laboratory investigations (            )
    • How many average admissions every month in the NICU  (            )  
    • Approximate number of staff nurses in your NICU (           )
    • Number of resident doctors who have the minimum MBBS qualification, working in the unit  (             )
    • Number of fulltime or honorary staff members who have completed M.D. OR D.N.B in Pediatrics and have at least 7 years of post graduate practice as full timers or in private practice (             )
    • A teacher qualified in D.M. Neonatology (optional) (          )
  • Average number of deliveries conducted in your institute every month (            ) OR

Monthly average deliveries conducted in the referring hospitals (            )

  • Does your institution provide the following services to neonates:
    • Training mothers to breastfeed especially NICU graduates (            )
    • Kangaroo Mother Care (               )
    • Follow up outpatient services to these neonates (               )
  • Does your institution evaluate the neonates for the following
    • Ophthalmologic evaluation of neonates that require it  (           )
    • Auditory evaluation of neonates that require it (             )
    • Physiotherapy evaluation of neonates that require it (            )
    • Surgical treatment of emergency surgical situations (             )
  • All teachers at the Institute are Life members of IAP, the membership numbers being –

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