User:Saira Banu, M.

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. My area of research has been on Curriculum development and evaluation. As a Trainer of trainers, have contributed to capacity building of NGO workers, peer educators and school teachers in the field of HIV/AIDS. Have facilitated sessions on Problem based learning and Problem Solving for Better Health for medical undergraduates. I have to my credit special training in Epidemiology through the WHO Workshop on Basics of Epidemiology, WHO’s Advanced Clinical Epidemiology Course - “Clinical Trials” and WHO’s Advanced Clinical Epidemiology Course - “Case Control Studies” from the Department of Community Health and Development, WHO Collaboration Centre, Christian Medical College, Vellore and at the National Seminar on Epidemiology of Non Communicable diseases at Madras Diabetic Research Foundation, Chennai held in collaboration with University of Alabama. I have been equipped with techniques in Research Methods through the “Joint ICMR - University of Connecticut - Imperial College Workshop on Research Methodology" and the one at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. I have been initiated into the practice of Medical Teaching and Evaluation through the Medical teaching-Learning Workshop at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. Have served as Honorary Advisor in the project on “Orphans and Vulnerable Children in HIV/AIDS” by Christian Medical association of India [CMAI] and as Task force member for development of “Facing AIDS”, a module, as part of the Church's response to HIV/AIDS also by the Christian Medical association of India [CMAI]