Dr. Krishnaprasad R

Director Academics & Training, Head . Dept of Glaucoma, M.M.Joshi Eye Institute group of Hospitals

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Dr. R. Krishnaprasad is the head of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Glaucoma services in M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, a premier superspeciality Institute of North Karnataka. He has been in the forefront of Ophthalmic Education and has been spear heading the efforts of Post-Graduation Education and skill enhancement. Being the Best outgoing student of Karnataka University with 8 Gold Medals in MBBS, he completed his M. D. (Ophthalmology) from prestigious R. P. Centre, AIIMS with honours. He is the Director of Post Graduate Training and Fellowship programmes at M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, a niche area very close to his heart. He is the Deputy Director of Community services and has been working tirelessly on pediatric community ophthalmology projects. Dr. Krishnaprasad R. has held many positions of responsibility in local and state Ophthalmic associations. He has been the Chairman, Scientific committee of Karnataka Ophthalmic Society for two years and the Editor of state ophthalmic journal Chakshu for two years. He is the past president of Hubli Dharwad ophthalmic Association and the present secretary of Deccan Ophthalmic Association. Dr. Krishnaprasad has undergonea fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology at Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina USA. He has three International publications and five National publications in peer renewed journals. Post-graduation Education has been the passion of Dr. Krishnaprasad. He has been a Post Graduate Teacher for last 20 years. He regularly conducts an unique 4 dayprogramme for training the exam going post graduates namely Eye to Eye with Examinations which has been running successfully for the last 11 years. He has been a member of AIOS Post Graduate Education Committee in the past and has been a regular Guest Faculty in all the National Level and State level postgraduate orientation programmes. He has more than 100 scientific presentations as lectures and panel discussions in various National & State conferences.

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    Practical Tips for DNB Practical

    It’s time to brace yourself for DNB practicals, in its new Avatar! One look at its design tells that it has been well designed for accurate and speedy assessment of Examinees with little room for chance or bias. So let’s deconstruct it for better understanding and decode it for exploiting to our advantage! Firstly 50% of marks i.e 150 marks comes from Objectively Structured Clinical Evaluation or OSCE, which is a good News. Historically most students from the DNB stream, find OSCE easy to answer. OSCE covers a wide range of concepts in ophthalmology creating a level playing ground, compared to taxing Case Presentations. Few tips for your OSCE. This time, OSCE mimics a theory exam! you are all seated in a hall and the different stations (slides) are streamed on the screen by the NBEMS command center. The answers have to be written on separate sheets for each station. Make sure that you give away the answer sheet after each station. Write with a dark blue or black pen which makes your wr

    Dr. Krishnaprasad R