Fellow - Microbiology - Kolkata, India - Tata Medical Center
Description
Job advertisement:
Fellowship in
Clinical and Molecular Microbiology at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata
How can I apply?
Resources, Tata Medical Center, 14 MAR (EW), New Town, Kolkata West
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the Clinical and Molecular Microbiology
Fellowship program at Tata Medical Center in Kolkata, India:
What is Clinical Microbiology and how is it different from laboratory based
diagnostic microbiology?
Clinical Microbiology includes:
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Diagnostic Microbiology:
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Antimicrobial stewardship:
- **Hospital Infection Prevention and Control
What is Molecular Microbiology?
Laboratory Microbiology involves diagnosis of bacterial, viral, fungal and
parasitic infections using molecular techniques such as PCR, DNA sequencing
and others.
Because of the rapidity, high sensitivity and specificity of molecular
microbiology techniques it is has emerged as an important diagnostic tool in
**medical microbiology
Medical microbiologists who after post-graduation/ senior residency/ middle
level career would like to gain additional knowledge and skills in
antimicrobial stewardship, hospital infection control, diagnostic stewardship
and molecular techniques in medical microbiology
Essential qualifications:
MBBS plus MD/DNB in Microbiology
**A valid medical registration
What is the duration of this fellowship course?
The fellowship is for two years (24 months)
How is the fellow going to be evaluated during the course?
There is going to be two written and viva examinations at the end of each year
Progression from year 1 to year 2 will depend on:
Exam performance
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Performance during routine duty
What is the fellow expected to learn during the two years training?
Diagnostic stewardship
Antimicrobial stewardship
Infection Prevention and Control
Molecular techniques in Diagnostic Microbiology
**Infections in bone-marrow transplant settings
- diagnosis/ management **
Communication skills
Management skills
Biosafety
**Quality control and quality management systems
What are the facilities available for training?
Tata Medical Center is a 437 bed oncology hospital
It has state of the art diagnostic and clinical care facilities in Clinical
Hematology, Medical Oncology, Pediatric Oncology, Surgical Oncology,
Radiation Oncology, Palliative Care, Nuclear Medicine, Radio-diagnosis,
Endoscopy services, Laboratory Sciences Services (Hematology, Cytogenetics,
Molecular Genetics, Histopathology, Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Flow
Cytometry, HLA typing)
Microbiology department has the following sections:
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Bacteriology:
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Virology:
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Serology:
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Parasitology:
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Mycology:
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Mycobacteriology:
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Environmental Microbiology
HIS (Hospital Information System) and LIS (Laboratory Information Systems)
**developed by the Tata Consultancy Services
The fellow can learn about the following equipment/systems/ procedures in
Diagnostic Microbiology:
BactAlert system for automated blood culture and Mycobacterial culture
Vitek system for automated bacterial and yeast identification and
antimicrobial susceptibility testing
Type II A2 biosafety cabinets and laminar air flow cabinets
**Broth Micro-dilution Testing system
- for colistin and antifungal susceptibility **
Direct Susceptibility test from positive blood cultures
LED fluorescence microscope and compound light microscope
**Lyophilizer, minus 80C freezer and minus 20C freezer
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What facilities are there for Molecular Microbiology?
Automated nucleic acid extraction systems
Refrigerated centrifuge
Nanodrop, spectrophotometer, Qubit fluorometer, Tapestation, Ion Chef for
sample preparation in next generation sequencing
End point PCR systems
Gel electrophoresis and gel documentation systems
Real-time PCR systems
Isothermal amplification system:
Abbott ID Now
CBNAAT systems:
Qiastat, BioFire, GeneXpert
Hybrid Capture Assay system
Digital Droplet PCR system
Sanger sequencer:
ABI 3500
Next generation sequencers:
MiSeq (illumina), Ion Gene Studio S5, Ion Torrent
PGM
How is Clinical Microbiology and Infection Prevention and Control training imparted
to fellows?
Ward rounds including patient assessment at bed side
Positive blood culture communication and clinical liaison
AMSP and diagnostic stewardship ward rounds in Intensive Care Unit
**Patient referrals to Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
What are the common infectious diseases/ clinical syndromes encountered in this
training center?
**Meningitis
- encephalitis syndrome **
Respiratory Tract infection
Blood stream infection
Gastro-intestinal infection
**Intra-abdo
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