Kochi: The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here has signed an MoU with the Harvard Medical School to exchange and promote best practices and research in critical care, pain medicine and anaesthesiology.
The areas of cooperation under the MoU, signed for the first time by an Indian hospital, include identifying opportunities for joint research, an active exchange programme for faculty and students from both the institutions, organising joint events, workshops and training programmes to support the advancement of medicine and development of specialised advanced fellowships for faculty.
A three-member team from Harvard Medical School’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) visited the Amrita Hospital to sign the MoU, including Dr. Daniel S. Talmor, chief, Dept. of Anaesthesia, Pain Medicine & Critical Care at BIDMC, Dr. Peter J. Panzica, vice-chief, Dept. of Anaesthesia at BIDMC, and Dr. Satya Krishna Ramachandran, associate professor of anaesthesiology at BIDMC.
Dr. Prem Nair, medical director, Amrita Hospital, said the collaboration will benefit medical education and research in India, and bring immense benefits in the areas of clinical care, basic science, public health and multidisciplinary research.
The Harvard team proposes to start five-day certificate courses for PG students of Amrita School of Medicine in ICU Management, Quality Assurance and Acute Medicine. It also offered to throw open Harvard facilities to Amrita Hospital for simulation training in bronchoscopy, ultra sound and pain management.
