The course will help you understand the basic anatomical aspects and clinical aspects which are important when examining jugular venous pulse in the bedside. The course has 5 short lectures. The first on anatomy explains the core knowledge required to visualize jugular venous pulse. The second explains the principles you need to follow when examining the jugular venous pulse. The third explains the reason for different wave forms in jugular venous pulse. The fourth and fifth explains the important clinical concepts you should remember when attempting to differentiate jugular venous pulse from external jugular pulsation and carotid pulsation. Descriptive images and videos to clarify the doubts expected at the bedside.
Qualification : MBBS, MD[Internal Medicine]
14 years of experience as medical teacher.
Areas of Interest: Clinical teaching, Research in Dengue, electrolyte disorders and infectious disease
Interested in simplifying clinical concepts with easy examples which are of practical relevance . Have a passion in educating junior doctors on clinical history taking. Developing Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation [OSCE] methods for assessing skills in history taking and interpreting observations in clinical history.
Has published 40 research publications in Pubmed/Scopus indexed journals
Research works have been cited in New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. Working on non-weight based protocols for treatment of hyponatremia , prognostic predictive models in dengue and validating clinical predictors of seropositivity in dengue.
