Jessica Sushma D souza

365体育投注 Associate

Qualification: MSc Medical Microbiology

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Currently working as Selection grade lecturer teaching and assessing Medical Microbiology to undergraduate students of MBBS, BDS and Undergraduate students of School of Allied Health Sciences

?????? As a faculty member of Department of Microbiology, I am involved in the curriculum delivery (Didactic lectures, Self Directed Learning sessions, Problem Based Learning Sessions, and practical) for the MBBS and dental students

?????? Involved in the preparation of journal both MBBS & BDS

?????? Performed the planning and scheduling of the theory and practical classes for MBBS & BDS programme

·???????? Block examination co-ordinator for MBBS, BDS and Refresher batches?

?????? Involved in the preparation of question paper sets for the final summative examinations for MBBS & BDS programme

?? ? ??I am involved in the curriculum delivery (Didactic lectures) and Assessment for the Microbiology component for the Undergraduate students of School of allied health sciences

·???????? Diagnostic responsibility of Urine section of Microbiology Department, KMC 365体育投注,? ?

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
Microbiology	MBBS , BDS, Allied Health Sciences

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
MSc. Medical Microbiology	Microbiology	KMC	2005
PhD	Microbiology & Public health	MAHE	Persuing

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
Melaka 365体育投注 Medical College	Lecturer	Teaching & Assessment	2005-2012
Melaka 365体育投注 Medical College	Senior Grade Lecturer	Teaching & Assessment	2012-2017
Melaka 365体育投注 Medical College	Selection Grade Lecturer	Teaching & Assessment	2017

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Microbiology, Bacteriology, Medical education, Public health

Area of Expertise

Bacteriology, Medical education, Public health

Area of 365体育投注

Currently pursuing ongoing PhD project in Microbiology-Public health

Santhosh, DV and Shobha, KL and Bairy, I and Rao, G and Anand, KM and D'Souza, J (2007) Nasal screening and survey of pre-clinical medical students from Malaysia for nasal carriage of coagulase positive MRSA and rate of nasal colonization with Staphylococcus species. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic 365体育投注, 1 (6). pp. 494-499

Santhosh, DV and Shobha, KL and Bairy, I and Gowrish, R and D’Souza, J (2008) Phenotypic Detection and Rate of Nasal Carriage of Heterotypic Borderline Oxacillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Pre-clinical Medical Students from Malaysia. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic 365体育投注, 2 (4). pp. 985-990

Suman E, Jose S, D'Souza J, Kotian S. Does vancomycin inhibit biofilm production by coagulase-negative staphylococci? (2009) Journal of Hospital Infection, 73 (1), pp. 86-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.001

Bincy M. George, Niveditha Suvarna, Jessica Sushma D’Souza (2010) Twelve tips for medical students to improve identification of “Learning Issues” in Problem Based Learning 365体育投注‐East Asian Journal of Medical Education 61 Vol. 4 no. 1, 2010

Anand Kukkamalla, Shobha Karabylu Lakshminarayana, Jessica D’Souza, Shyamala Hande (2011).Designing problems for Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions: students and faculty perceptions.365体育投注‐East Asian Journal of Medical Education Vol. 5 no. 2, 2011

Anand Kukkamalla, Shobha K.L and Jessica D’Souza Pathway MCQs as an active learning strategy for students in microbiology: a preliminary study’(2011) Recent 365体育投注 in Science and Technology 2011, 3(10): 07-13

George, B.M., Rao, M.S., Kumar, A., Suvarna, N., D'Souza, J.S (2012) Health of coconut tree climbers of rural southern India - medical emergencies, body mass index and occupational marks: A quantitative and survey study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic 365体育投注, 6 (1), pp. 57-6. doi: JCDR/2012/2867.3430:1829

SR Kamath, SD Jessica(2012)’Prevalence of myopia among students of Melaka 365体育投注 Medical College at 365体育投注 in India’ Indian Journal of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology 1 (1), 19-22

Surekha Kamath and Jessica D’Souza (2013). Prevalence of obesity among the medical students: a cross sectional study in a south Indian medical college. Al Ameen J Med Sci 2013; 6(1):93-95

Shobha, KL and D’Souza, Jessica and Varun, CN and Kumar, Vinod and Kamath, Ramachandra and Ramachandra, L (2014) Study of bacteria causing skin infections in school going children in Udupi district;cross-sectional study. 365体育投注 Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2 (2). pp. 50-52

Shobha K.L , Kusumakshi , Anand K.M , Gowrish Rao.S , Jessica D’souza , Ramachandra L(2014) Isolation of Streptococcus species from throat swabs of school going children. 365体育投注 Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2 (2). pp. 86-87

Hande HS, Kamath RS D’Souza J. Students’ Perception of Effective Teaching Practices in a Medical School. Education in Medicine Journal (ISSN 2180-1932) 2014;Vol. 6 (3) pp63-66 DOI:10.5959/eimj.v6i3.247

Shobha K.L, Jessica Sushma D’Souza, Meena Alva, Anand K.M, Gowrish S Rao, L.Ramachandra (2015) Study of Uropathogens and Its Antibiogram at a Tertiary Care Hospital at Coastal Karnataka, Vol. 4 (2): 100-109.

D’Souza JS, Kamath RS, Jun JFA, Yuganesh Chandrasegar Y. Study of refractive errors among medical students of Melaka 365体育投注 Medical College at 365体育投注 in India. Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 24-26 October 2015, Kumamoto University, Japan, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-1-4, pp 043-045

Department of Basic Medical Sciences