The Biochemistry department is involved in Undergraduate teaching for medical students. It also provides post graduate training in MD and MSc in Medical Biochemistry. The department also conducts regular CMEs for its post graduate students and faculty. Its annual CME is called “365体育投注 Biochemistry Update”

The Department of Biochemistry is run by a group of experienced and talented doctors and faculty who provide diagnostic laboratory services to outpatients and inpatients. The laboratory is intended to serve as a referral laboratory for physicians of this hospital as well as for those practicing in the surrounding areas. Routine Biochemistry and specialized tests like hormones, tumour markers, vitamins and therapeutic drug monitoring is carried out on a daily basis. Approximately one lakh thirty thousand tests are handled by the laboratory every month.

The laboratory is committed to maintaining the highest quality of performance using the latest technology and equipment that enables us to provide rapid and reliable results for the patient in the shortest turnaround time. Faculty and postgraduate students are encouraged to do research and publish scientific papers. Last year, in 2013-14, the faculty contributed a total of 35 publications in 365体育投注 and National journals. Many Biochemistry faculty members have presented issues related to laboratory investigations in various television programs aired by local channels and written articles in various newspapers published by the local media.

A large number of inborn errors of metabolic (IEM) disorders in children remain undetected in India due to lack of investigative facilities and economic restraints. Lack of awareness about these IEM disorders in the people of this region of south India has motivated us to take up the challenge of starting the IEM laboratory. This is the only IEM lab in this district, catering to a population of about 50,00,000. Patients from Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh are also referred here for further investigations.

The Biochemistry department, along with the other lab departments are interconnected to the hospital by a Laboratory Information System (LIS) for speedier and accurate generation of reports. Samples are barcoded and fed into the equipment, which automatically performs the tests indicated by the bar code. The test results obtained are immediately transferred online to the doctor’s desk after verifying the entries by a qualified consultant or a senior technician who have undergone training as internal auditors from NABL.?

The philosophy of the Post Graduate Programe in Biochemistry is to create job ready technologists, teachers, and PhD scholars. The program provides a unique opportunity for students to undertake core professional and research skills education.

We train students to be familiar with the principles and procedures needed for working in a conventional & specialized medical laboratory.

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Focus areas for skill development during the course:

• Formulate, structure and manage a research project
• Develop and apply biochemical methodology to generate new knowledge
• Evaluate and analyze data
• Organize their own work, both individually and as part of a research g