Mangaluru: The Department of General Surgery, Father Muller Medical College, conducted the “Undergraduate Surgery Quiz 2017” for the final year MBBS students and interns on October 28. Students from six medical colleges in and around Mangalore consisting of 35 teams have participated in the quiz.
The event was a half a day programme and began with the inaugural function with the dignitaries on the dais lighting the lamp. The function was presided over by Rev. Fr. Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director, Father Muller Charitable Institutions. Welcome address was given by Dr. Leo Francis Tauro, Professor & HoD, Department of Surgery. Dr. Jayaprakash Alva, Dean, Father Muller Medical College spoke on the importance of quizzing. The presidential address was delivered by Rev. Fr. Richard Aloysius Coelho. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Elroy Saldanha, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery.
The quiz consisted of a preliminary selection round followed by a final quiz of 6 rounds with the top 5 teams. The final quiz consisted of six rounds which included general round, spotters/identify the surgical condition, buzzer round on pioneers of surgery, buzzer round on synonyms in surgery, surgical aphorisms–Pictionary round and rapid fire round. The quiz master was Dr. Elroy Saldanha assisted by Dr. Reshmina D’Souza. The first prize was won by Nisha Mathias and Suvidha Kamath, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. The second prize was won by Sandhya Rao and Swathi S, Father Muller Medical College. Third prize was won by Karthik Sadanand and Akshay of K S Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte.
“Wizards of Grey Matter”, the Best Team Name prize was won by Shahab Qadir and Vanessa Fernandes from Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore.
The prizes were distributed by Dr. Leo Francis Tauro, HoD, Department of General Surgery and Dr. Shubha N Rao, Professor. Overall, the programme was a grand success and well appreciated by the participants.
