Media Release

Mangaluru, Oct 30: The department of general surgery, Father Muller Medical College recently conducted an 'Undergraduate Surgery Quiz 2017' for the final year MBBS students and interns.

Students from six medical colleges in and around the city consisting of 35 teams participated in the quiz.

The event was a half day programme which began with the inaugural function with the lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries on the dais. The function was presided over by Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho, director, Father Muller Charitable Institutions. A welcome address was given by Dr Leo Francis Tauro, professor and HOD, department of surgery.

Dr Jayaprakash Alva, dean of the college spoke on the importance of quiz. The presidential address was delivered by the director, Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho. The vote of thanks was given by Dr Elroy Saldanha, assistant professor, department of surgery.

The quiz consisted of a preliminary selection round followed by a final quiz of six rounds of the top five 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, Mangaluru. The second prize was won by Sandhya Rao and Swathi S, Father Muller Medical College. The third prize was won by Karthik Sadanand and Akshay, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Deralakatte. Prize for the best team name 'Wizards of grey matter' was won by Shahab Qadir and Vanessa Fernandes from Yenepoya Medical College, Mangaluru.

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.