Jayanti Memorial Trust (JMT) regularly organizes Nursing Conferences with the objective of strengthening professional knowledge, enhancing clinical skills, and promoting evidence-based nursing practice. These conferences provide a common platform for nurses, healthcare professionals, educators, and students to exchange ideas, share experiences, and discuss emerging trends in healthcare.
Continuing Medical Education, Pokhara, 15th November 2019
CME is crucial to the prosperity of health care providers—it allows a practitioner to learn and discover viable ways to improve on the patient care they deliver and effectively manage a career in the ever-changing landscape of the medical industry. JMT gives strong emphasis to CME’s not just for nurses but the physicians as well. Thus, this one day event took place at Pokhara at Hotel Square on the 15th of November, 2019. The physicians conference on “Improving Care in Cardiothoracic Diseases” highlighted perspectives on various burning issues like Adult congenital heart diseases, Lung cancer, Aortic Surgery etc. Attending such events also provided the participants a great opportunity to refine skills, network with other providers, and find solutions to problems experienced in practice.
The various topics presented by the experts are as follows:
- Adult Congenital Heart Diseases – Castigliano Bhamidipati, DO, PhD, MSc- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University
- Data Reporting and Measuring Outcomes- Dr Frederick Grover, MD, Professor Emeritus-Adult Cardiac Surgeon
- Shock State- David Campbell, MD, Congenital CT Surgery Director- Paediatric Heart Transplant Program
- Lung Cancer- John Mitchell, MD, General Thoracic Surgeon, Head of General Thoracic Surgery
- Aortic Surgery- Jay Pal, MD, Adult Cardiac Surgeon at CU
The program witnessed a total number of 89 physicians and nurses from different institutions and hospitals in Pokhara. Out of the total participants, most of the attendees were from Pokhara Academy of Health Science and Western Regional Hospital whereas some of them were from Gandaki Medical College and Manipal College of Medical Sciences.
Continuing Medical Education, Kathmandu 14th November, 2019
The main purpose behind holding a Continuing Medical Education (CME) is to keep our national nurses and doctors’ professional knowledge and skills up to date. In order to refine skills and gain professional growth of the practitioners, Jayanti Memorial Trust organized a nursing conference on "Improving Perioperative Quality” where the qualified cardiac team from the University of Colorado presented on fruitful topics for the nurses attendees. The program witnessed a total of 94 nurses working in different hospitals in Nepal. Out of the total 94 nurses that attended the conference, 6 nurses were from outside valley and remaining nurses from various hospitals/Institutions inside the valley which are as follows:
- Norvic Hospital
- Nepal Police Hospital
- Nepal Medicity Hospital
- Om Hospital
- Shree Birendra Hospital
- Patan Hospital
- Nobel Medical College
- Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center (SGNHC)
- Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center (MCVTC)
- Teaching Hospital
- Grande Hospital
This conference gave a chance to discuss live with the experts and interact with other attendees from all around the country. The topic for CME was “Improving Perioperative Quality “which covered a number of topics and disease areas and the topics presented by presenters are as follows.
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Perioperative Preparation |
Karishma Sack Thoracic Surgery Clinic Nurse and Care Manager,RN |
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Surgical Infection Prophylaxis |
David Campbell, MD MD, Congenital CT Surgery Director |
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OR Safety |
Melissa Mac Cardiothoracic Surgery RN |
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Cardiac Output/ Cardiogenic Shock |
Biplabi Sapkota Critical Care Nurse |
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Post Op Cardiac Surgery |
Castigliano Bhamidipati DO, PhD, Msc-Assistant Professor of Surgery, Oregan Health and Science University |
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Physiologic impact of CPB |
Adam Yamin CCP, LP, CSFA- Cardiovascular Perfusionist at UT Health San Antonio |
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Nutritional Management |
Kathryn Eckert Thoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioner, ACNP |
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CRRT |
Meena Manandhar Critical Care Nurse
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Anticoagulation Management |
Angela Pal PhD, RN, ACNP, Adult Gerontology/Acute Care NP Practitioner Program |
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Imaging in Cardiac Surgery |
Robert Quaife MD, Cardiologist, CU TAVR Team |
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Reporting/Outcomes |
Dr Frederick Grover MD, Professor Emeritus- Adult Cardiac Surgeon |
Continuing Medical Education CME 2024
When it comes to nursing, education does not stop when you take your last exam or complete the last challenging clinical rotation. The main purpose behind holding a Continuing Medical Education (CME) is to keep our national nurses and doctors’ professional knowledge and skills up to date. JMT has been conducting conferences for nurses since 2012 with a similar intention of upgrading their expertise in their field of cardiology. In order to refine skills and gain professional growth of the practitioners, on 28th October 2023, Jayanti Memorial Trust in coordination with Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, University of Washington and Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center (SGNHC) conducted a Nursing Conference on the topic ‘To improve Cardiac Patient care and Outcomes’ at Alice Receptions, Naxal where 120 nurses had participated in the program.
Counting Medical Education
Continuing Medical Education (CME) plays a crucial role in maintaining the competency of healthcare professionals by ensuring they remain updated with the latest medical knowledge, technologies, and best practices. Recognizing this importance, JMT has been actively organizing conferences and educational programs since 2012, with a special focus on empowering nurses through advanced training in cardiology and related fields.
In its ongoing commitment to professional development, JMT, in collaboration with the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation, the University of Washington, and the Western Regional Hospital, successfully organized a Nursing Conference on 25th October 2024 at Fishtail Lodge, Pokhara. The conference was designed to enhance clinical skills, encourage evidence-based practice, and foster a platform for knowledge sharing among nursing professionals.
A total of 75 nurses from various hospitals and institutions across the country actively participated in the event. The program featured a series of expert lectures, interactive sessions, and case discussions focusing on cardiac care, patient management, and innovations in nursing practice. Participants expressed that the conference provided valuable insights into modern cardiology care and strengthened their confidence in applying updated knowledge to improve patient outcomes.
This initiative reflects JMT’s continuous effort to uplift the standard of cardiac nursing in Nepal by promoting education, collaboration, and lifelong learning within the healthcare community.
