VIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES

OF AYUSH DOCTORS AFTER

IUCD TRAINING

Family Planning is an important and

established intervention in achieving

all the major goals of NHM and

millennium development goals

Under this convergenence with AYUSH ,

Health and Family Welfare training

Centre is organized trainings of IUCD,

each of five days duration at Sanjay

Gandhi Memorial Hospital

Special thanks to Dr Surender verma

(Deputy Director) DTE of AYUSH and

CMO HQ Dr. Mridula pandey who

recognised and acknowledged this

Potential & instrumentalize convergence

with AYUSH in Family Planning services a

success

Initially, on being nominated for this

training programme , we were very

skeptical as to what is our role as

AYUSH DOCTORS in the family planning

set up especially IUCD.

But after undergoing this 5 days

meticulously planned and executed

training ,we could imbibe as well as

visualise the broader aspect of this

programme in achieving the goals

setup by G.O.I as per FP2020.

Now we are better placed as servicer

providers in the family planning arena too,

in addition to our regular O.P.D’S as

MOTIVATORS

AND

COUNSELLORS

We also refreshed , enriched and

enlightened our clinical experiences and

it was a visit down memory lane to our

gynaecological clinicals where we could

not catch up certain things which

this training has successfully achieved.

We were sensitized, motivated &

encouraged to provide family planning

services and were upgraded with latest

IUCD insertion techniques.

Visit to O.T and Labour rooms gave us the

practical exposure after a free hand on

Madam ZOE.

We as AYUSH doctors can complement

our allopathic colleagues in motivating

and counselling as detailed case

taking and patient-doctor rapport is our

forte.

As AYUSH doctors we were already

providing family planning counselling

but after undergoing this training we

find ourselves to be better placed in

imparting IUCD method specific

counselling

This rigorous training has further

enhanced and updated our knowledge

about

No touch technique of IUCD insertion

Standard universal precautions as well

as specific infection prevention

practices

Biomedical waste management

We will strive to put the knowledge

acquired in this training to maximum

and practical use in our respective units

for the promotion of reproductive

health of women and society at large

We all extend our gratitude to the Dr. Puneeta Mahajan

(M.S)SGMH , Dr Lakhwinder Kaur and other faculty members who

contributed whole heartedly and painstakingly for the success

of this training programme.

Special Thanks to Dr Lakhwinder Kaur ( training co-ordinator)

who has set a bench mark as a trainer, is not only an excellent

teacher , but a patient listener who heeded generously to our

demands on covering the topics not included in our training

schedule.