Need for collaborative teaching programmes in health care technology: Harsh Vardhan
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Union Minister for Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan said increased use of technology in health care should necessarily be accompanied by increased manpower.
There should be collaborative teaching programmes with faculty from both medical and engineering institutions for manpower generation and skill development in health care technology, he said.
The combination of scientific, medical and technology community trio should be institutionalised all over the country medical and technology community trio should be institutionalised all over the country for better results, Vardhan said after launching four major projects at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in Thiruvananthapuram.
SCTIMST is an Institute of national Importance under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
The minister said there has to be a mechanism where an engineer goes to a medical college and a technician goes to a scientific lab and a scientist also goes to a clinician's clinic.
"Increased use of technology in health care should necessarily be accompanied by increased manpower to operate and manage the devices and equipment, and to ensure optimal and safe use of technology," Vardhan said.
There should be collaborative teaching programmes with faculty from both medical and engineering institutions for manpower generation and skill development in health care technology, he said.
The combination of scientific, medical and technology community trio should be institutionalised all over the country medical and technology community trio should be institutionalised all over the country for better results, Vardhan said after launching four major projects at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in Thiruvananthapuram.
SCTIMST is an Institute of national Importance under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
The minister said there has to be a mechanism where an engineer goes to a medical college and a technician goes to a scientific lab and a scientist also goes to a clinician's clinic.
"Increased use of technology in health care should necessarily be accompanied by increased manpower to operate and manage the devices and equipment, and to ensure optimal and safe use of technology," Vardhan said.
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