The Department of Physician Assistant, School of Allied Health Sciences, VMRF-DU, Salem, organized the National Physician Assistant Conference (NPACON-2024). The event began with a lamp lighting ceremony, and our chief guests, Prof. Dr. A. Nagappan (Registrar), Prof. Dr. P. Gnanasekar (Director, IIEIC, VMRF-DU), and Prof. Dr. Rajan Samuel (Director, Academics, VMRF-DU), graced the occasion.
Our resource persons for the conference were:
- Mr. Ebin V. Abraham (Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator, Amritha Centre for Allied Health Sciences)
- Dr. Meenakshisundaram (Associate Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Madurai Medical College)
- Dr. R. Ashok (Deputy Medical Director, Director, Emergency & Critical Care Medicine, VIMS Hospital, Salem)
- Dr. R. Sankar (Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Government General Hospital, Attur)
- Ms. Adeline (Senior Physician Associate, Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator, Department of Physician Associate, Yenopoya Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Mangalore)
Prof. Dr. B. Sendilkumar addressed the gathering, felicitated the chief guests and resource persons, and inaugurated the session. The resource persons delivered valuable lectures on the theme "PA's: The Face of Modern Healthcare."
Students from various institutions actively participated in the paper and poster competition, and Prof. Dr. B. Sendilkumar and the resource persons awarded prizes and certificates to the winners. Over 650 students participated and benefited from the conference.