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Mentor Ward Committee Pre-Clinical Departments (Phase -1)

Phase I Mentor Ward Committee was constituted in the year 2014 with the following goals, objectives and roles and responsibility.

Goals

Short term goal: To provide a support system which helps you make a smooth transition into your new life as a medical student.
Long term goal: To periodically monitor, assess and guide you which will lead you on a fruitful path that realizes your full potential as a student and as a person.

Objectives

To facilitate the mentors to acquire the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and responsiveness, so that they may function appropriately and effectively as physicians of first contact in the community.
Shape students into confident graduates with excellent leadership, communication, critical thinking, professionalism and other skills important to the transition to the world of work.
Equip students with the understanding and tools to make ethical and informed decisions.
Help identify career paths for students and support students’ personal growth.
Provide an opportunity for students to learn and practice professional networking skills

Roles & Responsibilities

a. Responsibilities of Phase Coordinator

To co-ordinate between Principal, different phase co-ordinators, department co-ordinators, and mentors.
To register wards to mentor ward system.
To send attendance report of the students to respective students and their parents every month.
To send academic performance report after summative assessment to respective students and their parents every month.
To conduct department meeting every month
To maintain and update mentor ward files in the department

b. Responsibilities of Department Coordinator

To coordinate between the mentors of the department and the phase co-ordinator
To send regular attendance and academic performance report of wards to phase co-ordinator every month or as and when directed by the co Ordinator.
To submit the report of slow learners in the department to phase co-ordinator after formative and summative assessment
To submit the report of remedial measures undertaken for slow learners & advanced learners to phase Co-ordinator

c. Responsibilities of the Mentor

Have a clear understanding of your expectations for your mentee
Takes the initiative in the relationship but allows the mentee to take responsibility for their growth, development, and career planning
Create goals with a timeline
Commits to meeting with mentee on a regular basis, not normally during the mentee’s work time, no less than one hour per month and documents the same.
Actively listens to mentee
Respects mentee’s limits
Offer frank, honest, and constructive feedback
Be realistic – advise your mentee on your weaknesses and strengths, what you know and don’t know.
Evaluates progress in terms of attendance and academic achievements
Provides encouragement and assists the mentee in identifying professional development activities
Maintains confidentiality
Maintains a professional relationship, doesn’t intrude into the mentee’s personal life or expects to be close friends
Ends the relationship at the agreed upon time
After mentoring is completed, follow up on successes
Informs coordinator and provides an evaluation of the mentoring activities to the Mentor Ward Committee regularly and send the report to phase1@bgsaims.edu.in

d. Responsibilities of a mentee:

Attend all meetings without fail. If you are unable to make it to a meeting, let your mentor know as soon as possible.
Be enthusiastic, curious, and honest about your ambitions when discussing your interests and learning from your mentor.
Respect your mentor’s time and space. Be flexible with meeting times.
Find out how your mentor would prefer you contact him or her: in person, through e-mail or phone.
Keep your mentor(s) informed of your progress. It is important to stay connected between meetings. If your classwork is hectic, you can easily e-mail/call your mentor(s) to let him or her know what is going on in your life.
Unless told otherwise, consider the information your mentor tells you to be privileged (confidential).
Be receptive to suggestions and feedback.
Be patient — your relationship will build over time.

Details of the committee members

Chairperson: M G Shivaramu, Principal, AIMS
Phase I Co-ordinator: Ajay N. Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy
Department co-ordinators:
- Naveen Kumar B D, Assistant Professor of Anatomy
- Divyashree, Assistant Professor of Physiology
- Rajeshwari A, Associate Professor of Biochemistry

SI. No.	NAME	DESIGNATION
Department of Anatomy
1.	Dr. Tejaswi H.L.	Professor & Head
2.	Dr. Sharada B.M	Professor
3.	Dr. Ajay N	Associate Professor
4.	Dr. Yogi Anupkumar Balakrishnan	Associate Professor
5.	Dr. Jayaprakash T	Associate Professor
6.	Ms. Sharmadha K L	Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
7.	Dr. Anand K.S.S	Professor & Head
8.	Dr. Rajendra D H	Professor
9.	Dr. Ravi G.N.	Associate Professor
10.	Dr. Bhagyashree N	Associate Professor
11.	Dr. Smitha N	Assistant Professor
12.	Dr. Santosh K Mayannavar	Assistant Professor
13.	Dr. Karthik Kulkarni	Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
14.	Dr. Aliya Nusrath	Professor & Head
15.	Dr. N.Asha Rani	Professor
16.	Dr. Shilpa Shree Y.D	Associate Professor
17.	Dr. Namitha D	Associate Professor
18.	Mr. Somashekar.G.N	Assistant Professor
19.	Dr. Mythri S	Assistant Professor
20.	Dr. R Sandeep Varma	Assistant Professor
21.	Ms. Johnsi Priya J	Tutor
22.	Ms. Inchara S	Tutor
23.	Mr. Pavan H S	Tutor

Other members of the committee (Dept. Wise)

MBBS PHASE-I MENTOR WARD LIST OF 2023-24 BATCH
Sl. No.	Mentors’ Name	Register Numbers of Wards
1.	Dr. Aliya Nusrath (Professor & HOD of Biochemistry)	23MB1001 to 23MB1010
2.	Dr. Asharani.N. (Professor of Biochemistry)	23MB1011 to 23MB1020
3.	Dr. Rajeshwari.A. (Asso. Professor of Biochemistry)	23MB1021 to 23MB1030
4.	Dr. Shilpashree.Y.D. (Asso. Professor of Biochemistry)	23MB1031 to 23MB1040
5.	Dr. Namitha.D. (Asso. Professor of Biochemistry)/ Mr.Somashekar.G.N (Asst. Professor of Biochemistry)	23MB1041 to 23MB1050
6.	Dr. Mythri.S. (Asst. Professor of Biochemistry)	23MB1051 to 23MB1060
7.	Dr. S Sandeep Varma (Asst. Professor of Biochemistry)	23MB1061 to 23MB1070
8.	Ms. Johnsi Priya.J (Tutor, Department of Biochemistry)	23MB1071 to 23MB1080
9.	Ms. Inchara.S (Tutor, Department of Biochemistry)	23MB1081 to 23MB1090
10.	Mr. Pavan.H.S (Tutor, Department of Biochemistry)	23MB1091 to 23MB1100
11.	Dr. Tejaswi.H.L. (Professor & HOD of Anatomy)	23MB1101 to 23MB1110
12.	Dr. Sharada.B.M. (Professor of Anatomy)	23MB1111 to 23MB1120
13.	Dr. Ajay.N. (Asso. Professor of Anatomy)	23MB1121 to 23MB1130
14.	Dr. Yogi Anupkumar Balakrishnan (Asso. Professor of Anatomy)	23MB1131 to 23MB1140
15.	Dr. Jayaprakash.T. (Asso. Professor of Anatomy)	23MB1141 to 23MB1150
16.	Dr. Naveenkumar.B.D. (Asst. Professor of Anatomy)	23MB1151 to 23MB1160
17.	Ms. Sharmadha.K.L. (Asst. Professor of Anatomy)	23MB1161 to 23MB1170
18.	Dr. Anand.K.S.S. (Asso. Professor & I/C HOD of Physiology)	23MB1171 to 23MB1180
19.	Dr. Rajendra.D.H (Professor of Physiology)	23MB1181 to 23MB1190
20.	Dr. Ravi.G.N. (Asso. Professor of Physiology)	23MB1191 to 23MB1200
21.	Dr. Bhagyashree.N. (Asso. Professor of Physiology)	23MB1201 to 23MB1210
22.	Dr. Divyashree (Asst. Professor of Physiology)	23MB1211 to 23MB1220
23.	Dr. Smitha.N. (Asst. Professor of Physiology)	23MB1221 to 23MB1230
24.	Dr. Santosh.K.Mayannavar (Asst. Professor of Physiology)	23MB1231 to 23MB1240
25.	Dr. Karthik Kulkarni (Asst. Professor of Physiology)	23MB1241 to 23MB1250