A.   Sub: Calendar of Training Programmes, Seminars, and Workshops - 2008 - 2009

1. The Indian Society of Health Administrators, (ISHA) is a public association of professionals and administrators interested in health and development. It was established in 1979. Its primary objective is to help bridge the gap between the actual and desirable state of health services in India through development of health professionals and administrators towards effective management of resources. It wishes to achieve its objective through annual conferences, training programmes, research studies, and publications. For the last twenty-three years, ISHA has been organizing 40-50 training programmes each year. About 120,000 professionals and administrators have so far participated. ISHA has also been conducting one-year hospital administration programmes through its several regional chapters.

2.  We are happy to announce the Training Programmes, Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops scheduled during 2008-2009 at the national level. This folder gives the details. Besides these, ISHA is scheduled to conduct a large number of programmes to meet the needs of the Central Government, State Governments, International Organizations, Public and Private Sector Industrial Organizations, Corporate, and Private Hospitals.

3.  These programmes are for senior medical, health, nursing, non-medical administrators, and executives in government, private, and industrial organizations, health professional training institutions, voluntary, and international organizations.

4.  There is a nominal fee for the training programmes which covers faculty, course materials, stationery, lunches, tea/coffee, certificates, group photographs, and field trips. Concessional fee is charged to Life and Institutional Members of ISHA, and voluntary social organizations engaged in community health. The programme brochures give further details, which are printed three months in advance, and mailed out to all interested individuals, and organizations. Due to administrative reasons, some programmes may be deferred or re-scheduled. Kindly do not send the participants in response to the calendar but only in response to the brochure, after getting confirmation from ISHA. If a participant shows up in response to our calendar, we are not responsible for inconvenience. And, no letter will be issued.

5.  All programmes at Bangalore are conducted at our own premises: Baba’s Gyan Sarovar which has over 30,000 sq.ft. area covering conference rooms, guest rooms, library, and advanced computer facilities. It is one of the most beautiful Institutes in India with enriching environment for learning, stress management, and attaining internal peace..

6. . Should you like us to organize a programme specifically to meet your needs, we shall be happy to assist

7. ISHA has started one-year competency-based correspondence programmes in eight fields (a) Hospital Administration (b) Nursing Care Administration (c) Counselling Techniques (d) Managerial Effectiveness, (e) Legal Aspects of Health Care, and (f) Public Health(g) Disasters preparedness and Emergencies Management, and (h) Planning and Managing Voluntary Organizations

8. From July 2008, we would start a Post Graduate Diploma Course full time, for 18 months in the fields of Hospital Administration, Health Administration, Occupational and Industrial Health, and Public Health.

9.  We shall be happy to serve your organization. Kindly let us know the programmes of your interest, so that we can send the programme brochures.

      With warm regards, and best wishes for your success.

Cordially yours,

Dr Ashok Sahni
Professor and
Hony Executive Director

1. Workshop on
Health and Stress of Women Employees
April 24-26, 2008, at Bhubaneswar
Roles of women at home and work; Conflicts and Stress Management; Stress Related Disorders - Cardiac, Cancer, Diabetes; Diet and Yoga; Patterns of adjustment; Career Development; adjustment of Children.

2. Workshop on,
Managerial Stress and Health and Retirement Planning

April 28-30, 2008 at Bhubaneswar

Importance of Retirement Planning, Adjustment and Health Problems in Post-retirement, Resources Analysis for Effective Retirement Planning, Stress and Health during retirement, Management of critical health problems - Cardiac, Cancer and Diabetes, Stress Related Diseases, Financial Planning for Retirement; Diet and Yoga for Better Health; Mid-career Planning and strategies for personal and professional development.

3. Workshop on,
Developing Systems for Quality Assurance in Health Care
May 19-21, 2008, at  Bangalore

        Understanding and implementing standards for hospital planning, equipment, medical audits, quality assurance to provide quality medical care.

4. National Workshop on,
Counselling Techniques for Health Professionals and Managerial Personnel, and NGO Representatives
June 16-19, 2008, at Bangalore

       Counselling for Behavioral change; Qualities of a Counselor, Process of Counseling for Psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, alcoholic disorders, HIV-AIDS patients, marital and sexual problems; family adjustments; death and dying; psychosomatic disorders, vocational, career planning, and mid-career counselling, job adjustment.

5. Eighteenth National Seminar on,
Hospital Clincial Waste, Hazards Management and Infection Control

July 8-11, 2008, Bangalore

     National Environmental Policy Guidelines for municipal and hospital infectious waste management; solid waste management sources; and Systems of  Waste Management, Legal Aspects, Economics of Waste Management, Reduction, Reuse, Recycle, and replacement systems for waste generation and management; infection control and universal precautions.

6. National Seminar on,
Innovations in Planning, Medical, and Allied Educational Institutions for Excellence
July 23-25, 2008, at Bangalore

    Mission and Philosophy of educational institutions; goals of the institution; selection of the faculty and students; designing curriculums; innovative teaching techniques; gaps in health care; grey areas in medicine; linkages and collaborations; examination and evaluation systems.

7. Forty-fifth National Course on,
Management Techniques and Clinical Updates for Nursing Personnel
August 4-13,  2008 at Bangalore

     Role and Requirements of Nursing Personnel; Problems of Nursing Management: Role Clarity and Job Descriptions; :Planning and Organization of Nursing Services; Patient Care Management: Quality Assurance in Nursing; Action Plans for Patient Satisfaction and Quality Assurance; Counselling patients; Management of Wards, Laundry, CSSD, Outpatients, Emergency Nursing Care; Infection Control and Universal Precautions.; Operating Room Nursing Practice Hospital Clinical Waste Management.

8. Thirtieth National Seminar on,
Disasters Preparedness and Emergencies Management

August 20-23, 2008, at Bangalore

Emergencies and Disasters; Risk Analysis, System’s Approach to Preparedness; SWOT Analysis, Personal, family, organization and community level disasters - air, road and rail accidents, cyclones, floods

9. National Workshop on,
Planning and Managing Orphanages, Old age Homes, and Centres for Women in Difficulties, Self-Reliance, and Rehabilitation
August 27-29, 2008, at Bangalore

      Planning, management and financing NGO organizations for orphans, old-age homes, and women in difficulties.

10. National Workshop on,
Patient Satisfaction, Quality Assurance, and Legal Aspects of Health Care
September 8-11, 2008,  at Bangalore

     Hospital culture and Patient Satisfaction; Patient Satisfaction; Handling VIP Patients; Quality Assurance in Key Areas; Cost Reduction and Cost Containment Techniques; Legal Aspects of Health Care; Consent, Confidentiality, Negligence; Frauds in health care; Developing a culture for health and healing.

11. National Workshop on,
Retirement Planning, Mid-Career Planning, Adjustment, and Health
September 25-27, 2008, at Bangalore

     Importance of Retirement Planning, Adjustment and Health Problems in Post-retirement, Resources Analysis for Effective Retirement Planning, Stress and Health during retirement, Management of critical health problems – Cardiac, Cancer and Diabetes, Stress Related Diseases, Financial Planning for Retirement; Diet and Yoga for Better Health; Mid-career Planning and strategies for personal and professional development.

12. National Workshop on,
Managing Stress Related Disorders in the Petroleum Industry
October 9-11, 2008, at Digboi, Assam

      Effective approaches for prevention and treatment of hypertension, diabetes and cardiac disorders, life style changes for prevention.

13. Forty-sixth National Workshop on, 
Clinical Updates for Nursing Personnel

October 13-17, 2008,  at Guwahati, Assam

      Role and Requirements of Nursing Personnel; Problems of Nursing Management: Role Clarity and Job Descriptions; :Planning and Organization of Nursing Services; Patient Care Management: Quality Assurance in Nursing; Action Plans for Patient Satisfaction and Quality Assurance; Counselling patients; Management of Wards, Laundry, CSSD, Outpatients, Emergency Nursing Care; Infection Control and Universal Precautions.; Operating Room Nursing Practice Hospital Clinical Waste Management.

14. National Workshop on,
Managing Stress Related Disorders Hypertension, Diabetes, Cardiac Heart Diseases, and Muscloskeletal Disorders
October 23-25, 2008, at  Bangalore

     Effective approaches for prevention and treatment of hypertension, diabetes and cardiac disorders, life style changes for prevention.

15. National Workshop on,
Stress and Health of IT Professionals: Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) and Reversing Heart Diseases
November 10-12, 2008, at Bangalore

     Causes and Prevention of RSI; Stresses and Strains. Non-surgical and non-medical treatments for cardiac patients; diet, yoga and life style changes; medical and cardiac check up. Personal and family counselling.

16. Fifteenth National Seminar  on,
Updates in Industrial, Occupational, and Environmental Health
November  20-22, 2008,  at Bangalore

     Health of Employees and Productivity; updates in industrial and occupational health; innovative occupational health programmes. Annual Medical check up.

17. National Meeting on,
HIV-AIDS Updates in India
December 15-17, 2008, at Bangalore

     To review the progress in testing, diagnosis, counselling, treatment, role by various agencies; strategies for reaching out to various risk groups; financing and financial stability of various groups.

18. Forty-seventh National Ten-days Course on,
Management Techniques and Clinical Updates for Nursing Personnel
January 5-14, 2009, at  Bangalore

Same as Sl.No. 7

19. National Seminar on,
Death and Dying, Handling and Managing Grief
January 19-21, 2009, at Bangalore

     Understanding death; grief  handling, preparing patients and relatives for death; living death; life after death. Physical facilities for grief handling.

20. Nineteenth National Seminar on,
Hospital Clinical Waste, Hazards Management and Infection Control

February 9-12, 2009, at  Bangalore

Same as Sl.No. 6

21. Twenty-eighth National Course on,
Updates in Hospital and Health Administration
February 16-20, 2009,  at Bangalore

     Managing Different Hospitals; Planning New Institutions; Hospital Architecture, Cost Reduction; Financing, Quality Assurance, Patient Satisfaction, Developing Standards and Systems, Medical Audits, Hospital Productivity and Profitability.

22. National Seminar on,
Love, Relationships, and Health, Newer appraoches to understanding Health and Healing
March 9-11, 2009,  at Bangalore

     Modern research findings on who gets sick and who is healthy; role of  love, relationships, mind, body and spirit.

23. National Seminar on,
Spirituality, Health, and Healing

March 16-18, 2009,  at Bangalore

     Factors contributing to research findings on who gets sick and who is healthy; role of love, relationships, mind, body and spiritual factors; effect of spiritual orientation, spiritual environment, and spiritual therapy on health/healing; yoga; positive mental attitude; spiritual and psychotherapeutic approaches in management of chronic and fatal diseases.