ABOUT DR TUSHAR KANT

Psychiatric Experience:

Ward Work:

Day-to-day management of psychiatric and physical illnesses of in-patients. Responsibility for initial assessment, develop a care plan and involve other members of multi-disciplinary team (Nursing Staff, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist). Gained a wide experience of various types of psychopathology that occur within the remit of Psychiatry.

Outpatient Clinics:

Detailed assessment of patients attending Out-Patient Clinic

Community Psychiatry:

Conducting family intervention for family members of patients with substance use disorder and monthly psychoeducation programs for family members and patients with psychiatric disorders. Providing Mental Health support for refugees at Don Bosco Psychosocial Project in association with UNHCR at New Delhi.

On-Call Experience:

As a Resident Doctor I was taking part in the resident on-call rotations.

Risk Assessment:

Experience in risk assessment and the management of Psychiatric emergencies

ECT:

Involved in taking part in ECT Rotations as resident doctor.

Multimedia:

Developing various multimedia (PowerPoint presentations, videos) on various critical subjects used for psychoeducation of patients and family members.

General Practice:

Had worked in rural hospital of the Rajasthan Government (India). During my more than two years of service, I was

the only doctor in the area ( caters about population of 30,000) and was responsible for the following tasks:

Complete supervision of the Immunization Programs for children (including school heath programme).

Reporting and management of acute respiratory infections in children under 5 years.
Providing Family Planning and Antenatal care services.
Outpatient Clinic .
Health Education of the public through health lectures in the hospital.
Provide training and educational sessions for the paramedical team.
Conducted health programmes for health promotion e.g. educating people importance of sanitation and safe water
Management of common medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension & poisoning cases and also reporting medico-legal cases and post-mortem.
Worked as a team member of volunteer doctors from rajasthan govt. during cloud bursting incident in Uttarakhand in 2013.

General Skills / Interests

Languages and Communication Skills:

Rajasthani : Native
Hindi: Native
English: Fluent

Other Interests: I like reading about Geography and browsing different maps; I am also interested in travelling and learn about the culture, beliefs and traditions of different societies

Research and Presentations

1. Thesis: “Insight among bipolar patients currently in remission”: under the guidance of Dr. Sanjay Kumar Pattanayak and Dr. Shivani Aggarwal; submitted to National Board of Examinations for partial fulfilment of DNB.

Conference and Workshops Attended/Participated