MCC

Qualification in Details:

1. Eligibility Criteria: The candidate should possess post graduate degree or Diploma in Nutrition & related subjects with a minimum of 60% marks.

2. Aim & Objectives: The goals of these fellowships are to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary training to individuals who are committed to a career in Nutrition & Oncology. The fellowship programme will be a one year course The fellowship training will provide a broad exposure to the full range of clinical/nutritional problems in oncology.

3. Fellowship Structure: 
a. Project Work: Fellows will be expected to take up one project, to be completed within a span of one year. Acquiring extramural funding for these projects will be encouraged and fellows are expected to have a submitted publication prior to completion of the fellowship in the project concerned. In addition to this conference presentations are recommended and encouraged. Fellows will be expected to complete the project prior to getting completion certificate. The fellows will be encouraged to prepare a project proposal prior to joining the fellowship which they can pursue during the tenure of their fellowship.
B. Didactic Teaching: Didactic teaching will be provided by the Faculty of Malabar Cancer Centre according to the schedule given below. The aim of the didactic teaching is to have one to one sessions where the fellows can get to interact with the teaching faculty on various topics related to nutritional oncology.
C. Basic Biostatistics: Measures of Central tendency & dispersion, Types of data &Data representation methods, Sampling Technique (Simple random sampling techniques, Stratified & Cluster sampling), Correlation & Regression, Testing of Hypotheses (Basic Concept, t-tests, Chi-square test, variance test), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
D. Chart Rounds: The fellowship candidate will be expected to participate in chart rounds on Saturdays with the surgical oncology team to understand the plans being delivered as well as to modify dietary pattern accordingly.
E. Special postings: The candidate will have postings in Department of Radiation oncology, Medical Oncology , Surgical oncology , Community oncology , Hematology, Palliative care and division of Speech and Swallowing for a period of two week each.