Scientifica has been known to all the Physiotherapy students of
Maharashtra as their own research conference. Started in 2008 by the faculties
of Sancheti College of Physiotherapy Pune, with the sole objective of promoting
and encouraging research liking in the young, budding and talented
Physiotherapy students, this year makes it more special as Scientifica
enters in its 10th year. With its statement of “Think Scientific,
Think Research”, the first Scientifica was conducted in
association with the rehab dept of BJ Medical college of Sassoon General
Hospital in its Pathology lecture hall. Under the blessings and guidance of Padmavibhushan
Dr. KH Sancheti, Dr. Parag Sancheti and Dr. Shaila Sabnis, the 2008 Scientifica
had an overwhelming participation of around 150 students from Pune and nearby
regions. The mission of Scientifica was not just to provide a
platform for research presentations for UG and PG Physiotherapy students, but
also to make research as a fun and entertainment zone. And thus, there was an
introduction of research based competitions like critical analysis of research
articles and research quiz for the PGs and research antakshari and
dumb-charades for the UGs. For the 1st time, students witnessed and
experienced the joy of learning and understanding the essence and fundamentals
of research. Thus began Scientifica with the team of Rohit
Sontakke, Apurv Shimpi, Shweta Gore, Shweta Basu Roy, Pramod Shenoy, Anagha
Khambete, Gajanan Bhalerao, Rajani Pagare and Aparna Murthy.
The 2nd Scientifica conducted
at the same venue in 2009 witnessed participation of almost 250 participants
from all over Maharashtra PT colleges. The response was overwhelming to the
extent that the scientific committee had to conduct reviews and eliminations of
many papers due to the limitations of the time duration. Over the coming years,
Scientifica became a trend in Physio students as their own
Physiotherapy research conference.
In 2013, understanding the potential of Scientifica
of promoting research amongst Physiotherapy students, Maharashtra University of
Health Sciences, the state health sciences university of Maharashtra state
collaborated and partnered with Scientifica 2013. This year saw a
radical change wherein all the Physiotherapy colleges of Pune region under MUHS,
viz. DES Brijlal Jindal College of Physiotherapy, Smt. Kashibai Navale College
of Physiotherapy, MA Rangoonwala College of Physiotherapy, MIMER College of
Physiotherapy, and CMF College of Physiotherapy came together with Sancheti
College of Physiotherapy to organise Scientifica collectively in
a new venue of Hotel Le Meridian, Pune. Under the guidance of the then Hon.
Vice Chancellor of MUHS Dr. Arun Jamkar and a strong and able team of Dr.
Savita Rairikar, Dr. Ashokkumar Patil, Dr. Aparna Sadhale, Dr. Snehal Ghodey,
Dr. Shilpa Parab and Dr. Ronika Agarwal along with all the academic faculties
from these institutes, Scientifica reached new heights altogether. Registrations
had to be stopped due to the incapability of the venue to accommodate more than
650 participants, who arrived from all corners of Maharashtra state from MUHS
as well as deemed universities. Scientifica 2014 and Scientifica
2015 witnessed a massive overflow of registrations from neighbouring
states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa as well. The research
competition experienced more than 200 papers presented and more research games
added including research protocol making, abstract writing, research quiz,
research taboo, and research dumb-charades.
In 2016, Scientifica took a break as
Sancheti College of Physiotherapy introduced stage II of Physio students’ event,
The Physio Inspira 2016, Physiotherapy students’ talent mega event. The
objective was to make an all-rounder Physiotherapist good in research knowledge
as well as talent and extra academic development, celebrating an event not only
of research and education, but also of abilities and enhancements, making
tomorrows’ Physios smarter, intelligent and better leaders.
2017 shall witness a National level event with
amalgamation of Scientifica and Physio Inspira marking a 3 day grand event filled with fun,
happiness, entertainment and learning. With research events like Scientific
Paper Presentation (UG and PG), Research Quiz (Team of 4) (Only PG), Formation
of Research Abstract (PG), Critical Analysis of Research (Team of 3) (PG Only),
Formulation of a Research Protocol (Group of 3) (UG), Guess the good word
(Group of 4) (Only UG) and Clinical Mad Ads (Only UG) and extra academic events
of Photography (Solo), T-Shirt Painting (Solo), Dance (Team of minimum 8 per college),
Fashion Show (Team of minimum 8 per college), Bollywood Quiz and GOT Quiz (Team
of 2, multiple entries allowed), Cooking (Team of 2, multiple entries allowed)
and Debate (Team of 4 per college), you just don’t want to be left out.
But that’s not the end of it. 2018 shall witness the
addition of another academic clinical event completing the round-up of an all phased
talented Physiotherapist. So Come and join us for this National Physiotherapy
event of Physio Inspira 2017 on 10th and 11th March 2017 at
Sancheti Healthcare Academy, Pune and your very own Scientifica 2017
on 12th March 2017 at Hotel Sheraton Grand, Pune. Witness learning
in a more entertaining and fun enhanced way. Learn research and clinical
perspectives from experts and from your own peers in a way we all want our
education to be.
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