Jessica Sushma D souza
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Currently working as Selection grade lecturer teaching and assessing Medical Microbiology to undergraduate students of MBBS, BDS and Undergraduate students of School of Allied Health Sciences
• As a faculty member of Department of Microbiology, I am involved in the curriculum delivery (Didactic lectures, Self Directed Learning sessions, Problem Based Learning Sessions, and practical) for the MBBS and dental students
• Involved in the preparation of journal both MBBS & BDS
• Performed the planning and scheduling of the theory and practical classes for MBBS & BDS programme
· Block examination co-ordinator for MBBS, BDS and Refresher batches
• Involved in the preparation of question paper sets for the final summative examinations for MBBS & BDS programme
• I am involved in the curriculum delivery (Didactic lectures) and Assessment for the Microbiology component for the Undergraduate students of School of allied health sciences
· Diagnostic responsibility of Urine section of Microbiology Department, KMC Manipal,
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Microbiology | MBBS , BDS, Allied Health Sciences |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSc. Medical Microbiology | Microbiology | KMC | 2005 |
| PhD | Microbiology & Public health | MAHE | Persuing |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melaka Manipal Medical College | Lecturer | Teaching & Assessment | 2005-2012 |
| Melaka Manipal Medical College | Senior Grade Lecturer | Teaching & Assessment | 2012-2017 |
| Melaka Manipal Medical College | Selection Grade Lecturer | Teaching & Assessment | 2017 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Microbiology, Bacteriology, Medical education, Public health
Area of Expertise
Bacteriology, Medical education, Public health
Area of Research
Currently pursuing ongoing PhD project in Microbiology-Public health
Santhosh, DV and Shobha, KL and Bairy, I and Rao, G and Anand, KM and D'Souza, J (2007) Nasal screening and survey of pre-clinical medical students from Malaysia for nasal carriage of coagulase positive MRSA and rate of nasal colonization with Staphylococcus species. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 1 (6). pp. 494-499
Santhosh, DV and Shobha, KL and Bairy, I and Gowrish, R and D’Souza, J (2008) Phenotypic Detection and Rate of Nasal Carriage of Heterotypic Borderline Oxacillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Pre-clinical Medical Students from Malaysia. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2 (4). pp. 985-990
Suman E, Jose S, D'Souza J, Kotian S. Does vancomycin inhibit biofilm production by coagulase-negative staphylococci? (2009) Journal of Hospital Infection, 73 (1), pp. 86-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.001
Bincy M. George, Niveditha Suvarna, Jessica Sushma D’Souza (2010) Twelve tips for medical students to improve identification of “Learning Issues” in Problem Based Learning South‐East Asian Journal of Medical Education 61 Vol. 4 no. 1, 2010
Anand Kukkamalla, Shobha Karabylu Lakshminarayana, Jessica D’Souza, Shyamala Hande (2011).Designing problems for Problem-Based Learning (PBL) sessions: students and faculty perceptions.South‐East Asian Journal of Medical Education Vol. 5 no. 2, 2011
Anand Kukkamalla, Shobha K.L and Jessica D’Souza Pathway MCQs as an active learning strategy for students in microbiology: a preliminary study’(2011) Recent Research in Science and Technology 2011, 3(10): 07-13
George, B.M., Rao, M.S., Kumar, A., Suvarna, N., D'Souza, J.S (2012) Health of coconut tree climbers of rural southern India - medical emergencies, body mass index and occupational marks: A quantitative and survey study. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 6 (1), pp. 57-6. doi: JCDR/2012/2867.3430:1829
SR Kamath, SD Jessica(2012)’Prevalence of myopia among students of Melaka Manipal Medical College at Manipal in India’ Indian Journal of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology 1 (1), 19-22
Surekha Kamath and Jessica D’Souza (2013). Prevalence of obesity among the medical students: a cross sectional study in a south Indian medical college. Al Ameen J Med Sci 2013; 6(1):93-95
Shobha, KL and D’Souza, Jessica and Varun, CN and Kumar, Vinod and Kamath, Ramachandra and Ramachandra, L (2014) Study of bacteria causing skin infections in school going children in Udupi district;cross-sectional study. International Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2 (2). pp. 50-52
Shobha K.L , Kusumakshi , Anand K.M , Gowrish Rao.S , Jessica D’souza , Ramachandra L(2014) Isolation of Streptococcus species from throat swabs of school going children. International Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2 (2). pp. 86-87
Hande HS, Kamath RS D’Souza J. Students’ Perception of Effective Teaching Practices in a Medical School. Education in Medicine Journal (ISSN 2180-1932) 2014;Vol. 6 (3) pp63-66 DOI:10.5959/eimj.v6i3.247
Shobha K.L, Jessica Sushma D’Souza, Meena Alva, Anand K.M, Gowrish S Rao, L.Ramachandra (2015) Study of Uropathogens and Its Antibiogram at a Tertiary Care Hospital at Coastal Karnataka, Vol. 4 (2): 100-109.
D’Souza JS, Kamath RS, Jun JFA, Yuganesh Chandrasegar Y. Study of refractive errors among medical students of Melaka Manipal Medical College at Manipal in India. Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 24-26 October 2015, Kumamoto University, Japan, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-1-4, pp 043-045
D’Souza JS, Kamath S, Logeswary, Yugenddren, Teng QS, Priyashini. Comparison of HemoCue Method and Sahli’s Acid Hematin Method for Hemoglobin Estimation. Research & Reviews: Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2015;Vol. 4 (2).
Sagar S, Narasimhaswamy N, D’Souza J. Providencia rettgeri: An emerging nosocomial uropathogen in an indwelling urinary catheterised patient. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2017;11 (6), pp. DD01-DD02 doi:10.7860/JCDR/2017/25740.10026
Hande, H.S., D'Souza, J.S., Kamath, S.R ‘Student participation in assessment: A strategy for improving Learning’. Journal of Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences University(2019)14(2), pp. 90-93
Student project details: Currently involved in student research project related to Microbiology.