Bruce Davis Gold Medal Examination- 2023

Dr Pallavi Ghosh Wins
Bruce Davis Gold Medal Examination- 2023

Dr Pallavi Ghosh –Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, has won – the Bruce Davis Gold Medal 2023- the prestigious national award for young doctors in India for their excellence in Palliative Medicine. The award will be presented during the Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care, set to be held in Ahmedabad from the 9th to the 11th of February 2024. the Bruce Davis Medal, a cash award of Rs. 25000/- and a citation will be presented to the winner.

The Gold Medal was instituted by the Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhikode, in honour of Wilfrid Bruce Davis MBE, who has been supporting the palliative care movement in India from the early years.

Bruce Davis Gold Medal examination has two steps to select the winner. The step I examination is a National level online screening test which comprises 100 MCQs. Candidates who get the first 5 ranks are further evaluated in step II final examination conducted at the Institute of Palliative Medicine (WHO Collaboration Centre for Community Participation in Palliative Care and Long-Term Care.

The final examination has three levels of evaluation- Theory, Assessment of Clinical Skills and Viva.

In 2023, the following candidates participated in the final examination held at the Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhikode on 17th December 2023:

Dr Pallavi Ghosh (Madhya Pradesh), Ch. S. V. Teja(Andhra Pradesh), Dr C.Santhini( Tamil Nadu), Dr Sharun Mathew John (Kerala) and Dr Sai Sowmya Pulluri (Telangana)

Dr Lulu Mathews, Program Director, Academics, Institute of Palliative Medicine was the coordinator for the Bruce Davis Gold Medal Examination. Dr Rajashree K C, (Faculty, Institute of Palliative Care, Thrissur) and Dr Ramkumar P (Senior Consultant - Pain & Palliative Medicine at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences) were the examiners.