Dr Anisha Chauhan

• Diagnosed and treated patients suffering from psychiatric conditions.
• Contributed to ongoing professional development by actively participating in continuing education courses, workshops, and seminars related to clinical practice advancements.
• Educated patients and families on health conditions to raise awareness.

• Performing inpatient rounds everyday to discuss patient care plans, review diagnosis, communicate with patients and discuss medication lists.
• Seeing outpatients independently including de-addiction and child psychiatry patients.
• Establishing collaborative and constructive relationships with patients and families by effectively and sympathetically discussing serious, sensitive and difficult topics.
• Writing medical prescriptions, detailing side effects and possible adverse reactions to keep patients informed and alert of potential issues.
• Conferring with specialists to obtain expertise on patient conditions and referred individuals in need of additional care.
• Engaging with other professionals to impart knowledge and discuss best treatment courses.
• Supervising post-graduate students with ECT.
• Taking lectures for Under-graduate students, nursing students, interns and moderating seminars, journal clubs and case-conferences for psychiatry post-graduates.

• Counseled outpatients and inpatients and designed individualized care plans.
• Prescribed, directed and administered psychotherapeutic treatments and medications to treat various mental, behavioural and emotional disorders.

Completed a three-year Junior residency program leading to Masters's Degree in Psychiatry with training in the following departments:

• Adult in-patient and outpatient Adult Psychiatry (18 months)includes postings in three department units. Administration of Modified Electroconvulsive Therapy (MECT) was part of this training.
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (11 weeks)- includes two months of posting in the Child Guidance Clinic in Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, and four weeks of posting in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry department at NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
• Neurology and Neuropsychiatry (2 months) – includes posting in the Neurology department of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Work includes out-patient, and in-patient care, attending emergency calls related to neurology, interpretation of Electroencephalographs (EEG), and memory clinics.
• Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (4 months) includes liaisons with departments such as medicine, surgery, orthopaedics, critical care units, oncology, and dermatology to manage psychiatric emergencies, psychosomatic disorders, and medical disorders complicated by psychological factors.
• Clinical Psychology (1 month)- this includes posting in the department of clinical psychology at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, for training in psychological assessments, including personality assessments, neuropsychological assessments, projective testing, and IQ assessments, and training in psychological therapies such as BT, CBT, DBT, group therapies, and Social Skills Training.
• Rehabilitation (5 months) includes posting in the rehabilitative centre Hombelaku, at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, with training in rehabilitative processes, social and cognitive skills assessments and retraining, occupational and vocational training, self-care training, and assertive community treatment in the form of home visits.
• Community Psychiatry (5 months)- this includes attending various psychiatry camps, state homes for homeless women with mental illness, and Telepsychiatry units at primary health centres every week during the posting period in the rehabilitation centre.
• Emergency Psychiatry- approximately 3 to 4 days per month throughout three years involving 24 hours of on-call duty to attend to psychiatric emergencies in Kasturba Hospital, Manipal.
• General Medicine (1 month)- involves posting in a general medicine unit at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Work includes attending the outpatient department twice-weekly and in-patient care daily.
• Elective posting (1 month)- in the Department of Medical Genetics at Kasturba Hospital with training in Genetic counselling for various genetic disorders. Work includes observing molecular biological techniques such as PCR, amniocentesis,CVS, and fetal autopsy.
• Covid duties (4 weeks) under the Department of general medicine.
• Other specialty clinics (4 months)-Psychodermatology, and psychosexual medicine clinics on aweekly basis.
• Teamed with other physicians, specialists, and healthcare providers to provide well-rounded care for complex cases.
• Thoroughly examined patients and elicited medical history data to assess health and identify conditions.
• Diagnosed and treated patients suffering from chronic Psychiatric conditions.
• Interviewed patients in detail, discussed symptoms, asked questions, and suggested treatment options.
• Administered a high level of patient care using active listening and open-ended questioning.
• Wrote medical prescriptions detailing side effects and possible adverse reactions to inform patients of potential issues.
• Engaged with other professionals to impart knowledge and discuss the best treatment courses

• Worked in close collaboration with NGO working to educate girl child about menstruation.
• Actively participated in events supporting empowerment of women.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Worked flexible hours.

• Worked asavoluntary tutor in 2019 in collaboration with Delhi government for teaching menstrual hygiene to school children and discussing the taboos and myths related to it.
• Provided early intervention assistance to struggling students.
• Met with students and discussed their prevailing knowledge on the topic.

• Thoroughly examined patients and elicited medical history data to use in assessing health and identifying conditions.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.

• Reported back to instructor to receive day-to-day tasks and responsibilities.
• Communicated effectively with faculty and staff and accepted critiques and suggestions for areas of improvement.
• Delivered clerical support by handling range of routine and special requirements.
• Monitored patient vitals.
• Took detailed notes on patient conditions and diagnoses.
• Interviewed patients concerning physical complaints, discussed symptoms, asked questions and suggested treatment options.
• Took basic patient information and recorded vital signs pre-appointments.
• Met with patients to discuss medical histories and current complaints.
• Conducted physical assessments of relevant body areas and performed standardized tests to check responses.
• Presented cases to multi-disciplinary teams and discussed therapeutic interventions.
• Diagnosed issues and implemented treatment plans to resolve problems or help manage symptoms.
• Implemented therapeutic regimens involving medications and other interventions to mitigate symptoms and prevent reoccurrence.