Research Topic -Neuropsychology, Radiation Oncology
Study examines the neuropsychological functions, emotional processing and quality of life in patients with benign brain tumors, before and after (at 6 months) Cyber Knife (CK) and its long term outcome at 1 year. Additionally, we also aim to evaluate the combined effect of Cognitive retraining (CR) along with CK in the same domains. Selected neuropsychological tests from NIMHANS Neuropsychology Battery (2004) and Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS) will be used for cognitive evaluation, Emotional Processing Scale (EPS) will be used to evaluate emotional processing, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for measuring anxiety and depressive symptoms, European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC) (QLQ-30) and Specific Brain Cancer module (BN 20) for quality of life and The Functional Independence Measurement and Functional Activity Measurement system (FIMFAM) for Activities of Daily Living. CR comprises of neuropsychological retraining with minimum 8 individual sessions and home-based activities will be done
Department & Campus
Clinical Psychology, Health Sciences Campus,Kochi
Skillsets Preferred from Applicants
Clinical skills in assessing nature and severity of psychiatric and neurological symptoms
Training in neuropsychological assessment and cognitive retraining
Ability to analyse and integrate relevant test findings and plan systematic, individualized cognitive retraining interventions
Sound knowledge in research methodology
Faculty Profile
Dr. Sudhindran S.
Professor,
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery,
School of Medicine, Kochi.
Why Amrita?!
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Admission Procedure
ELIGIBILITY
FULL TIME PHD
Applicants holding a Master’s degree are eligible to apply for admission. Examples of Master’s degree include: ME, M. Tech., M. Sc., MCA, MS by Research and MPhil
applicants are expected to have strong academic records.
PART TIME PHD
Applicants who have a full-time appointment at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham or at another academic/ R&D organization are eligible to apply for part-time admission. Other eligibility requirements of such applicants are same as full time applicants. Part Time students are permitted to proceed at a slower pace in completing their doctoral requirements.
INTEGRATED PHD
Exceptional students pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree at Amrita will be allowed to apply for the Integrated Ph.D. program subject to the requirement that he or she completes all the requirements of the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree prior to ‘advancement to candidacy’
DUAL DEGREE PHD
Exceptional students who satisfy the eligibility requirements of Amrita and that of Amrita’s International Partner University (IPU), as stated in the Dual PhD. MoU signed between Amrita and the IPU, are eligible for admission to the Dual PhD program.
Fee Structure
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TUITION FEES (Per Annum) External Scholars |
TUITION FEES (Per Annum) Internal Scholars |
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| AMRITAPURI | ₹30,000 | ₹20,000 |
| COIMBATORE | ₹30,000 | ₹20,000 |
| BENGALURU | ₹30,000 | ₹20,000 |
| CHENNAI | ₹30,000 | ₹20,000 |
Admission
Doctoral programs at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham are designed to develop outstanding educational researchers with a wide range of research skills as well as in-depth knowledge and practical understanding and expertise in their chosen field of educational research.
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