DSINPS holds its 24th Convocation

The Defence Services Institute for Nursing and Paramedical Sciences (DSINPS) held the 24th Convocation yesterday afternoon in Mingaladon Township, Yangon. The ceremony was attended by Commandant Brig-Gen Win Bo and members of the dean of faculties.
The commandant and members of the dean of faculties entered the Convocation Hall and took their seats at the designated places. The National Anthem was played and the convocation ceremony was opened. Afterwards, the commandant announced the holding of the convocation and pledged to abide by the code of conduct for the graduates.
The rector presented degree certificates to 52 BNSC graduates, four BPharm graduates, seven B.Med Tech graduates, five graduates in radiology and imaging techniques, five graduates in Physiotherapy and two graduates in prosthetics and orthopaedic technology. The commandant then allowed them to wear uniforms corresponding to the degrees. At the ceremony, 15 graduates BNSC(Bridge) were awarded distant learning degrees and allowed them to wear uniforms corresponding to the degree. The commandant then signed the graduation record book and delivered the convocation speech.
The Defence Services Institute for Nursing and Paramedical Sciences has been holding convocations since 2003. To date, the institute has conferred PhDs in Nursing Science on 24 students, Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education on 241 students, Master of Science in Nursing on 420 students, Master in Pharmacology and Medical Technology on 184 students, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Bridge on 113 students, Diploma in Medical Ultrasound Diagnostics on 16 students, Diploma in Intensive care Nursing on 22 students, Diploma in Surgery Nursing on 65 students, Bachelor in Nursing Science on 3,216 students, Bachelor in Pharmacology on 213 students, and Bachelor in Medical Technology on 626 students.
The institute has been sending teaching instructors abroad for training to acquire international skills, and one student for PhDs in Nursing Science in 1998, two students for PhDs in Nursing Science in 1999, two students for PhDs in Nursing Science and eight students for Master in Nursing Science in 2001 were sent to La Trobe University in Australia. In addition, six students were graduated from Mahidol University and Ching Mai University in Thailand and two students were graduated from the Air Langer University in Indonesia. — MNA