Resource: Therapeutic Guidelines

Resource: Therapeutic Guidelines - http://www.tg.org.au/Therapeutic Guidelines is a resource from Australia. It has a set of guidelines on several topics, written principally for prescribers (general practitioners and trainee physicians in particular) to provide clear, practical, succinct and up-to-date therapeutic information, for the management of patients with specific conditions. They cover all common disorders seen in clinical practice. Topics and sections are arranged according to diagnostic entities. Each section gives sufficient surrounding information to orient the reader, followed by succinct and explicit recommendations for therapy. The website specifies that the Guidelines are not primarily meant to instruct, but rather to assist…
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A special Editorial-The Revised Guidelines of the Medical Council of India for Academic Promotions: Need for a Rethink

Aggarwal R et.al.The Revised Guidelines of the Medical Council of India for Academic Promotions: Need for a Rethink. Indian association of medical journal editors.2016 Jan 8;53(1);23-26Indian Pediatr. 2016 Jan 8;53(1):23-26 This article is simultaneously published in about 22 journals, but since we came across it first in the Indian Pediatrics, we have chosen this citation to share this article. The article covers five areas where the MCI has issued guidelines and made practical suggestions for each area - a) Where should the journals be indexed, b) Types of articles that would be considered, c) Better understanding of the terms -  National…
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Goa Medical College – Oct 31, 2014

Goa Medical College – Oct 31, 2014

For those who do not live in Goa, the place  is almost always associated with holidays. And those who go on a holiday to Goa would be most reluctant to leave the beaches and anything else they are enjoying.  My trip to Goa was for the wedding of the daughter of my childhood friend - someone who I shared almost every waking moment with, during high school and college days. Now getting away from her and that too on a Goa beach venue would not have been easy, but thank goodness, it was for something I had long wanted to…
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