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Research methodology teaching for undergraduate medical students – an interesting project

Research methodology teaching for undergraduate medical students – an interesting project

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Development and implementation of a competency-based module for teaching research methodology to medical undergraduates. Patra S, Khan AM J Educ Health Promot. 2019 Aug 30;8:164 PMID:31544129 The authors did this study as a part of a FAIMER fellowship program (CMCL-FAIMER). It aimed to develop and carry out a "competency-based research methodology" training module for undergraduate students  and get the students' feedback on this. It was carried out in the Community Medicine Department, for 25 students in their 4th semester . The study was done in the year 2017. This group of 25 students were made to work in groups under…
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Medical colleges & research outputs – need for escalation!

Medical colleges & research outputs – need for escalation!

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Medical Research in Medical College in India: Current Scenario and Ways to Improve it Ghosh K, Ghosh K. J Assoc Physicians India. 2019 Apr;67(4):71-73. PMID: 31299844. The authors actually drop a bombshell when they say that they reviewed and discovered that 60% of research papers in indexed journals are published by just 6 - 10 medical colleges, when we have around 450 medical colleges in India! Now that is something to be concerned about! The authors have reviewed several papers and listed as well as cited various reasons for lack of good research out in the country's medical colleges. They…
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Publishing an article on Health Professions Education

Publishing an article on Health Professions Education

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Advice for authors from the editors of Perspectives on Medical Education : Getting your research published. Varpio L, Driessen E, Maggio L. Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Dec;7(6):343-347doi: 10.1007/s40037-018-0483-0 ; PMID: 30488264; PMCID: PMC6283776 Do you find doing a health professions education (HPE) research difficult? And getting the paper published even more difficult? The editors of "Perspectives on Medical Education" share some great advice to help you. Here are some of the key points for Authors to remember for getting their research published in journals given by editors of Perspectives on Medical Education Begin at the beginning: Know you target audience…
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