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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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Do medical students (undergraduates) need to learn research?

Do medical students (undergraduates) need to learn research?

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Knowledge, attitude, practice, and barriers toward research among medical students: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey. Pallamparthy S, Basavareddy A. Perspect Clin Res. 2019 Apr-Jun;10(2):73-78. doi: 10.4103/picr.PICR_1_18. ; PMID: 31008073; PMCID: PMC6463502. This is an article after my heart! The authors voice our sentiments, when they say that medical students should be trained in the methods of carrying out research as they will be future doctors who will have to practice evidence-based medicine in patient care. Evidence based practice means, that they must find scientific research which, with a systematic approach tell them which theories and hypotheses are proved or disapproved ,…
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