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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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Delving into the minds of our target audience

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For nearly nine years, we at QMed, have been teaching, either by delivering lectures, or conducting workshops. In addition, we have helped people with their literature searches for their theses, articles they write, and even systematic reviews. It is indeed wonderful that we have reached out to a huge audience. The crying need in the country is however, tremendous. And we deliberate as to why we are unable to reach out to more, when everyone has praised our programs and sworn that they are very important. While there are several specific reasons for our workshops not reaching large enough numbers, we…
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Active review sessions can advance student learning.

Active review sessions can advance student learning.

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Favero TG. Active review sessions can advance student learning. Adv Physiol Educ. 2011;35:247-8 "Because of the vast amount of information in textbooks and other electronic media, most students today have a difficult time discerning the essential content of the discipline and how it might be used to solve problems" The author discusses the need of students to have review sessions before their exams. He tries a new approach where he conducts such a review session in regular class hours. Each student is asked to note down issues and problems s/he thinks is important for learning in the profession. He then describes…
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