97 research outputs found
ENDOGENOUS CORTISOL AND TESTOSTERONE LEVEL IN CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY: A CASE CONTROL STUDY
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COVID ENHANCED TEETHING PROBLEMS IN CBME IMPLEMENTATION-OUR EXPERIENCE RELATED TO SDL
No full textBackground: Self-directed learning or more precisely SDL is an important part of UG curriculum that can be used at all levels. In this form of education, the student or the learner plays an active role in knowledge, skill, and attitude acquisition. It is a lifelong learning process and requires a student to be familiar with the concepts of self-directed learning. Since it is a newly introduced concept, various challenges were faced while designing and implementing the SDL session. The online teaching due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic also added to the teething problems in CBME implementation.
Aim & Objectives: To identify the challenges faced and their possible redressal for proper designing of a SDL session and to understand the precise principles of SDL and share it with the faculty members of the department.
Methodology: In the personal experience with the MBBS batch while conducting a SDL session it was observed that SDL is confused with self learning as initially the students were given a topic and then asked to prepare it. The personal experience and experience of other medical teachers as well as of the students was taken into consideration. Then several publications on SDL were reviewed to understand the concept, and theories related to SDL were also studied.
Results: An exhaustive online search along with discussion with other medical teachers in this regard was very helpful as various doubts got clarified and some facts came into light indicating that concept of SDL is based on experiential and student-centred learning and with stress on higher order cognition. Therefore, the SDL conduct can be designed for two contact sessions and a gap period of few days. The first contact session can focus on introduction and instructions. The intersession period can be designated as the actual learning period for the students. The second contact session can involve debriefing and assessment.
Conclusion: The research helped to impart confidence in designing of the SDL session properly and helped to clarify various doubts and we got an in depth understanding of SDL. Hence, we were able to disseminate this knowledge to other faculty members also. Now we can plan the SDL session accordingly
Perceptions and Feedback of Medical Students about the National Medical Commission India Mandated Electives Program
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Electives program was introduced by the National Medical Council for Phase 3 MBBS students in India as a mandatory 2-month program, to facilitate learning beyond primary care and allow students to plan their careers by providing more choices.
Aim:
The aim of the study was to assess the relevance and importance of the electives program as perceived by the Phase 3 Part II MBBS students.
Materials and Methods:
An online study was conducted at the Pt. B. D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, involving 243 MBBS students to collect their perceptions, experiences, and suggestions for further improvement.
Results:
Eighty percent of 243 participants were satisfied with the method of allocation of electives. Three-fourths of participating students felt that the duration of electives was sufficiently long. Most of the students (79%) enjoyed Block 2 more than Block 1, while 44% of the students did not enjoy either of the elective postings. Ninety percent of participants perceived electives improved their self-directed learning. The novelty of experience and hands-on experience contributed in making learning enjoyable. Various attributes of mentors (availability, attitude, active teaching, and feedback) were considered facilitators of learning while fear of making mistakes and lack of guidance were considered to be hindering forces. The majority of students felt that elective postings helped them to contemplate future career options.
Conclusions:
Students perceived the timing of the electives as a positive change. The present study highlighted the potential of electives in undergraduate medical curricula by pointing out the possible determinants of students’ satisfaction with electives. Feedback from the maiden year of implementation of electives will help recognize the shortcomings and improve
Cholinesterase Activity in Health Workers Involved in Handling and Spraying of Organophosphorous Insecticides
No full textInternational Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences RESEARCH ARTICLE BIO CHEMISTRY RELATIONSHIP OF TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN MALES WITH CORONARY HEART
No full textMales are more than twice at the risk of dying from coronary disease than women. The finding that estrogen has a protective role in females led to the speculation that testosterone is deleterious to the male cardiovascular system and contributes to the vascular risk, but subsequent research showed little evidence that endogenous testosterone is an adverse risk factor, but the role of testosterone status and replacement therapy on male health is controversial. We studied the levels of testosterone in 60 males with recent coronary heart disease confirmed by the levels of troponin I ultra and compared them with the age matched controls from normal population. These parameters were assayed using chemiluminescent technology. We found that in males with CHD the testosterone levels were significantly reduced. This article discusses the cardioprotective role of testosterone in males. This article can be downloaded from www.ijpbs.net B- 566KEYWORD
Metal Organic Frameworks for Gas-phase Capacitive Sensing
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Agricultural trade liberalization in the Uruguay Round : one step forward, one step back?
No full textAfter evaluating the Uruguay Round's impact on agriculture and border protection in the next decade, the author concludes that while there was significant reform of the rules - particularly the conversion of nontariff barriers into tariffs and the reduction and binding of all tariffs - in practice, trade will probably be liberalized less than expected. The objective of the Round was to reverse protectionism and remove trade distortions. This may not be achieved in practice, at least not until further reductions are carried out in future rounds of negotiations. The major exception to this conclusion is in high-income Asian countries, where protection for major commodities will be significantly reduced. The tariffication and binding of all tariffs on agricultural products represents a significant step forward. Liberalization is implicit because countries are prohhibited from arbitrarily raising tariffs to new higher levels. But many of the newly established tariffs are so high in many countries as to effectively prohibit trade. Patterns of liberalization vary considerably by commodity and by country. Generally, the extent of liberalization was diminished by binding tariffs to the base period of 1986-88, when border protection was at a high point. In most OECD countries, this was worsened by"dirty tariffication:"the new base tariffs offered even greater protection than the nontariff barriers they replaced. Even after the commitments to tariff reductions in the Round, the ad valorem measure of the final binding tariffs will remain higher than the average rate of protection in 1982-93. A number of developing countries in East Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East chose to lock in prior liberalization efforts on some products. But for most commodities, there will be little actual liberalization, since most developing countries chose to bind their tariffs at a maximum level. Even when countries reduced already-bound rates, bound tariffs remained significantly higher than current applied rates, giving countries the flexibility to raise tariffs later. The high level of bound tariffs may allow countries to apply variable tariffs below the bound level, thus failing to stabilize tariffs and improve market access. Moreover, the Round did not touch many of the worst distortions in developing countries, such as import subsidies, export taxes, state-trading monopolies, and domestic policies that implicitly tax agriculture.Trade Policy,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Export Competitiveness,Rules of Origin,Trade Policy,Rules of Origin,TF054105-DONOR FUNDED OPERATION ADMINISTRATION FEE INCOME AND EXPENSE ACCOUNT,Environmental Economics&Policies,Economic Theory&Research
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