A Digital Newsletter of Psychiatry for Medical Doctors
Dr Latha K Volume 12 Issues 11 November, 2022 Mental Health Promotion (MHP) involves strengthening the policy environment and using strategic communication for network building, stakeholder engagement, enhanced mental health literacy and behaviour change. The lack of mental health literacy and stigma associated with mental illness in our society is reflected in the public’s attitude. […]
–DR.VAIBHAVI.P.S Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 Ever since our school days, we were taught only about physical health and ways to maintain it. The concept of mental health seemed almost nil at a younger age, and so did awareness about mental health.In the pre-CBME era, though the 1st year MBBS dealt with the anatomy […]
Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 The clock ticks down. You stare at the white paper sheet in front of you. It is empty, expecting lines of ink to be etched. Your wrack the shelves of your brain, praying some little tidbit of information is lying somewhere in the corner. You keep searching, with the […]
Volume 12 Issues 8 August, 2022 Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) was implemented by National Medical Council (NMC) for undergraduate medical education program to create Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) from academic year 2019-2020 onward.CBME not only a competency driven but it also includes other newer components (BOX 1). Elective clinical posting one of the importance […]
Volume 12 Issues 7 July, 2022 What do Marcus Trescothick, Glenn Maxwell, Will Pucovski, Jonathan Trott, Sarah Taylor, Suzie Bates, Praveen Kumar, Virat Kohli and the great Sachin Tendulkar have in common? England’s opener Marcus Trescothick returned to his country in the middle of the India tour in February 2006, citing personal reasons, which were […]
Volume 12 Issues 6 June, 2022 A substantial proportion of our time as medical trainees is spent gathering and retaining colossal amounts of medical information. The abyss of continually updating knowledge that will likely continue to sneer at even the most senior or experienced us is simply a reminder of the sophistication that stands behind […]
Dr Kishor M Volume 12 Issue 5 May, 2022 The Competency-based medical education (CBME) Psychiatry, should students & teachers jointly decide teaching learning sessions? The Competency-based medical education (CBME) in India was implemented in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the entire teaching learning adversely and new approaches were tried. Many sessions were given up in […]
Dr Naresh Nebhinani Volume 12 Issue 5 May, 2022 “Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work”- Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Medical education is generally perceived stressful due to vast syllabus, longer period […]
Dr Anil Kumar M N Volume 12 Issue 5 May, 2022 The CBME has emphasized Self-directed learning (SDL). SDL is a multi-faceted approach and hence poses difficulty when we try to define it. The concept was first explained for adult education by John Dewey, an American philosopher and educational reformer, in 1913, and it was […]
Dr. Z. Zayapragassarazan Volume 12 Issue 5 May, 2022 Introduction Physicians with well-developed soft skills are likely to earn higher patient satisfaction scores because of their ability to establish better relationships with patients and health care teams (1). Soft skills help people communicate more effectively and foster better health outcomes. It is now agreed that […]