So, if this Article (not the best source of news, I know) is to be believed, then the special task force created under the aegis of the Central Government to clean up the mess that is medical education in India, the National Commission for Human Resources for Health, has suggested in its report that there … Continue reading Common Exit Exams for Indian Med Students?
Month: November 2010
Treating MRSA: Clinical Evidence
There is an excellent resource in Clinical Evidence on MRSA: treating people with infection, which proved to be very helpful to me just last week. We usually do not get too many patients with MRSA, thankfully, and were caught off guard when a patient's culture reports showed MRSA. After doing the needful and alerting the … Continue reading Treating MRSA: Clinical Evidence
#MedEd Musings #1: How Not to do A Powerpoint Presentation
A wonderfully done powerpoint presentation on how not to do a powerpoint presentation! Done by the comedian Don McMillan, this seems to be quite some time old, but I must say, although technology has improved down the ages, and Microsoft has added more and more bells and whistles to MS-Powerpoint with each new version of … Continue reading #MedEd Musings #1: How Not to do A Powerpoint Presentation
Have A Shitty Day: World Toilet Day
Today is World Toilet Day. And whilst you may be laughing under your breath as you read this, the truth remains that the lack of proper sanitation and drinking water is a tremendous public health disaster. Much more than wars and battles, plagues and pestilences, is this little amenity that most of us take for … Continue reading Have A Shitty Day: World Toilet Day
Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part – 1
So here I am talking about my first day, not-quite-the-first-show experience with HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 1, the first in a two-part denouement to a decade-long saga of magical mayhem which I have started to identify a large part of my childhood with. Now before I posted this review, I skimmed the … Continue reading Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part – 1
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