Demonization of Doctors: #jesuisasur
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Cochrane Presents Interactive Learning Courses
Cochrane is a British non-profit, non-governmental organization formed to organize medical research findings so as to facilitate evidence-based choices aboutContinue Reading
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Research Mentorship for MBBS/MD Students in India: The Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Program
There are very limited opportunities for Indian medical students and even residency trainees, to engage in high quality mentorship programContinue Reading
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Another NEJM Gem: The Doctor’s Dilemma
I always rather enjoy the narrative perspectives that the NEJM publishes every week, and some of those hit very closeContinue Reading
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ICMR STS 2016 Declared: BDS Students Supported No Longer
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has opened up calls for its Short Term Summer Research Studentships (STS). TheContinue Reading
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A Response to Anandabazar’s Indictment of Doctors-in-Training: Attitude vs Aptitude or Students vs System
So, I have been meaning to blog for a while now, but as all my online blog-ey friends know, IContinue Reading
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JIMA: Largest Medical Journal in Print Closes Shop
The Journal of the Indian Medical Association seems to have ceased publication in March, according to this newspaper article, whichContinue Reading
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The Parable of the Farmers Plagued by Rats: AKA Publications in Advancing Medical Careers
There was a small island kingdom, inhabited by a peaceful race of people who prospered through the advances they hadContinue Reading
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US Budget FY 2014: Did the US Govt Make USMLE Tougher for IMGs?
Right at the outset, I shall admit that this is a topic that is a little beyond my “safety net”Continue Reading
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The Family Physician: A Dying Romantic Idea
I have been known to lament the loss of the prestige of the basic medical degree (MBBS) in India. WhileContinue Reading
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Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide: The Dark Knight Falls
From Aaron’s last blog post: Thus Master Wayne is left without solutions. Out of options, it’s no wonder the seriesContinue Reading
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Brown Bag Sessions: Food for Thought
We have been contemplating the concept of having a Brown Bag session once in two weeks in our department forContinue Reading
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Talking to the Streets for Health: Street Theater as a Public Health Tool
Prior to coming to Delhi, I did not have much exposure to the power of the theater as a modeContinue Reading
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Literature Search Workshop at UCMS: Extra-Curricular Academics at the MEU
The Medical Education Unit at the University College of Medical Sciences, where I am now doing my residency, is aContinue Reading
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Facebooking Your Faculty: To be or not to be?
Few emerging technologies have taken by storm the world as much as Facebook has. Although a plummeting share price hasContinue Reading
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Protocol Writing Workshop 2012 and Falling in Love… with UCMS!
As residents, one of the most important things that we have to do is complete a dissertation, or thesis inContinue Reading
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Despatch from Narela: Another Rural Posting Experience
It has been quite a long hiatus since I last wrote here, and a plethora of changes have affected myContinue Reading
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On Being A Gadfly
Although this is the age of Evidence Based Medicine, in large parts of our country, the “E” in EBM doesContinue Reading
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National Doctors’ Day & The Perils of Being an Indian (Junior) Doctor
“There is no greater reward in our profession than the knowledge that God has entrusted us with the physical careContinue Reading
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And the AIPG Fiasco Continues
The 5300-odd rankers in the AIPG were breathing a sigh of relief when the notification for counseling for Post GraduationContinue Reading
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Another AIPG Controversy
Rumors and hearsay have been a dime a dozen since the bombshell of an AIPG dropped on us and sinceContinue Reading
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Mistakes in Medicine: The Brian Goldman TED Talk
This TED Talk has been on my radar for quite some time now, but thanks to my exams and studyContinue Reading
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Is MBBS Becoming a Vestigial Degree?
“There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a manContinue Reading
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The Map of the Cat Conundrum: Richard Feynman and AIIMS November 2011
Well, that sounds like an odd assortment of topics to group under the same heading, does it not? Well, todayContinue Reading
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Trendelenberg vs Trendelenburg: What’s in a name?
I have a slew of exams lined up and am recovering from a (suspected) repetitive stress injury of the rightContinue Reading
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Charles Beevor: The Sign of a “Bloody” Jerk
Forgive the hyperbolic title. Do not take offense and read on before hating on me. Please note the post scriptContinue Reading
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Google+ for Google Apps, Open Lab and Exam Musings
So this is a bit of a mishmash of a post. Google Plus is finally being opened up to theContinue Reading
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OAW 2011: So You Hit A Paywall?
This is in celebration of the Open Access Week, which is celebrated all across the globe between October 24 –Continue Reading
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House MD 8×02: Transplant
As big a fan of the House MD show I am, let me start off with the disclaimer that IContinue Reading
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Medical Student Research: The First Year Quandary
The problem with the Indian Medical Curriculum is that it is too intense, as it should be, no complaints there,Continue Reading
