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Background: Medical Council of India, New Delhilaunched a National Faculty Development Program(NFDP) across India in 2009. NFDP was neverevaluated in the context of its operational utility,efficiency and effectivity. Aim and Objectives: Presentstudy was undertaken to evaluate the NFDPat one of theMedical Council of India (MCI) Nodal Centre foridentifying the gap with regards to its impact,operational utility and effectivity as envisioned by theregulatory body and to invocate interventionaloperations arising thereof and to calibrate it and tocreate evidences for the same. Material and Methods:The study has been carried out at Jawaharlal NehruMedical College (JNMC), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, aNodal Centre recognized by MCI New Delhi for theNFDP. A validated questionnaire was sent to 667stparticipants of the NFDP at JNMC from 1 July 2009 tost31 July 2017 and responses were obtained aboutgenerating evidences in education technology, transferof knowledge at the workplace and contribution in theinstitutional growth. The impact analysis was studied interms of individualization, internalization andinstitutionalization of the participants. Results: 220(52%) of the participants confirmed their involvementin educational research activities in the form of eitheradvance course or a conference or an educationalresearch project. 250 (59%) of the participants couldtransfer their learning to the workplace and broughtchanges in the teaching learning Practices and 28.3% inassessment methods. 255 - 338 (60.32% to 79.90%)participants opined positive impact of NFDP onpersonal/ professional/ Institutional growth.Conclusions: In terms of the observations and findingsthereto, it was proposed that certain modifications(structural, operational and conceptual) are warranted inthe said program. Operational utility of the NFDP isdiscussed under two headings. Its link with CompetencyBased Medical Education and its relation toAccreditation Status of Medical schools in India.
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Teaching methods have huge impact over appropriate acquisition of knowledge by the intendedrecipient.Physiology course in our college is taught through lectures, laboratory sessions, tutorials, all ofwhich are teacher centered; and student-led seminars. Aim of this study was to investigate students’perceptions of the value of varying academic methods on their learning of physiology. A faculty-baseddescriptive study was conducted. 150 Pro-formas were distributed & 127 were completed. Results showedthat 108 students (85%) believed that their absence from different academic activities could affect performance.Students perceived lectures as the most valuable academic activity (90.7%), whereas seminars by studentswere perceived as least important (18.5%). There was significant correlation between lectures attendanceand performance in examinations (P-0.008). 90% students thought that teacher involvement in tutorials wasessential. These results showed that in our course, students perceived teacher involvement as a keycomponent of the learning process.
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Students’ Perception of Undergraduate Educational Environment across Multiple Medical Institutes in Central India using DREEM Inventory Background: Students perception of the educational milieu can be a basis for implementing modifications & optimize educational environment. Two major ways in which the four premium medical institutes in Central India differ are their entry level selection process for undergraduates & the management structure. Students’ perception of the educational climate can be swayed by the growing diversity of the students’ population, educational infrastructure & their expectations. It was therefore felt interesting to study students’ perception of undergraduate educational environment in these medical institutes to assess the effectiveness of educational programme. Methodology: DREEM inventory comprising of 50 items based on Likert Scale was administered to 153 /200 final MBBS pass students before joining internship program in all four medical institutes of Central India. SPSS11 analysed data was compared to compare the overall scores and to identify strengths & weaknesses of each institute. Results: All four Medical institutes showed comparable scores according to Practical Guide of Mc Aller & Sue Roff and the educational environment did not vary between the institutes. Total DREEM scores though not excellent were indicative of a more positive than negative educational environment. Teaching was viewed positively as per students’ perception of learning. Teachers were focussed to keep the educational environment positive. Students’ academic self perception was positive. Students found a more positive attitude regarding the perception of atmosphere. Students found the social support of institutes to be good. The highest rated items common for all colleges were knowledgeable teachers, having good friends & confidence about passing. The lowest rated common items were teacher centered teaching; exhaustive course & cheating. Conclusion: Close similarities in the educational environment of all medical institutes may be due to similar traditional system prevailing. Varied entry level selection process & management does not affect educational environment.
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Impaired pulmonary functions are common in cardiac patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The objective of this study was to study sequential changes in pulmonary functions tests up to a period of 4 months after surgery. 50 patients undergoing CABG surgery were included in the study & their pulmonary functions were tested prior to surgery and repeated 7 days, 1 month and 4 months after surgery.It has been found that forced vital capacity (FVC) dropped from 85% of predicted preoperative value to 56% (P = 0.0000) on 7th postoperative day, recovered to 71.6% (P = 0.0000) 1 months after and to 84.2% (P = 0.4008) 4 months after the surgery. Forced expiratory volume in 1st second (FEV1) decreased from 88.38% to 59.06% (P = 0.0000) on the 7th postoperative day and recovered to 75.42% (P = 0.000) 1 month after the surgery and to 85.78% (P = 0.0308) 4 months after the surgery. Ratio of FEV1/FVC improved marginally from 79% preoperative value to 81% on 7th postoperative day and 1 month after and again reached to 78%, 4 months after the surgery suggestive of a restrictive ventilatory defect. We conclude that CABG produces long term changes in pulmonary functions hence pre and postoperative evaluation of pulmonary function should be done as a routine even if the patient is asymptomatic.