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Background: Medical field requires the faculty development, because Quality of patient care is depending on the learning environment of physicians, they need good and effective teaching. Few studies have evidence that self-assessment can be improved by feedback, particularly video and verbal, and by providing explicit assessment criteria and benchmarking guidance. There was also some evidence that the least competent are also the least able to self-assess accurately. So there is a paucity of research demonstrating the effectiveness of these interventions in Indian context. The goal of this study is to fulfill this vital gap in the knowledge. Aim: To assess the perceptions of the teachers regarding self-assessment and its impact on self and student’s performance. Materials and methods: The study was a cross sectional study, conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. A total of 63 study participants were included in the study, after checking for compliance with inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study participants were included in the study by convenient sampling. Results: A total of 63 faculties from various streams participated in the study. Majority (about 95%) of the faculty either agreed or strongly agreed that self-assessment is useful method and can improve the teaching skills. But the proportions of faculty who strongly agreed that teaching can have positive impact on student’s performance is relatively low (30.2%). In fact many (9.5%) of the faculty disagreed with this. common methods of self-assessment methods reported by 33 to 43 % of faculty. Videotaping were reported by 3 (4.8%) and other methods were reported by 7 (11.1%) of faculty members. Rathna R, S. Rajarajeswari. Perceptions of medical faculty regarding self assessment - A cross sectional study from a tertiary care teaching hospital. IAIM, 2016; 3(7): 321-326. Page 322 Conclusion: Self-assessment is one of the good methods to assess and improve the teaching skills of faculty in medical field. Self-assessment also help full to improve planning, communication and also in career growth of medical faculty.
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Background: Infertility rates were highest in women living in urban areas and increases proportionately with level of education. The social consequences due to infertility affect the women more often. It is necessary to identify and treat the amount of stress and various coping methods by infertile women population. We have evaluated psychological impact of infertility and coping strategies employed in women population attending infertility OPD at department of obstetrics in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Tamil Nadu. Material and methods: This was a hospital based cross sectional study done in 150 women attending infertility OPD at a tertiary care hospital in Tamil Nadu for a period of 12 months from January 2014 to December 2014. A structured and validated proforma was designed for the purpose of data collection. The tool was validated by including the inputs from five experts in the subject area. Categorical variables were presented as frequencies and percentages. Quantitative variables were presented as mean and standard deviation. IBM SPSS version 21 was used for statistical analysis. Results: Majority of the study subjects belonged to 21 to 25 years of age group 35.7% and 45.5% of the women had recent onset infertility. 17% women had difficulty in falling asleep was reported. 58.9% of the women reported with high levels of anxiety. 26% women have decrease in weight was noticed. Whereas 48.2% women reported feeling guilt and 35.7% women reported feeling of pessimism and suicidal tendency.16.28% women participants reported to have immersing in household activities followed by 13.95% with hobbies and 11.63% with crying spells. Ramamurthi R, Kavitha G, Pounraj D, Rajarajeswari S. Psychological impact and coping strategies among women with infertility - A hospital based cross sectional study. IAIM, 2016; 3(2): 114-118. Page 115 Conclusion: Our study revealed that infertile women experienced high levels of anxiety, guilt, feeling of pessimism and suicidal tendency. The coping strategy adopted by majority of the women was engaging in household activities and hobbies. There should be parallel psychological counselling should be advocated strongly to all women with infertility taking treatment along with family members.