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Introduction: An important aspect of creating a competent medical practitioner is the teaching-learning environment that shapes the mentality and instigates an urge among the students to learn. To facilitate a motivating learning setup, the faculty members need to inadvertently establish a successful and safe learning environment which is extensively feasible, given that the faculty gets to control their own style of teaching. A lot of research focuses on student's perception of the learning environment, seldom studies have reported the teacher's perspective. This present study focuses on the teacher's side of the story regarding the current scenario of the workplace that is one of the essential factors to alter the approach toward andragogy. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was carried out using the Assessment of Medical Education Environment by Teachers (AMEET) questionnaire. The AMEET questionnaire was administered to 50 staff members at MA Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Pune. All the participants were assured of confidentiality of their personal details and they all signed a written informed consent before participating in the study. Results: Majority of the participants had a positive attitude which was seen more in the seniors compared to the juniors. The teacher's perception of teaching is that there needs to be a greater emphasis on what the student learns rather than what the teacher does. Junior staff members felt that students do not prepare and come for classes nor are the expected outcomes clear to them. Assignments are also a task for the students that are never on time. Conclusion: It was observed that more senior faculties were positive toward the existing education environment. In addition, even though opportunities are available for the staff as well as students for upgrading and imbibing newer information, they were not being benefitted by the same due to underutilization.
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Introduction: From the religious context also herbal medicines and alternative therapies have found mythological references. As far as Islam is concerned, the Arab healers infused their knowledge of Unani system to the world, greatly prevalent in the Indian sub- continent. We present a survey on the same lines highlighting the prevalence of use of herbal medicines among city dwellers of Pune city, India. Material and Methods: This survey was carried out at the behest of AYUSH department for the sole purpose of helping the government in understanding the use of home based herbal medicines under the Unani perspective in Pune. Geographical sampling was done and among the selected communities a door to door interviewer survey was carried out. Results:Total sample size was 84. . Most of them seeked health care from the private clinicians followed by government hospitals. There was no statistical significant difference between the male and the female participants related to the awareness regarding Unani system (?2= 3.4564. p= .06). There were more females who preferred Unani medicine than males and this was statistically significant (?2= 8.7736, p= .003056). Unani medicines were used for a number of reasons like headache and stomach related problems. Conclusion:The survey data shows the positive attitude of the people at the same time highlights the lacunae present in the knowledge of the common man towards Unani medicines which contributes on a large scale to the failure of demand of such an untapped alterative health care approach