ABSTRACT
To document the perception of participants and the impact of faculty development and related educational workshops arranged in a public sector medical education setting. The departments of medical education [DME]; army medical college and armed forces Post Graduate Medical Institute, Rawalpindin, Pakistan from 2013 to 2014. A descriptive study. During 2013 to 2014, nine faculty educational workshops were arranged by the faculty members of the departments of medical education [DME], Army Medical College and Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute, Rawalpindin, Pakistan. Both clinical and pre-clinical teaching faculty members attended the workshops. Proper consent was taken from each participant to document their perceptions for this study. Two hundred and forty of the teaching faculty members of the army medical corps participated in different proportion for the workshop arranged during a period of one year. At the end of each workshop a questionnaire was completed by each participant. The study addressed the perceptions of the participants regarding impact of workshop,the facilitator's knowledge about the workshop topic and his/her communication skills.The responses of the participants were documented for each question and the percentages were calculated. The planning efforts of professional development workshops by the departments of medical education at Army Medical College and Armed Forces Postgraduate Medical Institute resulted in a satisfactory implementation of the set objectives for faculty development
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Humans , Perception , Faculty, Medical , Faculty , Public SectorABSTRACT
Trigonella foenum- graecum Linn [Fabaceae] is an annual aromatic herb and no wit is cultivated globally like in Pakistan, Egypt, India, Middle East etc. Traditionally it was used in anorexia, as febrifuge, to soothe gastritis and gastric ulcers, as a galactagogue and as condiment, hypoglycemic agent and employed in various as nervous disorders
The study aimed to investigate the antidepressant effect of ethanolic extract of seeds of Trigonella foenum graecum and underlying mechanism of action. For assessment of antidepressant activity Forced Swimming Test [FST], Tail Suspension Test [TST], Monoamine [MAO] Assay and Locomotor Activity Test were studied. Acute toxicity, Rota Rod and Grip Strength Tests were also performed. The significant declining in immobility time as compared to control was shown in Forced swimming test as compared to tail suspension test
Considerable change was not found in open field test [OFT]. EtOH extract of seeds of fenugreek represent maximum significant reduction which was 30 and 24.65%in MAO- A and B activity respectively in the rat's whole brain as compared to control animals in Monoamine oxidase [MAO] assay
All tested doses were found ineffective in impairment of muscle coordination in Rota rod and in grip strength related to muscle relaxant property. According to experimental findings it is revealed that ethanolic extract of seeds of Trigonella foenum graecum showed antidepressant effect by inhibiting the activity of MAO-A and B