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Assessment Of Knowledge And Understanding Of Professional Qualities In First-Year Medical Students - A Cross - Sectional Study, Harpreet Kour, Deepti Kadeangadi, M S. Shivaswamy, Parwati Patil Jun 2021

Assessment Of Knowledge And Understanding Of Professional Qualities In First-Year Medical Students - A Cross - Sectional Study, Harpreet Kour, Deepti Kadeangadi, M S. Shivaswamy, Parwati Patil

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

Background: Academic proficiency along with clinical skills are essential assets for a medical practitioner. Therefore, Attitudes, Ethics, and Communication (AETCOM) module has been implemented by the Medical Council of India (MCI) as a structured program to train and develop professional skills among the first year MBBS students in medical colleges in India since 2019. Objective: To assess the knowledge and understanding of professional qualities in first-year medical students. Methods: This questionnaire-based study was conducted among 156 first-year MBBS students. The questionnaire was divided into three parts, held during the AETCOM Module Classes. Categorical variables were given in the form of …


Undergraduate Summer Research Under Covid-19, Jeevan K K. Shetty, Warren Thomas Jun 2021

Undergraduate Summer Research Under Covid-19, Jeevan K K. Shetty, Warren Thomas

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

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Clinical Teaching And Learning In The Covid-19 Era And Beyond: The Emergent And Emerging Scenarios, Shashikala K. Bhat, Veena Manja, Vinutha Shankar, Shashikiran Umakanth Jun 2021

Clinical Teaching And Learning In The Covid-19 Era And Beyond: The Emergent And Emerging Scenarios, Shashikala K. Bhat, Veena Manja, Vinutha Shankar, Shashikiran Umakanth

Manipal Journal of Medical Sciences

The need for social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic has compromised traditional medical education. Educators and students in low-resource settings face diverse challenges in clinical teaching, learning, and assessment. The pandemic has necessitated a rapid transition from traditional pedagogical strategies to virtual platforms. Challenges in low resource settings include knowledge and training in technology, limited resource allocation for faculty development in virtual teaching methods, and financial constraints limiting the use of available technologies. There is also a lack of constructive alignment between outcomes, instructional strategies, and assessment of curriculum delivery in virtual platforms as the earlier curriculum design was …