OBJECTIVE Family physicians (FPs) are cornerstone for tobacco control. It was aimed to compare the effect of training on their smoking cessation practice, knowledge level and attitudes towards smoking and tobacco control. METHODS AND MATERIALS The cross-sectional and multi-centered study was carried out using structured survey modified WHO based questionnaire. It was delivered to 1500 FPs ran...

background & purpose: promotion of postgraduate medical education (pgme) is constantly one of the main concerns’ for medical education policy makers because of the key role of residents and graduated specialists/subspecialists in health care system. this study aimed to determine challenges, and potential solutions for promoting the pgme in iran by exploring the expert’s implicit knowledge.  met...

BACKGROUND Increased attention on collaboration and teamwork competency development in medical education has raised the need for valid and reliable approaches to the assessment of collaboration competencies in post-graduate medical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of a modified Interprofessional Collaborator Assessment Rubric (ICAR) in a multi-source feedback...

a b a c Aditi Kishore Shinde, M.S. , Soumyabrata Munshi, M.D. , Subhash Chandra Biswas, M.D. , Avijit Hazra, M.D. , b Sasanka Chakrabarti, M.D. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244 Acharya J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata 700020, India. Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244 Acharya J.C...

R. Awasthi, A. Verma, V. K. Paliwal, S. K. Verma, K. N. Prasad, R. K. Rathore, and R. K. Gupta Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute o...

1 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research (ACBR), University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India. 2 Department of Medical Parasitology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh-160012, India. 3 Department of Translational and Regenerative Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh-160012, India. 4 Department...

First submission on 14/11/12; last submission on 17/01/13; accepted for publication on 05/02/13; published on 20/04/13 1. Post-graduate in Pathology and Cytopathology by Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA). 2. Post-graduate in Anatomy Pathology by INCA. 3. Post-graduate in Anatomy Pathology by Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF); doctor in Sciences by Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/Fundação...

Education is very important for the progress of individual and society. It is through education that man develops his thinking, intelligence, aptitude, good values and attitudes. In to day world the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the education sector plays an important role especially in the process of empowering the technology in to educational activities, with passa...

S. Srivastava, R. Awasthi, N. S. Gajbhiye, V. Agarwal, A. Singh, and R. K. Gupta Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, ...