Educational imperatives drive technological advancement in the surgery clerkship

Staplers in digestive surgery: technological advancement in surgeons' own hands.

Wealth Management: Strategic Agenda and Technological Imperatives

experiencing a tremendous change that can be attributed to a combination of demographic changes, technological advances, and broadening service offerings. The Wealth Management industry is in the midst of a renaissance. Firms that served high-net-worth (HNW) clients are using technology to move downstream, and firms that previously targeted the emerging affluent segment of the mass market are n...

Technological Innovation in Indian SMEs: Need, Status and Policy Imperatives

SMEs, due to their unique characteristics, are found to have inherent capabilities to undertake technological innovations successfully across industries and nations. While there is considerable empirical evidence to throw light on SME innovation contributions in the context of developed countries, there is hardly any evidence to reveal how innovative SMEs are in rapidly industrializing economie...

Teaching Communication Skills on the Surgery Clerkship.

BACKGROUND Physician communication skills, linked to important patient outcomes, are rarely formally addressed after the pre-clinical years of medical school. We implemented a new communication skills curriculum during the third year Surgery Clerkship which was part of a larger curriculum revision found in a controlled trial to significantly improve students' overall communication competence. ...

Technological Advancement in Banking Sector in India: Challenges Ahead

Over the last three decades the role of banking in the process of financial intermediation has been undergoing a profound transformation, owing to changes in the global financial system. India’s banking system has seen some major financial innovations in the past decade as well as steps to promote financial inclusion, schemes that aim to take banking services to yet-to-be-banked areas. The vari...