Psychological well-being in medical undergraduates in a rural medical college in South India

Pre-travel Preparedness of International Students Undertaking Electives in a Medical College in Bengaluru City, South India

Introduction: The number of foreign travelers arriving in India has shown an exponential increase from 1.2 million in 1981 to 8.03 million in the year 2015, with an annual growth rate of 4.5%. With the influx of internationally mobile students to developing countries such as India comes the responsibility of having to cater to the health needs of these visitors. The current stu...

Rural medical care in India.

Interactive E-learning module in pharmacology: a pilot project at a rural medical college in India

Many medical educators are experimenting with innovative ways of E-learning. E-learning provides opportunities to students for self-directed learning in addition to other advantages. In this study, we designed and evaluated an interactive E-learning module in pharmacology for effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility, with the aim of promoting active learning in this fact-filled subject. A q...

Hypospadias Repairs and Their Outcome in a Medical College Hospital in Rural India – A Prospective Study

Hypospadias is a common congenital defect in male children. Though it has been studied extensively and the corrective surgeries exist in numbers, an ideal surgical procedure is not defined. Aim: to study the various types of hypospadias presenting to our hospitals and to study the outcomes of hypospadias repairs. Materials & methods: A prospective study conducted at PESIMSR, Kuppam, A.P., India...

Learning Style Preferences of First Year Medical Students of a Rural Medical College, West Bengal, India

The goal of this study was to determine preferred learning styles of first year medical students of BankuraSammilani Medical College, Bankura, a rural medical college of West Bengal, India. Methods: A cross sectional study of first year medical students with 65 male and 30 female (n=95) was performed. The validated VARK questionnaire Version7 was used to categorize the preferred mode of learnin...