{"title":"Sensitizing nursing faculty about formation of professional identity: Exploration of lessons learnt at a nursing institute in India.","authors":"Himanshu Pandya, Amol Dongre, Sarmishtha Ghosh, Anusha Prabhakaran, R Harihara Prakash, Shailesh Panchal, Jagdish Varma","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_705_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_705_2023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background We initiated a conversation regarding the concept of professional identity formation (PIF) with faculty of Institute of Nursing at our university through a participatory workshop. We report the planning and conduct of the workshop, as well as lessons learnt from the discussions in the workshop. Methods We designed and implemented a day-long workshop for 28 nursing faculty at Institute of Nursing, Bhaikaka University, Gujarat. The expected learning outcomes of the workshop were to: (i) understand the concept of PIF and process of socialization; (ii) identify factors influencing socialization; and (iii) discuss strategies to support PIF. The workshop included a series of four small group discussions, each followed by debriefing. We collected feedback using a questionnaire with 4 open-ended questions and written reflections on the learnings, within 2 days of the workshop. We carried out manual content analysis of text data generated during group work, reflections and feedback. Results Twenty-six of the 28 participants responded to the questionnaire. Thirteen mentioned interactions during group activities and discussions with facilitators as a good part of the workshop. Constructive suggestions on improving the workshop were received from 13 respondents. Twenty-three respondents reported they would make changes in their practice after the workshop. Five respondents found the activity on roles and responses during socialization as needing more discussion. Key themes identified from the participants' reflections were: (i) their different views about professional identity, (ii) experiences and reactions and (iii) their future action plan. Conclusions The workshop was well received by the participants. Our approach to the workshop might help other institutions design and implement similar activities as a part of their faculty development programme.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"145-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Credit hours and continuing medical education (CME) programmes.","authors":"Surajit Bhattacharya, Kaushik Bhattacharya","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_845_2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_845_2023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Continuing medical education (CME) credits has been mandated by the National Medical Commission for registered medical practitioners in India as a part of continuing professional development and a minimum of 30 credits in 5 years is required for the renewal of the medical license. Undoubtedly, credit hours for CME attendance is an essential yardstick for professional and career growth, the modus operandi adopted to grant these credit hours needs a serious look. Targeted learning with adequate feedback either with a post CME examination or questionnaire should become the norm and every publication in high impact indexed journal deserve a higher credit point than the rest of the publications.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"153-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intentional self-poisoning with a bioherbicide.","authors":"Prashant Badole, Jivtesh Singh, Rohini Rokkam","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_220_2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_220_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 3","pages":"170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142485291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disseminated mycobacteriosis secondary to intravenous Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine.","authors":"Harshdeep Harshad Acharya, Anupa Thampy, Rajiv Karthik, Priscilla Rupali","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_316_2022","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_316_2022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has been used increasingly in immunotherapy, including treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, as an adjuvant therapy in metastatic prostate cancer and metastatic melanoma. However, systemic infection from inadvertent intravenous (instead of intravesical) injection is uncommon and can have systemic ramifications. We encountered 3 patients with disseminated Mycobacterium bovis infection that ensued after intravenous BCG injection.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"86-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracheo-oesophageal fistula by ingestion of a lithium battery.","authors":"Ryo Karato, Takeru Kanazawa, Tomokazu Nakagami, Yoshifusa Abe","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_135_2023","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_135_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vikas Marwah, Robin Choudhary, Tentu Ajai Kumar, Manish Sharma
{"title":"Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis post-ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: A rare case.","authors":"Vikas Marwah, Robin Choudhary, Tentu Ajai Kumar, Manish Sharma","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_MS_466_21","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_MS_466_21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic started in December 2019, spread like wildfire and took an immense toll on human life. ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine was used worldwide for the prevention of Covid-19. Covid-19 has been implicated in the causation of severe haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) syndrome. However, the same has not been reported with ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in the literature. We report a young man who developed secondary HLH post-ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination.</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"90-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Journal-reading practices among Indian undergraduate medical students.","authors":"Mehak Mittal, Vernika Tyagi, Bhavya Ratan Maroo, Aashima Dabas, Mukta Mantan","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_988_2023","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_988_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"118-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Basic medical sciences are pre-clinical subjects, not non-clinical subjects: Say 'No' to the prefix 'Non-'.","authors":"Fariha Sabeen","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_211_2023","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_211_2023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Few medical institutions in India, such as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), use the term pre-clinical in their websites and brochures, but many institutions still use the word 'non-clinical'. In my opinion, the non-clinical departments should be renamed pre-clinical departments. In western countries, the curriculum is divided into pre-clinical and clinical. For example, in Oxford University, the initial instruction in courses such as Anatomy and Physiology is regarded as pre-clinical instruction. Non-clinical departments in western countries are the departments of human resource, accounts and information technology (IT).</p>","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"99-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classification of Haematolymphoid Neoplasms: A work in progress towards more precise disease definitions in the era of precision oncology.","authors":"Kikkeri N Naresh","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_918_2024","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_918_2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"61-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Competency-based medical curriculum: Response.","authors":"Aarati Pokale","doi":"10.25259/NMJI_1280_2023","DOIUrl":"10.25259/NMJI_1280_2023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":519891,"journal":{"name":"The National medical journal of India","volume":"37 2","pages":"119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142121555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}