Challenges in Conducting MBBS Program in a Nepalese Medical College

The medical education in Nepal faces many challenges. Medical education, in order to keep up with the times, needs to adapt to the changing attitudes of society. We need a change for better. The curriculum is outdated to the clinical needs, and the students are rarely taught any skills and innovations or creativity to think for the future, and whoever wishes to change the system will be isolated. A serious shortage of talents, subject knowledge, technical skills and communication skills in teachers is affecting the future of medical students. Many medical teachers teach in local language making students poor communicators.Nepal, a developing country in South Asia is in transition had suffered from a decade long violent conflict and the country is in the implementation of its new constitution and suffers from political instability which may contribute several challenges like general shutdowns, frequent bandhs, shortage of electricity, load shedding, voltage fluctuation and problems with internet in conducting MBBS program in a Medical College.At the moment, there is no foreseeable future effort by parents, teachers, educationists, policy makers and politicians to correct this and courageously bring in radical reforms in medical education. These challenges can be overcome by cooperation and working together to create a peaceful and stable climate. Nepal has been going through tremendous changes in the last few years. Medical teachers have a great role to play and stand against many odds.Journal of Gandaki Medical College Vol. 10, No. 1, 2017, Page: 49-56

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Future graduates - future young professionals

Medsestra (Nurse) ◽

10.33920/med-05-2003-06 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 34-37

Author(s):

Natalya Borovich ◽

Lyudmila Maksimova

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Human Resource ◽

College Graduates ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Sociological Study ◽

Human Resource Planning ◽

Young Professionals ◽

Medical College ◽

The Future ◽

Study Questionnaire

The article presents results of a sociological study (questionnaire) conducted among medical college graduates to study their opinion on expectations from the future profession. The need to clarify the attitude of students towards their future profession is related to the human resource planning for specialists with secondary medical education for outpatient and polyclinic service.

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CLIMATE CHANGE – ITS IMPACT ON OUR BEHAVIOR AND WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE IT NOW

10.36106/paripex/3707093 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 29-31

Author(s):

Utpreksha Gaude

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Terrorist Attacks ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Personal Gain ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

Global Concern ◽

The Moment ◽

Mother Earth

Our days today begin with news either of the varying statistics of the COVID-19 cases, tragedies of prejudicial discrimination,follies of policy-makers,horrifying terrorist attacks and more dreary information that are not only grave but also petrifying.Amongst these,the global concern that touches all living creatures is the news of our weary planet. st th COP26 or the UN Climate Summit 2021 is going to take place for 2 weeks from the 31 of October to the 12 of November in Glasgow and it has been the matter of the moment for the past few weeks.The cause is unsurprising and is frankly long overdue.Climate change is an upsetting phenomenon,both for our planet and its inhabitants.Our persistent activities of pleasure for personal gain at the expense of Mother Earth can no longer be put up with. Not by our planet, not by the future generations.Their survival and ours solely depends on us fixing our current ways.While the prospect is daunting, fear cannot be our barrier.Our present psychological mindsets need a jolt.It is now essential that we step past the fear of change to make the change possible for we are hanging by a thread at the end of the rope with a fire beneath. The consequences are cataclysmic,and we are our only hope.

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Changing attitudes of medical teachers towards medical education

Medical Education ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2923.1976.tb00453.x ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 250-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

JANET GALE ◽

R. W. S. TOMLINSON ◽

J. ANDERSON

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Changing Attitudes ◽

Medical Teachers

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Perception of medical teachers towards undergraduate medical theoretical assessment system in a medical college of West Bengal

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences ◽

10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20175462 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (12) ◽

pp. 5396

Author(s):

Anjan Adhikari ◽

Sangita Bhattacharya ◽

Rania Indu ◽

Moumita Ray ◽

Lalit Waghmare

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

West Bengal ◽

Medical Curriculum ◽

Assessment System ◽

Self Directed Learning ◽

Education Assessment ◽

Medical College ◽

Disease Pattern ◽

Directed Learning ◽

Medical Teachers

Background: With change of disease pattern and complexities of therapy globally, medical education become challenging. Problem based learning and self-directed learning became more relevant and occupied its space in medical education. Assessment is very crucial with the change in curriculum for appropriate feedback and learning in the system. Present study evaluated the perception of medical teachers on this issue of theory examination. Assessment or evaluation plays a pivotal role in effectivity of the system. Assessors always guide any system to achieve its objectives.Methods: This is an observational study, done with a questionnaire. It was done by interviewing the faculties of R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal who were examiners at University level.Results: Present study comprised faculty of fifteen undergraduate Departments of R. G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata 29.68% faculty supported semester system. 70.32% faculty participated as the study population. 48.4% agreed and 35.93% strongly agreed on the concept of model answers. A majority of the faculties (31.25%) strongly agreed on the issue that answers should be checked by two or more examiners. Regarding the threshold of pass marks, 48.4% strongly agreed and 43.75% agreed that students need to get 50% marks separately in theory examination to get through the examination.Conclusions: Present study evaluated importance of theory assessment system in medical education. It also necessitates further research to improve the objectivity of theory assessment system in medical curriculum at University level, in India.

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Are good attributes of medical teachers more important than the learning style: a glimpse into the future of medical education and learning

Journal of Public Health and Emergency ◽

10.21037/jphe.2018.05.01 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 18-18

Author(s):

Mohamed H. Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Learning Style ◽

The Future ◽

Medical Teachers

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Chelovek.RU/Человек.RU

Chelovek RU ◽

10.32691/2410-0935-2020-15-18-53 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 18-53

Author(s):

Sergei Avanesov ◽

Keyword(s):

Family History ◽

Great Distance ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Past ◽

Russian Philosopher ◽

True Meaning ◽

The Future ◽

Pavel Florensky ◽

The Moment

Abstract. The article analyzes the autobiography of the famous Russian philosopher, theologian and scientist Pavel Florensky, as well as those of his texts that retain traces of memories. According to Florensky, the personal biography is based on family history and continues in children. He addresses his own biography to his children. Memories based on diary entries are designed as a memory diary, that is, as material for future memories. The past becomes actual in autobiography, turns into a kind of present. The past, from the point of view of its realization in the present, gains meaning and significance. The au-thor is active in relation to his own past, transforming it from a collection of disparate facts into a se-quence of events. A person can only see the true meaning of such events from a great distance. Therefore, the philosopher remembers not so much the circumstances of his life as the inner impressions of the en-counter with reality. The most powerful personality-forming experiences are associated with childhood. Even the moment of birth can decisively affect the character of a person and the range of his interests. The foundations of a person's worldview are laid precisely in childhood. Florensky not only writes mem-oirs about himself, but also tries to analyze the problems of time and memory. A person is immersed in time, but he is able to move into the past through memory and into the future through faith. An autobi-ography can never be written to the end because its author lives on. However, reaching the depths of life, he is able to build his path in such a way that at the end of this path he will unite with the fullness of time, with eternity.

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Hill farming - An opinion on the future

Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association ◽

10.33584/jnzg.2011.73.2837 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

G.W. Sheath

Keyword(s):

Livestock Farming ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

Hill Farming

This paper is not a formal review of hill farming literature. Rather, it is my view on the critical challenges and changes that we need to deal with if mixed livestock farming on hill lands is to be successful over the next 20 years. It is my hope that industry leaders, policy makers and agribusiness managers will give consideration to these views. Some people say that it is not smart to look into the rear-vision mirror, but I do not agree. Having a better understanding of the consequences of past events can help guide future decisions and changes.

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Can Bitcoin be the Future of Digital Payments?

Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/06.10.2019/001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 489-500

Author(s):

Andrea Valente ◽

◽

David Atkinson ◽

Keyword(s):

Price Volatility ◽

Global Scale ◽

White Paper ◽

Innovative Technology ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

Key Drivers ◽

Digital Payments ◽

Robust Regulation ◽

Stakeholder Acceptance

This study aimed to investigate the conditions in which Bitcoin has developed as a leading cryptocurrency and, according to Nakamoto (2008), could become an instrument for everyday payments around the world. In comparison to other digital payment solutions, Bitcoin is based on a peer-to-peer electronic cash system using “the blockchain”. This innovative technology allows for decentralised storage and movement of currency in a fully anonymous way, introducing advantageous methods for encrypted security and faster transactions (Hagiu & Beach, 2014). Scepticism regards Bitcoin’s foundation, energy consumption and price volatility, however, did not take long to arise (Holthaus, 2017). Ten years from its white paper release, Bitcoin is further supported by the same drivers which could sustain its growth as the future of digital payments (Russo, 2018). In order to investigate the key drivers and feasibility of acceptance, a London based survey was used to understand the desirability of Bitcoin as a day-to-day tool for digital payments. Additionally, this research analysed Bitcoin’s stakeholders and forecast drivers of sustainability for its application to become the future of the payment industry. A space which relies on policies that involve multiple layers of society, governments, regulators and tech-firms, all on a global scale. The findings confirmed how the increasing lack of trust of political and financial institutions, coupled with the increasing cases of data-breaches by tech-firms, encouraged over 70% of respondents to consider more decentralised and anonymous methods for their day-to-day actions; like payments. Policy makers need to cope with societies increasingly separating politically but gathering together digitally (LBS, 2017). For Bitcoin to truly establish itself as a global digital payment solution, key stakeholder acceptance must converge alongside the introduction of more robust regulation.

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