Competency-based medical education and the McNamara fallacy: Assessing the important or making the assessed important ?
T Singh, N ShahJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2023 69(1):35-40
The McNamara fallacy refers to the tendency to focus on numbers, metrics, and quantifiable data while disregarding the meaningful qualitative aspects. The existence of such a fallacy in medical education is reviewed in this paper. Competency-based medical education (CBME) has been introduced in India with the goal of having Indian Medical Graduates competent in five different roles – Clinician, Communicator, Leader and member of the health care team, Professional, and Lifelong learner. If we only focus on numbers and structure to assess the comp...
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: T Singh N Shah Source Type: research
Economic burden of limited English proficiency: A prevalence-based cost of illness study of its direct, indirect, and intangible costs
Conclusion: LEP is a cost-intensive condition (indirect > intangible > direct costs). Non-medical costs are the costliest component of direct costs. Parental loss of earnings is the costliest component of indirect costs. (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: S Karande NJ Gogtay T More RF Sholapurwala S Pandit S Waghmare Source Type: research
An audit of questions asked by participants during the informed consent process for a phase 2/3 COVID-19 vaccine regulatory study at a tertiary referral centre
Conclusion: The majority of the questions asked by the participants were about study-related procedures and vaccine safety. No association was found between any of the independent variables and the number of questions asked. However, there were differences in the demographics of the trial participants between the pandemic and pre-pandemic era. (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: VL Chaudhari CJ Godbole SR Bendkhale NN Desai NJ Gogtay UM Thatte Source Type: research
Ultrasound-guided dry needling of masticatory muscles in trigeminal neuralgia & #8211; A case series of 35 patients
Conclusion: Decisive relief of TGN by USGDN suggests neuromyalgia involving masticatory muscles. Prospective, controlled studies could confirm these findings. (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: L Vas S Phanse KS Pawar R Pai M Pattnaik Source Type: research
Drug-induced hemolytic anemia due to cefoperazone-sulbactum: Challenges in reaching diagnosis
SV Jalgaonkar, UI ParmarJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2023 69(1):9-10 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: SV Jalgaonkar UI Parmar Source Type: research
The McNamara fallacy in medical education: Spot it, stop it
MA HirkaniJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2023 69(1):7-8 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: MA Hirkani Source Type: research
The art of referencing: Well begun is half done!
CA Divecha, MS Tullu, S KarandeJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2023 69(1):1-6 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - January 10, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: CA Divecha MS Tullu S Karande Source Type: research
Primary non-Hodgkin & #39;s lymphoma of the larynx
NK Nerurkar, A SarkarJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2022 68(4):249-250 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: NK Nerurkar A Sarkar Source Type: research
Emphysematous osteomyelitis of the spine with emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare coexistence
A Singh, N Kaur, M Gupta, S D'cruzJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2022 68(4):247-248 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: A Singh N Kaur M Gupta S D ' cruz Source Type: research
Bilateral asymmetrical choroidal vitiligo
GJ Manayath, S Verghese, P Chandrakanth, HV GosaliaJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2022 68(4):245-246 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: GJ Manayath S Verghese P Chandrakanth HV Gosalia Source Type: research
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with mushroom cultivation
H Satoh, H YamadaJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2022 68(4):243-244 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: H Satoh H Yamada Source Type: research
Chronic diarrhea - The poetic masquerade
We present such a case of chronic diarrhea in a middle-aged man, who was eventually diagnosed to have POEMS syndrome. (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: S Bhattacharjee I Siyad BV Maramattom Source Type: research
Unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings of cystic bone lesions in congenital generalized lipodystrophy
This article reports on a patient with CGL and cystic bone lesions, some of them with unusual magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings that include elevated signal intensity on T1-weighted images and fluid–fluid levels, the latter evolving to a more “classic” cystic appearance on follow-up. Even though similar findings were first described almost 30 years ago, little attention was given to them back then; furthermore, other than the present report, no other study has performed sequential exams to follow their evolution in serial MRI. The authors conduct a review of the literature, hy...
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: TF T de Oliveira MR C Natal AA Teixeira BB Machado Source Type: research
Giant cell arteritis with stroke and systemic diffuse vasculitis
C Lu, S Zhou, C Yang, J YeJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2022 68(4):233-235
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis, which mainly affects the aorta and its branches, while the abdominal aorta, the iliac artery and the limbs involvement are rare. The common clinical manifestations include headache, fever, jaw claudication, and visual impairment. Cerebrovascular accidents are relatively rare. Here, we present a GCA patient with stroke and systemic diffuse vasculitis involving the abdominal aorta, iliac artery, and femoral artery simultaneously. (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: C Lu S Zhou C Yang J Ye Source Type: research
Commercial screening tests: Beneficial or a hypnosis to advertisements ?
S Singhal, K Deokar, M VermaJournal of Postgraduate Medicine 2022 68(4):231-232 (Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine)
Source: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine - November 4, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: S Singhal K Deokar M Verma Source Type: research
