KMC e News Letter Vol : 2 No. 2 March 2020 Editorial E-learning in medical education 3 Office Bearers The Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2019 4 HARYANA MEDICAL COUNCIL, Chandigarh 5 President: Assam Medical Council, Guwahati 5 Dr H. Veerabhadrappa S Orissa Council of Medical Registration, Bhubaneshwar, 5 Vice President: Dr Kanchi Pralhad V U.P. Medical Council, Lucknow 5 Registrar: Tamil Nadu medical body calls for fewer new graduates, more experts 5 Dr BPS Murthy T Uttarakhand Medical Council, Dehradun 6 Members: Kerala medical council takes cognizance of misleading Dr. Basavaraju advertisements on allergy tests by diagnostic firm 6 Dr Ravindra HN Rules set to keep track of doctors, make hospitals Dr Gududur Ajaykumar N accountable for negligence 6 Dr Uma BR Chhattisgarh Doctor, 2 Policemen Get Life-term Jail till Dr. Nagaraj Annegowda Natural Death For Raping Woman 7 Dr Veerabhadraiah TA Medicine Practice In UK Becomes Easy 7 Dr Prabhakara GN E Medical Negligence] Allahabad HC Grants 25 Lac Dr. K. Ramadev Compensation To Kin Of Young Lawyer Who Died Of Dengue; Issues General Directions 8 Dr LH Bidari Now, students also must register with Tamil Nadu Dr Jalaludin Akbar T Medical Council 9 Dr Ravi N Calcutta high court scraps council order to suspend Dr Mohan doctor Subhash Chandra Tiwari's registration 9 Dr. S Beedimani No plan to allow lateral entry to MBBS: Minister 10 Jharkhand short of 22,500 Doctors as per MCI study 10 N Editorial Board Pvt Medical College Admitting MBBS Students Out of Dr P S Shankar, Editor-in-Chief, Merit Slapped Fine Of Rs 2.5 Crores By Gujrat Members: High Court 10 Dr M K Sudarshan BILL GATES CONFERS ICMR AWARD TO DR. CYRUS POONAWALLA 11 Dr Ranjan Kunar Pejaver O One in 4 young people 'addicted' to smartphones: Dr C R Chandrashekhar Study 11 Dr Ravi N Parliament passes bill to ban e-cigarettes 12 Dr. K. Ramadev SC: Critically ill must not be neglected during strike 12 C CBI searches HC Judge's premises 12 Publisher The Registrar, Karnataka Medical Council, 16/6, Miller Tank Bund Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bemgluru 560 052 E mail: [email protected] website: www.Karnatakamedicalcouncil.com A Hospital In Hyderabad To Pay Rs 12 Lakh To A Woman For D & C Complications, An Easy Avoidable Condition 13 Performance of candidates (who studied in China) screening test conducted by National Board of Examination (FMGE) during 2016-2018 13 S National Board of Examinations 14 Disclosure of FMGE answer keys will affect doctors' quality 14 BoG mulling slashing fees for medical courses 14 Abusing elderly parents may land you in jail 15 T Committee formed to look into seat blocking in medical colleges 15 Doctors need not be called as witnesses in Abhaya case: HC 15 MBBS, BDS admissions: SC upholds HC order on micro-quota in Punjab's private medical colleges 16 N 74 petitions in High Court hold up UG medical, dental admissions in?Mumbai 17 15% seats to be reserved for all India students in private medical colleges from this year 18 E Emphasis for inspection for establishment of new Medical Colleges and increase of intake capacity in existing medical colleges for 2020-21 18 Hospital vicariously liable for Medical Negligence committed T by its doctors: SC 18 No MLA for Suar: HC annuls election of Azam Khan's son 19 Model Prescription Format for Doctors 19 Government Selects 25 Members of National Medical Commission 20 N HC slaps Rs 10,000 cost on state for delay in filingof reply by health secretary 20 Government Slackens NEET -PG Course Cut Off 21 Karnataka: 1.28L regd docs, 56K want to work elsewhere 21 Pay Rs 76L for medical negligence: SC tells Delhi hosp 22 O National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) 23 Private hospitals found doing procedures reserved for govt. units; fines worth ? 4.6 cr levied 23 Chairman of National Medical Commission 23 C IIT Kharagpur to start MBBS course from 2021 with 50 seats 24 PM lays foundation stone of Atal Medical University, all medical colleges to be under its ambit 24 The doctor-population ratio in India is 1:1456 against WHO Precommendation 24 ELECTION TO KARNATAKA MEDICAL COUNCIL 25 Nominations to KMC 25 Padma Awards 2020 Conferred To 13 Unsung Heroes of Medicine 25 EDITORIAL E-learning in medical education Developments in internet and multimedia technologies have revolutionized the teaching and L learning program Technology-based and interactive learning referred to as e-learning is being rapidly adopted in medical education. E-learning (abbreviation of electronic learning) is an electronically supported learning experience obtained by information and communication systems. E-learning is also referred by various names such as web-based learning, online learning, distributed learning, computer- based training, computer-assisted instructions or internet-based learning. The new entrants to the medical institutions have sufficient training in digital world with internet. It has become chief repository A for information which they can get anytime and anywhere. They have to be computer literate and must be in a position to access the internet. The information will widen their knowledge base. The current education provides training to the digital savvy individuals. There is an increased focus on interactive and computer-based learning. Hence this method of training is finding a place along with I traditional learning methodology. Through the network the student can browse a wealth of information, graphs, and pictures. The student can search internet through a tablet computer during presentation of a topic by a speaker, and can grasp the essence. E-learning modality can be synchronous or asynchronous. The former is delivered in real time and the latter enables learning anytime and anywhere. Technology-based learning includes online lectures, web-based tutorials, interactive videos, Power-Point presentation and simulations. People have stopped R visiting libraries to improve their knowledge as they can obtain all information at their finger-tip very quickly. They can obtain information through hand-held mobile (mobile learning or m-learning) within a short span of time. The smartphone and tablet computer application have revolutionized the modern life and learning. Internet provides access to large amount of information on a variety of topics. It allows linking to web sites on a specific subject thus helping to further expand knowledge. The self-motivated student can test his understanding through self-assessment. On the basis of the result, either the person can O undertake the study of difficult portions or feel happy at the result and enhance his confidence. Prominent e-learning educationist, Huw Rees looking at increasing apps of new technology has cautioned the profession to ensure that the information available to modern healthcare professionals is clear, up-to-date, easy accessible, reliable and of high quality. This work has to be supervised by medical educators. There is need to incorporate e- learning methods to a certain extent into the current medical T training programs. They offer increased flexibility and save time. Through internet access the learner gets the information at any time. This method gives more freedom to the learner to work on any project at their own pace. The online-delivered, open access information helps the learner to acquire the knowledge. Some of the Universities in US have introduced massive open online course (MOOC) provider I websites (Coursera, edX) in healthcare related courses. If the teaching is totally carried out on the new technology, the student becomes totally isolated and there is no face-to-face interaction. Traditional medical teaching emphasizes real life patient interaction and the bed side teaching provides this. In coming years, the e-learning methodology involving access to virtual learning environments and other online learning tools will play an important role in medical training. Every one has to be computer D literate. When learning is self-directed and self-motivated, it poses difficulty to assess its influence on the change in behaviour towards a positive side. It should not be concluded that e-learning as a replacement for traditional instructor-led training. It is only a complement to traditional teaching methodology to improve learning strategy. Definitely e-learning has opened a new vista to acquire professional skills. The medical profession is utilizing electronic forms of learning as an innovative teaching technology. Page 3 E The Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2019 Oxygen shapes physiology and pathology Thanks to the groundbreaking work of these Nobel Laureates, we know much more about how different oxygen levels regulate fundamental physiological processes. Oxygen sensing allows cells to adapt their metabolism to low oxygen levels: for example, in our muscles during intense exercise. Other examples of adaptive processes controlled by oxygen sensing include the generation of new blood vessels and the production of red blood cells. Our immune system and many other physiological functions are also fine-tuned by the O2-sensing machinery. Oxygen sensing has even The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2019 Nobel been shown to be essential during fetal development for controlling normal blood vessel formation and placenta Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. development. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells Oxygen sensing is central to a large number of diseases sense and adapt to oxygen availability (Figure 2). For example, patients with chronic renal failure often suffer from severe anemia due to William G. Kaelin, Jr. was born in 1957 in New York. He obtained an decreased EPO expression. EPO is produced by cells in M.D. from Duke University, Durham. He did his specialist training in the kidney and is essential for controlling the formation internal medicine and oncology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, of red blood cells, as explained above.