Magnetic synergism in Janus particles—Relevance to synthetic advances, materialistic properties and their niche applications by Pon Nivetha A, Lalitha Pottail, Akhila Chithambharan, S C Sharma

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Competency-based medical education for Indian undergraduates: Where do we stand? by Mamta Gehlawat, Goutham Thumati, Priyanka Samala, Chaganti Lalitha Alekhya, Are Shailaja, Anamika Sharma

“…In India, CBME replaced traditional system of medical education in 2019 while the National Medical Council replaced Medical Council of India in 2020. The annual intake of medical undergraduates has reached an all-time high of one lakh students per year in India and our medical education system is taking baby steps toward CBME. …”
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IJCM_317A: The quality of news reports on violence against health workers in India by George Sylvia, Giri Anjan Kumar

“…Methodology: A cross-sectional study to examine the quality of news articles on violence against healthcare workers published online in the past three years based on the guidelines from the Independent Press Standards Organisation, UK and Press Council of India’s Norms 2022. Articles in English, Hindi, and other regional languages that the authors had expertise in were selected. …”
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Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices of tobacco cessation counselling and nicotine replacement therapy among dental professionals by Anagha V. Shete, Mrinal V. Shete, Ashwini Nerkar Rajbhoj, Ladusingh Rajpurohit, Arti Hajarnavis, Abhijeet Sande

“…Background: Establishment of Tobacco Cessation Centres across all dental institutions has been made mandatory by the Dental Council of India. To make it a success, adequate knowledge and training, positive attitude and practices are expected by the dental health care professionals. …”
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Navigating Through the Newer Components of the Indian Competency Based Medical Education by Suchismita Sarkar, Dinesh Badyal, Ritu Sharma, Manoj Patki, Taskin Khan, Loveena Oberoi

“…Conclusion: The stumbling blocks in implementing such a dynamic and thoroughgoing program needs the due contemplation to navigate successfully as directed by the National Medical Commission or erstwhile Medical Council of India. Keywords: Foundation course, Electives, Integration, Early clinical exposure, Clinical clerkship…”
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Aggregate availability of doctors in India: 2014–2030 by Basant Potnuru

“…Methods: The paper used Medical Council of India's historical data (1960–2015) on registration stock of doctors obtained from the Indian medical registers available on its website and other data on emigration of doctors accessed from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and destination country sources. …”
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Increase in the number of MBBS seats through the scheme of one medical college per district: The debate on quality versus quantity and opportunity to strengthen family physician sy... by Raman Kumar

“…The creation of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has eased the criteria for recognition of new medical colleges; however, several limitations of the Medical Council of India are being carried forward within the functioning of NMC. …”
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Role of Shirodhara and Abhyanga on serum cortisol in Anxiety – A case report by Ashu Sharma, Megha Sugandh, Atul Bhardwaj, Arun Gupta

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Use of Students’ Learning Outcomes as a Tool for Changing Teaching Content and Methodology: Assessment of Impact by Syed Shariq Naeem, Vandana Roy

“…Materials and methods: An assessment of the students’ (exiting 2014) knowledge and skills at the end of their fifth semester training in pharmacology was carried out using a questionnaire that was developed to accommodate testing of all areas which are underlined in the Medical Council of India’s goals and objectives of teaching pharmacology to MBBS undergraduates at the time of designing of the study. …”
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Geographic disproportions in dental workforce distribution and its impact on oral disease burden: An Indian perspective by Krishnan Padminee, R Anusha, Krishnan Lakshmi, Parangimalai Diwakar Madan Kumar

“…Materials and Methods: Data regarding population census, number of registered dentists under Dental Council of India, number of government dentists, and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) measures for overall oral disease burden, Dental caries in deciduous and permanent teeth, edentulousness, periodontal disease, and other dental diseases for each state in India were collected from different sources and subjected to descriptive statistics. …”
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Medical Symbols in Practice: Myths vs Reality by Anil Shetty, Shraddha Shetty, Oliver Dsouza

“…However, premier health organizations and regulatory bodies such as the World Health Organization and the Medical Council of India use a different symbol- the rod of Asclepius in their logo. …”
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Early clinical exposure – Effectiveness and attitude among MBBS students by Dini Mathew, B M Lakshmi Kantha, P Durai Dhanasekar

“…Based on the National Medical Council (Then Medical Council of India) II ECE document for undergraduate medical education programs, 10 topics were selected. …”
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Faculty development programs for medical teachers in India by SANJAY ZODPEY, ANJALI SHARMA, QUAZI SYED ZAHIRUDDIN, ABHAY GAIDHANE, SUNANDA SHRIKHANDE

“…Methods: Conventionally, FDPs are organized by medical colleges and universities through Basic Courses and Advanced Courses focusing on pedagogy. Medical Council of India is facilitating FDPs through 18 selected regional centers to enable medical teachers to avail modern education technology for teaching from July 2009. …”
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Awareness of radiation protection among dental practitioners in UP and NCR region, India: A questionnaire-based study by Abhilash Panwar, Swati Gupta, Kamarthi Nagaraju, Sangeeta Malik, Sumit Goel, Abhinav Sharma

“…Dental colleges still follow radiation protection principles due to guidelines laid by the Dental Council of India and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, but private practitioners sometimes are negligent about the significance of radiation protection. …”
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Impact of Conducting Part Completion Tests (Written) on Outcome of Terminal Examination in Biochemistry Subject by AshishAnantraoJadhav, MilindN.Dudhane, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Ananta Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Rajsamand, Rajasthan-313202, Richa K.Lath, ShikhaMaheshwari

“…Introduction:According to Medical Council of India guidelines, regular periodical examinations shall be conducted throughout the course. …”
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Current status of standardized, quality and ethical oversight of clinical research in the country: An audit of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (registration of ethi... by Tushar Bhimrao Nishandar, Amit Ravindra Birajdar, Nithya J Gogtay, Urmila M Thatte

“…Information on registration status was then compared with regulatory clinical trials in the Clinical Trials Registry of India, population demographics of all states, and the Medical Council of India recognized postgraduate medical colleges in the various states. …”
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IJCM_88A: Perception of the medical college faculty on new competency-based medical education curriculum for MBBS students by Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran, Rathi Priya, Suneja Gayatri, Bullagan Arpit, Sehgal Anna, Singh Shrutika, Singh Prashant, Rekha T, Mithra Prasanna, Kumar Nithin, Holla Ramesh

“…Background: Medical education needs to be adjusted to meet the fast- changing expectations of society and the resulting demands on daily medical practice. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has updated the Medical Curriculum based on CBME. …”
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Perception of Indian medical students regarding introduction of early clinical exposure by Kalpesh Vidja, Jitendra Patel, Jasmin Parmar, Pratik Akhani

“… The Medical Council of India (MCI) has stressed the necessity of Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) for a better understanding of preclinical medical subjects. …”
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In vitro Comparison of Generic and Branded Preparations of Amoxicillin with Potassium Clavulanate by Priyanka Pathak, Jayshree Dawane

“…Introduction: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has guidelines for physicians to prescribe drugs with generic names. …”
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IJCM_54A: Medical curriculum and published literature with focus on usage of appropriate LGBTQIA+ language: A situational analysis by Mridul M, Bhargava Madhavi, Hegde Pavithra

“…For content analysis, we searched PubMed using the MeSH terms “”Sexual and Gender Minorities”” AND “”Education, Medical”, restricting our search to English language. The Press Council of India (PCI) guidelines were used as reference for preferred and non-preferred terms. …”
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