Challenges faced by medical faculty in implementation of competency-based medical education and lessons learned.

Background: Regulations on Graduate Medical Education (Amendment), 2019 (GME) introduced competency-based medical education (CMBE) for undergraduate medical students and were implemented in the 2019 entrance batch in medical colleges all over India. This study aimed to find out the challenges faced by medical teachers in CBME implementation, lessons learned, and the level of preparedness for upcoming batches.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional, multi-centric descriptive study was conducted from November 2021 to February 2022 including first-year faculty of medical colleges.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine use among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic: a point to ponder.

Objectives: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is a group of diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. Pregnant women are vulnerable to adverse effects of medicines, especially during the first trimester. Though it is advised to avoid unnecessary intake of medicine during pregnancy, CAM use is widespread.

Assessment of fetal growth using the ratio of the transverse cerebellar diameter to abdominal circumference.

Objective: To evaluate use of the transverse cerebellar diameter to abdominal circumference (TCD/AC) ratio in predicting intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).

Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted at a prenatal clinic in Udaipur, India, between August 2011 and December 2012. Women with a singleton pregnancy and a confirmed gestational age of 20-36 weeks were enrolled.