Designing a summative assessment blueprint in community medicine: an expert consensus approach at All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Background: Despite the increasing integration of competency-based education in medicine, there remains a significant gap in effectively assessing educational outcomes, underscoring the urgent need for designed assessment blueprints that accurately reflect both curriculum content and competency standards in Community Medicine for undergraduate students. This study, conducted across the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) network, develops a summative assessment blueprint aimed at standardizing evaluations in medical education across diverse geographic locations in India.

Methods: Twenty-five experts from 10 All India Institutes of Medical Science were invited via email and contributed for summative assessment for a theory paper.

Assessment of awareness and knowledge of Good Samaritan Law in the general literate population - A cross-sectional study in Telangana.

Introduction: Road traffic injuries are the eighth leading cause of death in India. The Law Commission of India report says that 50% of the victims who died of preventable injuries could have been saved had they received the medical care on time. To protect the people who help road accident victims, Good Samaritan Law was enacted.

Identification of youth at clinical high-risk for psychosis: A community-based study from India.

Aim: A two-stage process, wherein self-report screening precedes the structured interview, is suggested for identifying individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR-P) in community samples. Aim of this study was to screen a community youth sample from India for CHR-P using the two-stage method. Specific objectives were to assess concordant validity of the self-report measure and predictive validity of the two-stage method.

Impact of prepregnancy body mass index on adverse pregnancy outcomes: analysis from the Longitudinal Indian Family hEalth cohort study.

Background: Both high and low maternal prepregnancy body mass index can lead to suboptimal fetal growth and risk of pregnancy complications. In developed countries, nearly half of all women of childbearing age are either overweight or obese, and most data linking maternal body mass index and adverse pregnancy complications are limited to these populations.

Objective: This study aimed to prospectively evaluate the relationships between prepregnancy body mass index and adverse pregnancy outcomes using the Longitudinal Indian Family hEalth (LIFE) study.