Scientific literacy and the medical student: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Problem-solving, critical thinking, communication skills and the ability to interpret data are four core components of scientific literacy, which any student must acquire during the educational process. This is of specific relevance to the medical profession as doctors need to be 'scientific' in their approach. The nine domains of scientific literacy are further grouped under two major abilities: understanding methods of enquiry that lead to scientific knowledge and the ability to organize, analyse and interpret quantitative data and scientific information.

'Health, Environment and Training': Guidance on conduct of physical exertion in hot and humid climates.

Background: Military operations and training in hot environments present a special set of challenges to medical personnel who must support them.

Methods: Various meteorological parameters such as relative humidity (RH), ambient air temperature (Ta) and radiant temperature (Tg), were evaluated at training sites in a desert region. Development of a colour coded Heat Stress Prevention Decision Aid Tool was done using an existing guideline chart.

Wishing away Plagiarism in Scientific Publications! Will it work? A situational analysis of Plagiarism policy of journals in PubMed.

Background: Plagiarism remains a scourge for the modern academia. There are inconsistencies in the plagiarism policy scientific journals. The aims of this study was to analyze types of published articles on 'Plagiarism' available on PubMed over last two decades against a backdrop of the plagiarism policy of the journals publishing such articles.