Medical ethics teaching in the new undergraduate physiology competency-based curriculum in medical institutions in Delhi: A pilot, feasibility study.

Background: Medical ethics teaching has received little attention in India's undergraduate medical curriculum, so the National Medical Commission's formal inclusion of medical ethics in the new competency-based curriculum (CBME) is creditable. However, the policymakers have left out the most crucial stakeholders - the teachers. This study was conducted to find out how physiology educators in Delhi felt about the implementation of ethics teaching in physiology in the CBME.

Development and implementation of a sustainable COVID-19 training package for healthcare workers: Experience from a teaching hospital of North India.

Background: With the impending threat of future COVID-19 waves, it is imperative that teaching hospitals develop, implement, and evaluate a systematic training program to render HCW elastic in delivering COVID-19 related services. We present our experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating a sustainable and scalable COVID-19 patient management training package for healthcare workers.

Materials And Methods: A mixed-methods study design was used.

Rapid transition to online practical classes in preclinical subjects during COVID-19: Experience from a medical college in North India.

Background: COVID-19 pandemic compelled medical schools to opt for online mode in medical education. The competency-based curriculum started in India last year onwards allotted more hours to practical teaching than lectures. As the lockdown extended, there was a need to shift laboratory teaching to online mode.

Evaluation of the Auditory Pathway in Traffic Policemen.

Background: Traffic policemen working at heavy traffic junctions are continuously exposed to high level of noise and its health consequences.

Objective: To assess the hearing pathway in traffic policemen by means of brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA), mid-latency response (MLR), and slow vertex response (SVR).

Methods: In this observational comparative study, BERA, MLR, and SVR were tested in 35 male traffic policemen with field posting of more than 3 years.

Is Metformin-Induced Vitamin B12 Deficiency Responsible for Cognitive Decline in Type 2 Diabetes?

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus has its deleterious effects on various aspects of cognition such as memory function, executive function, and information-processing speed. The present study aims to assess cognition in diabetes patients and also tries to find its association with Vitamin B12 deficiency induced by metformin.

Materials And Methods: Thirty diabetics taking metformin and thirty nondiabetic controls were enrolled.