SP Kalantri

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The Dark Room

This evening I was walking past the old Kasturba Hospital buildingโ€”the one that now houses the Department of Community Medicine. I had walked past it hundreds of times, but today, something made me stop. There it was: a small, weather-beaten board that read โ€œ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ.โ€ It hung askew on the aging wall, its rusted edges …

Evidence-based Medicine Medical Education

Doing away with MD thesis

I must admit that I, too, wasโ€”and still amโ€”a medical teacher who guidedโ€”or is misguided the more appropriate word?โ€”over three dozen postgraduates in writing their MD theses. I do not wish to stand on a pedestal or adopt a โ€œholier than thouโ€ posture. I have erred, misjudged, behaved badly, mishandled situations, and at times, been …

Research

The fall of the MD thesis

Another DNB thesis lands in my inboxโ€”joining its MD cousins. My task is to evaluate it. A formality, really. The postgraduate has written it, the professor has supervised itโ€”or so the paperwork claims. I enter the username, type the password, and open the fileโ€”without hope. An immaculate PDF appears. Crisp formatting. Polished grammar. Elegant English. …

Medical Education

MD Theses sans acknowledgments

The MD theses, finally, are over. Focused research questions, great introductions, meticulous methods, well-laid out results and structured discussions. But what the theses won’t have this year is their most readable section – acknowledgements. The section, guides loved to leaf through in the close confines of their office. The section that boosted their self-esteem. The …