The written assessment of medical students is very important in view of assessing the various levels of cognitive domains. The validity of any assessment depends upon the appropriate constriction of assessment tool. Framing an ideal theory assessment tool that covers the whole syllabus with proportionate weightage to various content areas according to their importance is big challenge for the paper setter. Considering the vast nature of Community Medicine syllabus constructing a theory assessment tool as per above said ideals is still more difficult. Blueprinting of syllabus i.e. covering all the content areas with allocating proportionate weightage to various content areas can overcome this issue and helps the paper setter to construct a uniform and valid assessment tool. Department of Community medicine has constructed such two blue prints that can be used for either formative or summative type of theory examination.Original Article

Medical teachers need training in pedagogic techniques in order to become better teachers. Despite the fact that our teaching techniques improve gradually over the years as we gain experience and also owing to continuous practice undertaken for different kinds of teaching learning situations; nevertheless educational technology has evolved ways and means for better development of teaching skills even at earlier stages by undertaking some methodical exercises, one of which is Microteaching. Microteaching, an innovative technique of teacher training, helps teachers to improve their teaching skills. It aims at development of competence in teaching skills through the practice of microteaching sessions 1 . In other words, it teaches teachers how to teach. This is especially important in cases of new faculty implying the budding teachers. Even an experienced teacher can benefit by this technique, particularly for learning some new skills 1 . The individual may be very sound in his/ her own subject but may not necessarily be a good teacher.

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Onset of menstruation is one of the most important changes occurring during adolescence. In various parts of India, there are several cultural traditions, myths and misconceptions related to menstruation, which make them vulnerable to genital tract infections. There is very little awareness about menstruation among girls when they first experience it. Social prohibitions and negative attitude of parents in discussing the related issues openly has blocked the access of adolescent girls to right kind of information especially among migrant adolescent girls. Women having better knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene and safe practices are less vulnerable to Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI) and its consequences. Hence this study was conducted with objective to assess awareness and practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent in migrant population.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Study area and study population: This cross-sectional community based study was conducted among migrant adolescent girls residing in (Dera) the Corporation area of Nashik (Maharashtra). Duration of study: The study was carried out for 2 months. Purposive sampling method was adopted. We carried out in-depth interviews among such purposively selected adolescent girls till redundancy in responses started creeping up. A written informed consent was taken from the study subject’s. A semi-structured schedule with open ended questions was used for data collection process.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Majority of the study participants were not aware (75%) about menarche while for sanitary protection old traditional method cloths were used. Knowledge of menarche was mostly (50%) provided by friends followed by mother (35%).  </p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> In the present study, we found that the myths and misconceptions about menstrual practices are still continued in the 21^st Century. There is a need to focus on such migrant population for their better health.

The written assessment of medical students is very important in view of assessing the various levels of cognitive domains. The validity of any assessment depends upon the appropriate constriction of assessment tool. Framing an ideal theory assessment tool that covers the whole syllabus with proportionate weightage to various content areas according to their importance is big challenge for the paper setter. Considering the vast nature of Community Medicine syllabus constructing a theory assessment tool as per above said ideals is still more difficult. Blueprinting of syllabus i.e. covering all the content areas with allocating proportionate weightage to various content areas can overcome this issue and helps the paper setter to construct a uniform and valid assessment tool. Department of Community medicine has constructed such two blue prints that can be used for either formative or summative type of theory examination.

Introduction: The Global TB report (2012), estimates 73,000 MDR TB patients living in India, among them only 1,660 cases were notified and 68.4% cases were put on treatment. Hence, this study was conducted with objective to assess the treatment outcome of multi drug resistant Tuberculosis patients enrolled in DOTS plus (Cat-VI) site.Methodology: It is a retrospective case series of MDR-TB cases conducted at Dr. Vasantrao Pawar Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Nashik (Maharashtra). Information was collected on age, gender, HIV status, previous treatment of TB, weight of patient, refused to take treatment for Cat IV. Outcome was recorded in terms of cure rate, rate of failure, defaulter, treatment completed, switch to Cat V and death.Results: Among the study subject, majority of study subjects were male (65%) and highest proportion (49%) of MDR-TB was in 25-44 years of age. Out of 353 patient 241 (68.4%) were still on Cat IV in which 35% patient’s on intensive phase and 65% put on continuation phase while 12.8%, 13.5%, 4%, 1.1%, 3.6% & 0.5% patient were found to be defaulted, died, refused to take treatment, treatment completed, transfer out & switch to Cat V, respectively.Conclusion: In the present study, the majority of study subjects (99.4%) were previously treated for TB, we identified number of operational challenges in the treatment of MDR-TB like rate of defaulter, refuse to take treatment & deaths among MDR-TB patient was high. There is need to study correlates of these factors in details also need of operational research to improve MDR-TB treatment in India is considered as priority.SAARC J TUBER LUNG DIS HIV/AIDS, 2015 XII (2), page: 34-38