Background: Medical profession is one of the most highly rated professions among the students due to the fact that it offers prospects of a financially as well as a socially satisfying career. It was observed that many students in India prefer a career in medicine because of parental pressure. It has been consistently reported that a considerable proportion of medical students regret their career choice. Considering all these aspects the current study aimed at knowing the factors influencing to take up medical profession, interest towards different modes of teaching, reasons for least attention during the class and regret after choosing medicine as career.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 first year medical students with a pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire. Data collected was analysed using SPSS software.Results: The mean age of the subjects was 17.94±0.82 and majority were females (72%). Majority (82.6%) students opted MBBS out of self-interest. To earn respect in the society (83.87%) was the most common motivational factor to opt MBBS. 39.33% of the subjects was having regret feeling for choosing medical profession.Conclusions: Self-interest was the major reason for opting MBBS. Parent’s pressure was also observed as one of the reasons for opting MBBS. Almost one third of the students were having the feeling of regret for opting medical profession. Special attention should be paid towards these students.

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Background: Female foeticide is perhaps one of the worst forms of violence against women where a woman is denied her most basic and fundamental right i.e. “the right to life”. Exorbitant dowry demand is one of the main reasons for female infanticide and other reasons include belief that it is only the son who can perform the last rites, that lineage and inheritance runs through the male line, sons will look after parents in old age, men are bread winners etc. The present study was aimed to assess the awareness & perception regarding female foeticide among adolescents in rural community.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 school students with a pre-tested, semi structured questionnaire in order to assess the awareness & perception regarding female foeticide among adolescents. Data collected was analysed using SPSS software.Results: Majority (52.5%) of the study subjects were males. Majority (70%) of the subjects could define foeticide. Boys have better knowledge than girls regarding current sex ratio (21%), state position(20%) and district position(33.3%).The most common reasons for not preferring girl child were not carrying family name and burden to the family. Major source of information was social media.Conclusions: This study reveals that there is considerable scope for spreading awareness to youth about this social malady with medical implications. This will not only change the perception and behaviour of future generation, but motivated adolescents can also influence the families and communityation.

Background: Most of the causes of maternal and neonatal mortality were preventable through effective primary health care. Primary health care is essential to provide maternal and child health care especially in rural areas. The objective of this study is to assess the labour room standards of 24×7 PHCs in the Kurnool district.Methods: This study is a facility based cross sectional study carried out from November 2014-May 2015 in administrative limits of Kurnool district. Questionnaire is attempted to assess the standards of labour room of that PHC by obtaining information about following standards - Infrastructure in labour room, Infection Prevention, Drugs and supplies etc.Results: Majority (66.67%) of 24×7 PHCs had availability of <6 beds and 33.33% of 24×7 PHCs had availability of ≥6 beds. All PHCs had availability of stepping stool, ensured privacy during delivery and new born care corner. All PHCs had availability of running water facility, majority of PHCs (90.47%) had availability of antiseptics, 14/21 (66.67%) of PHCs had provision of HLD and 12/21 (57.14%) of PHCs had provision of sterilization facilities. no PHC had availability of functional ambulance and all PHCs were utilizing 108 facility for referral transport.Conclusions: Availability of infrastructure facilities, infection prevention facilities, equipment and laboratory services were adequate in most of the PHCs. No PHCs were practicing segregation of bio medical wastes and there was deficiency in availability of antiseptics. No PHCs were provided with ambulance facility which was major concern in addressing the second delay.

Introduction: Aim of the study was to know career preferences and factors influencing speciality choices among the medical students in Telangana. Materials and Methods: An Institution based cross sectional study was carried out at Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally with 150 first year medical students as study subjects from November 2017 to December 2017. Study tool was pretested semi structured questionnaire. Data was entered in Microsoft excel and analysis was done using SPSS statistical package version 22. Result: Out of 150 participants, 42 (28%) were boys and 108 (72%) were girls, with a mean age of 17.94 ± 0.82. Majority (62.6%) of the participants were city residents. 57.3% of the study population wants to pursue specialization. Among the students who wants to pursue specialization majority were interested in clinical branches compared to Community Medicine which was only 6.9%. There was significant difference between males and females selection of specialities like cardiology, gynaecology and orthopaedics. Most common factors for selection of speciality courses were reputation of the speciality (91.8%) and Self interest (76.7%). Conclusion: Majority of the medical students wants to pursue specialization and most of them showed interest in the clinical branches. Significant difference between males and females selection of specialities like cardiology, gynaecology and orthopaedics. Most common factors for selection of speciality courses were reputation of the speciality and Self interest followed by early settlement and to make more money.