We read with great interest the article by Willis et al 1 on challenges that students face during difficult conversations in clinical scenarios. As medical students from Imperial College, London, we can relate to many issues raised in the article but have also identified some factors which could improve the significance of the results. The authors identify 3 areas of difficulties for conversations with patients; however, they do not provide a likely explanation for differences between year groups. It is possible that because students later in their training have had more opportunities to practice, they report "communication skills needs" as less of an issue, with evidence suggesting that sufficient preparation improves student confidence. 2 However, the data suggest that despite training, students still have difficulty in this area, and therefore, reviewing the curriculum may explain the trends. Reflecting on our experiences, we realize that it is through both practice and observations of difficult discussions had by senior doctors that communication skills are developed. Because students progress through medical school, they develop a more evolved role and naturally their struggles change alongside this. The faculty, however, have a responsibility to address these concerns to ensure that students feel confident and competent in consultations.

The study was undertaken to find out the influence of heavy and low TV watching on study habits of secondary school students. A sample of 500 students was drawn randomly from various Government secondary and higher secondary schools of District Srinagar (J&K). Heavy and low TV viewers were identified on the basis of Q3 and Q1. Besides, Study Habits Inventory by M.N Palsane and Anuradha Sharma was administered to assess the study habits. The collected data was analyzed by using Mean, Standard Deviation and 't' test. Line graph was plotted in order to make the results transparent. The results revealed a significant difference between the mean scores of heavy and low TV viewers on study habits.

Present study was aimed to examine the Internet use by male and female senior secondary school students on their Internet use. The research was conducted with two main purposes; firstly, to investigate that gender difference had any effect on their Internet use and secondly, to identify and to find out the differences of any on the Internet use, among male and female senior secondary school student for (i) academic purpose (ii) recreational purpose and (iii) communication purpose. The population of this study consists of 100 senior secondary school students (50 male and 50 female) of District Bandipora (J&k) INDIA and they were selected by a random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was the Information Blank developed by the investigator. The data was subjected to statistical analysis by computing Mean, S.D. and test of significance. The results revealed that that there is difference between male and female secondary school students on Internet use for academic purpose. Male students have better use of Internet for academic purpose as compared to female students. On the other hand there is no difference between male and female senior secondary school students on Internet use for recreational and e-mail purposes. Both the groups have found similar in Internet use for recreational and communication purposes.

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