Cultivate.... research an attitude and learning a passion

Medical Research in India – “Comprehending Challenges and Quest for Renaissance”

“…[7] Even if there is substantial increase in the scientific publications from India in recent Section: Anatomy years, [7] medical research often ends up in papers based on not so high quality study; published in low impact journals. [8] Medical research, which on paper is an integral part of medical education, is perhaps the most neglected field in a large majority of our medical Institutes. Analysis of the data provided by Index Medicus indicates that, in 1998, globally 416,561 were published of which India's share was only 0.714% (2974 articles).…”

“…Since sanctioned posts cannot be created without the long drawn financial and bureaucratic implications, we can have honorary adjunct faculty and visiting research faculty position from diverse disciplines like biotechnology, engineering, statistics, philosophy, etc. [8,12] May be a small, but practically working and dedicated R and D Department attached to every medical Institute might can help trainees towards research and scientific inquiry. Developing human as well as financial resources and encouraging young physicians to actively engage in research will have our country seeing increase quantity and quality of research activities.…”

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