Niket Verma MBBS, MD is currently Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Army College of Medical Sciences, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi. He takes keen interest in the academic and research activities of his department and has completed the Advance Course in Medical Education conducted by the Medical Council of India (MCI). He is a member of the Medical Education Unit of his college and is actively involved in the implementation of the new Competency Based Medical Education Programme for MBBS undergraduates. He is pursuing the prestigious FAIMER Fellowship and has authored the Logbook for Foundation Course for MBBS Students; Competency Based Logbook in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and ECE for First Professional MBBS and numerous articles from the field of medical education. Poonam Agrawal MBBS, MD is Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, Rohini, New Delhi. She has completed the Advance Course in Medical Education conducted by the MCI and has authored several books and research papers. She is a member of the Medical Education Unit of her college and is actively involved in the implementation of the new Competency Based Medical Education Programme for MBBS undergraduates. She has written many other books like Practical Biochemistry with Clinical Correlation for MBBS Students; Concepts in Biochemistry; Review in Biochemistry for NEXT based on latest PGMEE pattern; Competency Based Logbook in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and ECE for First Professional MBBS and Logbook for Foundation Course for MBBS Students all brought by CBSP&D. Megha Maheshwari is currently Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College, New Delhi. She has completed MBBS from Lady Hardinge Medical College and MD in Microbiology from Maulana Azad Medical College. She is member of MEU at BSA Medical College, New Delhi. She has more than 30 publications in various national and international journals.
<div class="short-description" style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><div class="std" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">This logbook aims to provide a ready format to record the activities, competencies and skills in Microbiology. Combined with reflection writing, the records can be used for formative and continuous assessment of the learners as they progress through 2nd Professional MBBS. We hope that this logbook will serve as a stimulus to encourage self-directed learning among undergraduate students.</p><h3 style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.35; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Salient Features</h3><ol style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 15px 0px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Simple tabular format of the templates for recording the activities conducted and competencies and skills acquired</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">An assessment scale with only two ratings, scope for further improvement and satisfactory; thereby emphasising on positive motivation for all students</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Flexibility to record the competencies decided by individual departments</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Ample space in each row to record and assess all activities under a given competency</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Reflective portfolios for important topics with encouragement of reflection writing and recording the details of assignments and assessments</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Separate sections for SBT (Simulation Based Teaching), AETCOM (Attitude, Ethics and Communication) and Integration.</li></ol><div><br></div></div></div>
