Vardendra Kulkarni MD is currently Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, and Coordinator of Medical Education Unit, Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka. He completed his graduation and postgraduation from Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli. He has pursued Advanced Course in Medical Education (ACME) from NMC's nodal center for faculty development, JNMC,Belagavi.He has been constantly mentoring faculty members in various states in implementation of CBME curriculum through regular workshops. He is well known among the undergraduate and postgraduate students for his engaging style of teaching, interactive strategies, exam-oriented discussions and personalized mentoring for qualifying in foreign licensure examinations like USMLE and PLAB. He has successfully guided many undergraduate and postgraduate students in short-term research projects.He has delivered educational lectures related to numerous pathology-related topics on various online platforms such as YouTube, Learnograph, White Army, etc. He has been actively involved in research activities and led pathology teams in international projects.He has to his credit more than 30 papers published in national and international journals. Soumya BM MD is currently Assistant Professor,Department of Pathology,in Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka. She completed her graduation from Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga, and postgraduation from Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka, by securing the fifth rank in RGUHS examination. She has been actively involved in implementation of CBME curriculum at institutional level. She has participated in medical education workshops and student mentorship programs. She is involved in research activities and has to her credit papers published in 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;">The main objective of this book is to introduce to the undergraduate students the subject of pathology in a simplified manner in the form of questions and answers. </p><div><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">The new CBME curriculum brings with it a finely structured method of learning both theory and practical aspects of pathology. Also, the upcoming pattern of evaluation is another overwhelming change that a student must gear up for NEXT. Keeping these two new developments in mind, the questions are framed using the competencies enumerated in the subject curriculum, and the answers are written in a structured format using bulleted points to ease learning, understanding and memorizing.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;">Salient Features</strong></em></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">All competencies of under CBME Guidelines and Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduate have been covered</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Question–Answer format makes it reader-friendly</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Questions have been categorized into long essays, short essays, and short answers with appropriate marks weightage</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Both traditional and structured long essays have been covered</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Questions are based on higher order cognition such as reasoning ability, analysis, and interpretation</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Interpretation of patient data and image-based questioning</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Answers are brief, structured with bulleted points, and can be easily assimilated, remembered and reproduced</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Questions pertaining to small group discussion (SGD) and DOAP topics are also addressed</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Line diagram, tables, flowcharts and algorithms add value to the answers</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Specially hand-drawn and easily reproducible microscopic images have been introduced</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">MCQs based on case scenarios arranged competency-wise</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fill in the blanks questions cater to high-yield points for quick revision</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">113 Long Essays • 361 Short Essays • 556 Short Answers • 573 MCQs .</span></li></ul></div></div></div>
