Goyal Rajni, Garg Rajveer, Goyal Puneet Raj
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Ramnagar, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Ivy Hospital, Panchkula, Haryana, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jun;11(6):CC06-CC08. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24341.9977. Epub 2017 Jun 1.
Physiology is one of the foundation sciences for the medical curriculum. It forms the basis of all life sciences. Physiology practical classes in India are divided into three sections: exercises in haematology, exercises on humans and experiments on amphibians. Faculty and students of medical schools in India are of the opinion that animal experiments should be discontinued, that the curriculum in experimental physiology and pharmacology needs to be updated, that the same understanding of topics could be obtained by using alternative methods and that there is an urgent need to introduce alternatives of animal experiments.
To assess the need for changes in the practical physiology curriculum of medical undergraduates.
The study was conducted among 300 MBBS, second and third professional students using a semi-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of two sections: the first section was based on the current experimental physiology curriculum regarding the relevance of topics taught in haematology, amphibian and human practical classes. In the second section, the opinion was also sought regarding introduction of new topics related to recent advances in clinical physiology and basic clinical skills.
More than 60% of the students marked most of the haematology experiments useful. All the amphibian practicals were considered irrelevant/not useful by more than 75% of the students. Regarding the human experiments, more than 70% of the students marked useful. More than 65% students were of the opinion that basic clinical skills should be introduced at undergraduate level. More than 50% students favoured introduction of topics from recent advances in physiology.
The present study concludes that there is an imperative need to implement radical changes in the experimental physiology curriculum which should be in consonance with patient care for the doctors of tomorrow to render better health service.
生理学是医学课程的基础科学之一。它构成了所有生命科学的基础。印度的生理学实践课程分为三个部分：血液学练习、人体练习和两栖动物实验。印度医学院校的教师和学生认为，动物实验应该停止，实验生理学和药理学课程需要更新，通过使用替代方法可以获得对主题的相同理解，并且迫切需要引入动物实验的替代方法。
评估医学本科生实践生理学课程变革的必要性。
本研究采用半结构化问卷对300名医学学士二年级和三年级学生进行调查。问卷由两部分组成：第一部分基于当前的实验生理学课程，涉及血液学、两栖动物和人体实践课程中所教主题的相关性。在第二部分中，还征求了关于引入与临床生理学最新进展和基本临床技能相关的新主题的意见。
超过60%的学生认为大多数血液学实验有用。超过75%的学生认为所有两栖动物实践不相关/无用。关于人体实验，超过70%的学生认为有用。超过65%的学生认为本科阶段应引入基本临床技能。超过50%的学生赞成引入生理学最新进展中的主题。
本研究得出结论，迫切需要对实验生理学课程进行彻底变革，这应与为未来医生提供更好医疗服务的患者护理相一致。
