Binorkar Sandeep V, Sawant Ranjeet S, Bhat Shobha, Joglekar Vishnu P
Dept. of Agadatantra, R. A. Podar Medical College (Ayu), Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400018, India.
Department of Rasashastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana, Smt. K. G. Mittal Punarvasu Ayurved College, Charni Road, Mumbai, 02, India.
J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2021 Jan-Mar;12(1):112-118. doi: 10.1016/j.jaim.2020.10.007. Epub 2020 Dec 22.
Agadatantra is one of the eight clinical branches into which Ayurveda medicine is traditionally divided. The term Agadatantra is used specifically for the branch of Ayurvedic medicine dealing with poisons, its description, and its antidotes. The other parts of the subject include Vyavahar Ayurveda and Vidhi Vaidyaka which are comprehensible with forensic medicine and medical jurisprudence of modern medical sciences. Being one of the important subjects during the undergraduate studies of Ayurveda (BAMS), it holds a substantial position in the entire syllabus. The present study was designed to appraise the attitude and knowledge of Ayurveda graduates on the practical application of the subject in day to day professional life.
It was a cross-sectional study conducted online among the students, teachers, and practitioners of Ayurveda. A pre-validated survey questionnaire was uploaded on GoogleDocs. The sharable link was made available online from 12November 2018 to 31st Jan 2020 for recording the responses of the volunteers. Analysis of the responses was conducted thereafter.
A total of 2128 participants expressed their opinion through this online survey which evaluated the views of scholars of Ayurveda regarding Agadatantra and contemporary allied subjects. Most of the respondents 65.27% were male and 30.83% holding BAMS as their highest qualification, 34.02% were postgraduate (MD) in Agadatantra; 55.03% (n = 1171) were academicians and 63.06% participants had an opinion that current UG& PG teaching is not sufficient to know about medico-legal responsibilities.
The survey shows that there are few downsides in the existing teaching methodologies of Agadatantra. The existing syllabus should be revised entirely considering it as one of the clinical subjects. Concrete practical based teaching with ample clinical exposure is the need of the hour in the subject of Agadatantra to enhance its practical applicability.
阿加丹特拉是阿育吠陀医学传统上划分的八个临床分支之一。阿加丹特拉一词专门用于指阿育吠陀医学中处理毒物、其描述及其解毒剂的分支。该学科的其他部分包括 Vyavahar 阿育吠陀和 Vidhi Vaidyaka，它们与现代医学科学的法医学和医学法学相关。作为阿育吠陀本科（BAMS）学习期间的重要学科之一，它在整个教学大纲中占据重要地位。本研究旨在评估阿育吠陀毕业生对该学科在日常职业生活中的实际应用的态度和知识。
这是一项在阿育吠陀的学生、教师和从业者中进行的在线横断面研究。一份预先验证的调查问卷上传到了谷歌文档。可共享链接于 2018 年 11 月 12 日至 2020 年 1 月 31 日在线提供，用于记录志愿者的回复。此后对回复进行了分析。
共有 2128 名参与者通过这项在线调查表达了他们的意见，该调查评估了阿育吠陀学者对阿加丹特拉及当代相关学科的看法。大多数受访者（65.27%）为男性，30.83%的最高学历为 BAMS，34.02%为阿加丹特拉专业的研究生（MD）；55.03%（n = 1171）为院士，63.06%的参与者认为当前的本科和研究生教学不足以了解医疗法律责任。
调查表明，阿加丹特拉现有教学方法存在一些不足之处。应将现有教学大纲作为临床学科之一进行全面修订。在阿加丹特拉学科中，当下需要基于具体实践并提供充足临床接触的教学，以提高其实际适用性。
