Lately, there has been a lot of discussion over the shabby state of medical education in India. A number of reports and articles have expressed concern over the sorry state of affairs; and a number of things, right from the inept handling of matters across the echelons of medical administration to the deficient air of medical research in the country, have been held responsible for the same. In a recent conversation with a renowned medical journal, I was asked to comment on the use of journals by Indian medical students, and the potential benefits E-learning could provide in the current scenario.
The context from which this question arose is clear: there is certainly a meagre use of alternative learning resources (like journals) and advanced tools like E-learning in our medical schools. But my answer to it followed a different, and rather interesting, trajectory, which I find important…
