To improve prescription practices among the country's medical
graduates, the Indian Council of Medical Research launched a free online course
on Thursday on the occasion of World Patient Safety Day.
To improve
prescription practices among the country's medical graduates, the Indian
Council of Medical Research launched a free online course on Thursday on the
occasion of World
Patient Safety Day.
The course on 'Prescribing Skills for Indian Medical Graduates' will be run by
the National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE-ICMR), Chennai, the ICMR said in a
statement.
Launching the
course, Prof Balram Bhargava, secretary, Department of Health Research (DHR)
and director general, ICMR, said, "ICMR
is committed to ensuring that the country's medical graduates are at par with
their international counterparts. The Council, through its institute ICMR-NIE
has successfully completed a basic course in Biomedical Research.
"The course
has now been made compulsory for postgraduates by the Medical Council of India.
Building on the success, we will ensure that this digital course on Prescribing
Skills for Indian Medical Graduates is effective."
Dr Rajni Kaul,
course coordinator, ICMR, informed that the course was guided by Technical
Advisory Group (TAG) set up by the ICMR.
Dr V P Kamboj,
chairman, TAG, said, "The need and importance of the program were felt by
Prof Balram Bhargava."
Subsequently, this
was undertaken based on the feedback received from the medical fraternity
regarding prescription errors, he said.
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