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MD. BIOCHEMISTRY
Goal
The goal of postgraduate medical education shall be to produce a competent specialist and / or a medical teacher as stated in the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2000 and its amendments thereof [May2018]
(i) Who shall recognize the health needs of the community, and carry out professional obligations ethically and in keeping with the objectives of the national health policy.
(ii) Who shall have mastered most of the competencies, pertaining to the specialty, that are required to be practiced at the secondary and the tertiary levels of the health care delivery system.
(iii) Who shall be aware of the contemporary advances and developments in the discipline concerned.
(iv) Who shall have acquired a spirit of scientific inquiry and is oriented to the principles of research methodology and epidemiology, and
(v) Who shall have acquired the basic skills in teaching of the medical and paramedical professionals.
General Objectives
At the end of the postgraduate training in the discipline concerned the student shall be able to:
(i) Recognize the importance of the concerned specialty in the context of the health need of the community and the national priorities in the health sector.
(ii) Practice the specialty concerned ethically and in step with the principles of primary health care.
(iii) Demonstrate sufficient understanding of the basic sciences relevant to the concerned specialty.
(iv) Identify social, economic, environmental, biological and emotional determinants of health in a given case, and take them into account while planning therapeutic, rehabilitative, preventive and promotive measures/strategies.
(v) Diagnose and manage majority of the conditions in the specialty concerned on the basis of clinical assessment, and appropriately selected and conducted investigations.
(vi) Plan and advice measures for the prevention and rehabilitation of patients suffering from disease and disability related to the specialty.
(vii) Demonstrate skills in documentation of individual case details as well as morbidity and mortality data relevant to the assigned situation.
(viii) Demonstrate empathy and humane approach towards patients and their families and exhibit interpersonal behavior in accordance with the societal norms and expectations.
(ix) Play the assigned role in the implementation of national health programs, effectively and responsibly.
(x) Organize and supervise the chosen/assigned health care services demonstrating adequate managerial skills in the clinic/hospital or the field situation.
(xi) Develop skills as a self-directed learner; recognize continuing educational needs, select and use appropriate learning resources.
(xii) Demonstrate competence in basic concept of research methodology and epidemiology, and be able to critically analyse relevant published research literature.
(xiii) Develop skills in using educational methods and techniques as applicable to the teaching of medical/nursing students, general physicians and paramedical health workers.
(xiv) Function as an effective leader of a team engaged in health care, research or training.
Statement of the Competencies
Keeping in view the general objectives of postgraduate training, each discipline shall aim at development of specific competencies, which shall be defined and spelt out in clear terms. Each department shall produce a statement and bring it to the notice of the trainees in the beginning of the program so that he or she can direct the efforts towards the attainment of these competencies.
Components of the PG Curriculum
The major components of the PG curriculum shall be:
Theoretical knowledge
Practical/clinical Skills
Training in writing thesis/research articles
Attitudes, including communication.
Training in research methodology, medical ethics & medicolegal aspects
Teaching skills to the undergraduates, juniors and support teams.
MD BIOCHEMISTRY
a) GOALS:
1. The purpose of PG education is to create specialists who would provide high quality
health care and advance the cause of science through research & training.
2. The student should be well-versed in basic concepts and recent advances in the
subject and should have acquired skills and expertise in various laboratory techniques
applicable to metabolic and molecular aspects of medicine and in research
methodology.
3. Training during the course should equip the student with skills to become an effective
teacher, able to plan and implement teaching programmes for students in medical and
allied health science courses, set up/manage a diagnostic laboratory, generate,
evaluate and interpret diagnostic laboratory data, interact with clinicians to contribute
to more effective patient care and carry out a research project and publish its results.
b) GENERAL COMPETENCY STATEMENTS:
At the end of the MD training programme in Biochemistry, the post graduate student should
have acquired competencies in the following areas, as detailed below.
1. Acquisition of knowledge
The student should be able to explain clearly concepts and principles of biochemistry and cell
biology, including correlations of these with cellular and molecular processes involved in
health and disease.
2. Teaching and training
The student should be able to effectively teach undergraduate students in medicine and allied
health science courses so they become competent health care professionals and able to
contribute to training of postgraduate post graduate students.
3. Diagnostic services
The student should be able to set up/supervise/manage a diagnostic laboratory in
Biochemistry in a hospital, ensuring quality control, and providing a reliable support service.
The student should be able to provide clinicians with consultation services for diagnostic tests
in biochemistry and in interpretation of laboratory results.
4. Research
The student should be able to carry out a research project from planning to publication and be
able to pursue academic interests and continue life-long learning to become more experienced
in all the above areas and to eventually be able to guide postgraduates in their thesis work.
c) SUBJECT SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:
The student during the training programme should acquire the following competencies:
A. Cognitive domain
Describe and apply biochemical principles to explain the normal state, abnormal disease
conditions and mechanism of action used in the perception, diagnosis and treatment of
diseases.
1. Explain energy transactions in a living system, and describe importance of
biomolecules in sustaining the life process.
2. Describe pathways of the intermediary metabolism along with their individual and
integrated regulation and apply that in understanding the functioning of the body.
3. Describe and apply the concept of nutrition in health and disease, micro- and macro
nutrition and essential nutrients, and interlinks of nutrients with metabolism and
functions of a living system.
4. Apply and integrate knowledge of molecular and metabolic conditions in normal and
disease states for clinical problem solving and research
5. Acquire knowledge on application of various aspects of genetic engineering medicine
6. Acquire knowledge and apply the principle of statistics, biostatistics and
epidemiology to the evaluation and interpretation of molecular and metabolic disease
states.
7. Evaluate, analyze and monitor disease states by applying relevant biochemical
investigations and interpreting the clinical and laboratory data.
8. Able to integrate principles of immunology in biochemistry.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of basics of research methodology, develop a research
protocol, analyze data using currently available statistical software, interpret results
and disseminate these results and to have the potential ability to pursue further
specializations and eventually be competent to guide students.
10. Describe the principles of teaching - learning technology towards application and take
interactive classroom lectures, prepare modules for PBL, organize and conduct PBLs,
case discussions, small group discussions, Seminars, Journal club and research
presentations
11. Demonstrate knowledge of principles of Instrumentation.
12. Demonstrate knowledge about recent advances and trends in research in the field of
clinical biochemistry.
B. Affective domain
1. Effectively explain to patients from a variety of backgrounds, the molecular and
metabolic basis of disease states and lifestyle modifications.
2. Communicate biochemical reasoning effectively with peers, staff and faculty, and
other members of the health care team.
3. Demonstrate empathy and respect towards patients regardless of the biochemical
nature of their disease.
4. Demonstrate respect in interactions with patients, families, peers, and other healthcare
professionals.
5. Demonstrate ethical behavior and integrity in one’s work.
6. Demonstrate effective use of nutrition, lifestyle and genetic counseling.
7. Be aware of the cost of diagnostic tests and economic status of patients.
8. Acquire skills for self-directed learning to keep up with developments in the field and
to continuously build to improve on skills and expertise.
C. Psychomotor domain
1. Able to select, justify, and interpret the results of clinical tests in biochemistry.
2. Develop differential diagnoses for molecular and metabolic causes of diseases.
3. Suggest preventive, curative, and/or palliative strategies for the management of
disease.
4. Predict effectiveness and adverse effects associated with disease intervention.
5. Demonstrate skills for clinical diagnosis, testing, understanding of biochemical
conditions and diagnostic service.
6. Perform important biochemical, immunological and molecular biology techniques.
7. Observed working of important advanced techniques.
8. Demonstrate standard operating procedures of various methods and techniques used
in clinical biochemistry.
9. Determination of enzyme activity and study of enzyme kinetics. Ideally it should be
accompanied by purification (partial) of the enzyme from a crude homogenate to
emphasize the concepts of specific activity, yield and fold purification
10. Demonstrate and report routine investigations in hematology and microbiology
11. Demonstrate presentation skills at academic meetings and publications.
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