Pranab

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• USMLE 2013 and IMGs: All That Glitters is NOT Gold

  

  I have pretty much been declared the official (Indian) USMLE rumor-monger by one of the most famous USMLE coaching institutes that held introductory classes to... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Guest Post #1: India – One of the Fastest Growing Economies

  This is a guest post written by Ms. Deepali Kaul. I have made slight grammatical and syntactical edits and otherwise, left it untouched. This article and its... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• New York Soda Rule: Raising the Debate on Paternalism in Public Health

  

  Paternalistic attitude in unilateral implementation of public health policies, especially with respect to banning of (harmful) substances, has been one of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Another Start-up Bites the Dust: Elsevier Buys Mendeley

  When TechCrunch reported that there were talks going on between Elsevier and Mendeley this January, I did not want to believe it. Being an ardent user and... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Aaron Swartz’s Guerilla Open Access Manifesto

  Largely credited to Aaron Swartz, this has also found an in depth criticism in Peter Suber’s now archived, Earlham.edu blog on Open Access. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• #Anonymous Hack MIT Sites: In Memoriam, Aaron Swartz

  The online vigilante justice group, anonymous, has hit out at the MIT for the role they purportedly played in bringing about the demise of Aaron Swartz. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide: The Dark Knight Falls

  

  From Aaron’s last blog post:Thus Master Wayne is left without solutions. Out of options, it’s no wonder the series ends with his staged suicide. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• The USA Dream for IMGs: Coming to an End? Analysing the 2012 Match

  

  My attention was drawn to an article in the JAMA today (1) by one of my friends who is actively pursuing the USMLE route. And after reading this, I guess I... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• 2012 in Review

  

  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.Here’s an excerpt:19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2013 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• #TheekHai: The King’s Speech. NOT!

  

  Merry Christmas, dear readers. Unfortunately, this season of festivities, which has turned secular in India and is celebrated by Christians and non-Christians... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Lexicon for Public Health Students: The Design Effect

  

  Reblogged from my previous post on the Community Medicine Education Blog, as a part of the new series where I go about de-mystifying stuff that confuses…... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Social Peer Review: The IJMI Breaks New Ground

  With an innovative move to have open peer review of submissions to the IJMI on the G+ community (closed and available only to the members of the group, who are... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• A Lexicon for Public Health Students: Hobson’s Choice

  

  This is a new series of posts in which I intend to de-mystify some concepts that are largely confusing (to me) and try to come up with some simple,... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Google Kills Free Google Apps: I Am Worried!

  

  In an announcement in the Official Google Enterprise Blog, it was revealed that the Google Apps free version is no no longer available. While I always thought... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Social Exclusion and Inclusion: A Primer

  This was a write-up I did for an assignment as part of my Residency training. We have such “informally formal” assignments which are assigned to us in course... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Brown Bag Sessions: Food for Thought

  We have been contemplating the concept of having a Brown Bag session once in two weeks in our department for quite a while now, and we set the ball rolling toda... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero

  

  A couple of days ago, I had a moment of great joy in the clinic we work in the community health center when a person came up to me and unhesitatingly asked for ... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• PeerJ Calls for Papers: Disruptive Innovation in Open Access

  

  I have been very excited about PeerJ ever since Peter Binfield took up the challenge of bringing down the costs of publication in an online, open access... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• World Toilet Day: Give A Shit

  

  Happy World Toilet day. As a dear friend reminded me today, it is the day the World Toilet Organization has earmarked for spreading awareness about the lack of... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE

• Talking to the Streets for Health: Street Theater as a Public Health Tool

  

  Prior to coming to Delhi, I did not have much exposure to the power of the theater as a mode of dissemination of public health messages. It does sound strange... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 HEALTH, MEDICINE