THE CONCEPT OF ‘THEME BASED PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY EXERCISES’ IN MEDICAL CURRICULUM: MOTIVATE THE MOTIVATORS

Abstract

Though the physiology teachers understand and fulfil their responsibility of introducing the fresh medical students to core concepts in physiology along with basics of scientific method, they usually tend to isolate themselves from important global health problems.  In the present era of information explosion it is but appropriate that students may be exposed to realities of world health problems from the very beginning of their medical education. This cost-effective and time-effective endeavour of physiology department is hoped to be an important (though small) contribution of basic sciences towards motivating the motivators and tackling the epidemic of obesity.