P Ravi Shankar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4883890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | P Ravi Shankar |
| GIVEN NAMES | P Ravi |
| FAMILY NAME | Shankar |
| SIGNATURE | SHANKAR P R |
| AFFILIATIONS | KIST Medical College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6105-5636 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
My ‘experiences’ with Cinemeducation
In this article, the author explores his experiences with movie screening and activities at a medical school in the Caribbean. The process has been described in detail. The issues addressed during the movies and the activities are also mentioned. The author also highlights his experiences with facilitating workshops for faculty members during different medical education conferences. His experiences with webinars on cinemeducation are also mention…
Twelve tips for strengthening global equity in health professions education publication
Despite recent calls to engage in scholarship with attention to anti-racism, equity, and social justice at a global level in Health Professions Education (HPE), the field has made few significant advances in incorporating the views of the so-called “Other” in understanding the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge as well as the epistemic justification of knowledge production. Editors, authors, and reviewers must take responsibility for question…
An Educational Intervention to Strengthen Community Pharmacy Practice in Nepal
In Nepal, community pharmacies serve as the primary source of medical care. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and practice of dispensing, prescription handling and patient counseling among community pharmacists working in 3 districts (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur) of Nepal. A quasi-experimental pre-post interventional study was conducted in 123 community pharmacies located in …
An insight into the pharmaceutical sector in Yemen during conflict: Challenges and recommendations
In our world today, we need to understand, measure, and respond to inequality. The conflict and siege in Yemen have caused serious repercussions and consequences for the pharmaceutical sector and health of the people. Hospital, health centres and facilities, medicines warehouses and pharmaceutical factories have been destroyed. Further, the conflict has aggravated the health situation with shortages of medicines, an increase in chronic illnesses,…
The Need for Focused Literacy Training in the Medical School Curriculum: A Cross‐Sectional Study of Undergraduate Students
Introduction . Medical education programs have increasingly included compulsory research skills components but rarely include explicit academic literacy instruction for medical research. This article presents results from a project that developed methods of bridging the gap between textbook literacy and scientific literacy in a setting where English coexists with the local language. Methods. A paper‐based, revised version of a validated self‐repo…
Injection practice in Kaski district, Western Nepal: A community perspective
Less preference for injections and high awareness about the association between injections and injection-borne infections among the general population is encouraging for safe injection practice. However, respondents were not aware of the importance of having qualified injection providers for safe injections and were receiving injections from unqualified personnel
Two Poems
42 WLT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2015 In Spanish, the Toreador’s Outfit Is Called Traje de Luces, or a Suit of Lights From Maximo to Sterling Manor, down Clam Bayou to Coquina Key, St. Pete’s once had a world record 768 straight days of illumination. Sunshine City. As florid and fantastic a place as any to celebrate Salvador Dalí who claimed not to do drugs, because he was drugs. There among palm fronds waving at a more distant, bobbing forest of masts…
Injection practices in Nepal: Health policymakers’ perceptions
BACKGROUND: The unnecessary and unsafe use of injections is common in developing countries like Nepal. Policymakers have an important role in promoting rational and safe injection use. Hence, the present study was carried out to explore the perception of health policymakers regarding safe injection practice in Nepal. METHODS: An exploratory qualitative study design was used in this study. Key policymakers from both the central and regional level …
Study of status of safe injection practice and knowledge regarding injection safety among primary health care workers in Baglung district, western Nepal
BACKGROUND: Unsafe injection practices and injection overuse are widespread in developing countries harming the patient and inviting risks to the health care workers. In Nepal, there is a dearth of documented information about injection practices so the present study was carried out: a) to determine whether the selected government health facilities satisfy the conditions for safe injections in terms of staff training, availability of sterile inje…
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards medicines among school teachers in Lalitpur district, Nepal before and after an educational intervention
The intervention was effective in improving knowledge and attitude of the teachers. More studies among school teachers about their knowledge, attitude and practice about medicines are required in Nepal
Using paintings to explore the medical humanities in a Nepalese medical school: Table 1
Visual art has been used in medical humanities programmes in many places. Participation in art observation workshops has been shown to improve the visual diagnostic skills of medical students. KIST Medical College is a new medical school in Lalitpur district, Nepal. A medical humanities module, Sparshanam (meaning touch in Sanskrit, the mother of most South Asian languages), for medical students is conducted for around 90 minutes on Wednesday mor…
Using Case Scenarios and Role Plays to Explore Issues of Human Sexuality
Medical humanities in Nepal: Questions and challenges
Though common in developed countries, medical humanities (MH) programs are rare in Asia in general and in South Asia in particular. I have in the past conducted a voluntary MH module at the Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal,1 and at present am conducting a module for faculty members at the KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal. Recently, to familiarise the faculty members with MH, I gave a 40-minute presentation on the subject, …
Breast-feeding initiation and determinants of exclusive breast-feeding – a questionnaire survey in an urban population of western Nepal
Objective To assess rates of initiation of breast-feeding and exclusive breast-feeding within 2 months after delivery and to determine the factors influencing exclusive breast-feeding. Design A health worker-administered questionnaire survey was carried out during the time period 1 August–30 September 2005. Setting Immunisation clinics of Pokhara, a submetropolitan city in western Nepal. Subjects Three hundred and eighty-five mothers who had deli…
Care seeking behaviour for childhood illness- a questionnaire survey in western Nepal
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization estimates that seeking prompt and appropriate care could reduce child deaths due to acute respiratory infections by 20%. The purpose of our study was to assess care seeking behaviour of the mothers during childhood illness and to determine the predictors of mother's care seeking behaviour. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the immunization clinics of Pokhara city, Kaski district, western …
The Spirit of Exile: An Epistolary Essay
Is “exile” a relevant descriptor for today’s Indian writer on the world stage? Does the literary and metaphorical use of the term cheapen and dishonor those who suffer literal exile, or does exile describe an alienation and dislocation of spirit for which terms such as diasporic, expatriate, and immigrant are inadequate? Basing their discussion on several poems in Ravi Shankar’s recent book Instrumentality (2004), Shankar, a poet and editor, and …
Land Alienation and Ecology in the Perunchani Hill with Special Reference to Kani Tribe
This study highlights the Kani tribe’s awareness of ecology and their land alienation in the Perunchanihill. The land alienation creates the landlords and traders who occupy the commanding position in the whole system of agricultural production and distribution. Ecology includes number of issues pertaining to culture, attitude, belief of the people towards forest and health, awareness of environment, breeding of animals and the advantage of stayi…
Recent Recordings of Indian Music: A Record Review Essay
Using paintings to explore the medical humanities in a Nepalese medical school: Table 1
Visual art has been used in medical humanities programmes in many places. Participation in art observation workshops has been shown to improve the visual diagnostic skills of medical students. KIST Medical College is a new medical school in Lalitpur district, Nepal. A medical humanities module, Sparshanam (meaning touch in Sanskrit, the mother of most South Asian languages), for medical students is conducted for around 90 minutes on Wednesday mor…
Recent Recordings of Indian Music: A Record Review Essay
Land Alienation and Ecology in the Perunchani Hill with Special Reference to Kani Tribe
This study highlights the Kani tribe’s awareness of ecology and their land alienation in the Perunchanihill. The land alienation creates the landlords and traders who occupy the commanding position in the whole system of agricultural production and distribution. Ecology includes number of issues pertaining to culture, attitude, belief of the people towards forest and health, awareness of environment, breeding of animals and the advantage of stayi…
Care seeking behaviour for childhood illness- a questionnaire survey in western Nepal
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization estimates that seeking prompt and appropriate care could reduce child deaths due to acute respiratory infections by 20%. The purpose of our study was to assess care seeking behaviour of the mothers during childhood illness and to determine the predictors of mother's care seeking behaviour. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the immunization clinics of Pokhara city, Kaski district, western …
The Spirit of Exile: An Epistolary Essay
Is “exile” a relevant descriptor for today’s Indian writer on the world stage? Does the literary and metaphorical use of the term cheapen and dishonor those who suffer literal exile, or does exile describe an alienation and dislocation of spirit for which terms such as diasporic, expatriate, and immigrant are inadequate? Basing their discussion on several poems in Ravi Shankar’s recent book Instrumentality (2004), Shankar, a poet and editor, and …
Breast-feeding initiation and determinants of exclusive breast-feeding – a questionnaire survey in an urban population of western Nepal
Objective To assess rates of initiation of breast-feeding and exclusive breast-feeding within 2 months after delivery and to determine the factors influencing exclusive breast-feeding. Design A health worker-administered questionnaire survey was carried out during the time period 1 August–30 September 2005. Setting Immunisation clinics of Pokhara, a submetropolitan city in western Nepal. Subjects Three hundred and eighty-five mothers who had deli…
Using Case Scenarios and Role Plays to Explore Issues of Human Sexuality
Medical humanities in Nepal: Questions and challenges
Though common in developed countries, medical humanities (MH) programs are rare in Asia in general and in South Asia in particular. I have in the past conducted a voluntary MH module at the Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal,1 and at present am conducting a module for faculty members at the KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal. Recently, to familiarise the faculty members with MH, I gave a 40-minute presentation on the subject, …
Using paintings to explore the medical humanities in a Nepalese medical school: Table 1
Visual art has been used in medical humanities programmes in many places. Participation in art observation workshops has been shown to improve the visual diagnostic skills of medical students. KIST Medical College is a new medical school in Lalitpur district, Nepal. A medical humanities module, Sparshanam (meaning touch in Sanskrit, the mother of most South Asian languages), for medical students is conducted for around 90 minutes on Wednesday mor…
Study of status of safe injection practice and knowledge regarding injection safety among primary health care workers in Baglung district, western Nepal
BACKGROUND: Unsafe injection practices and injection overuse are widespread in developing countries harming the patient and inviting risks to the health care workers. In Nepal, there is a dearth of documented information about injection practices so the present study was carried out: a) to determine whether the selected government health facilities satisfy the conditions for safe injections in terms of staff training, availability of sterile inje…
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards medicines among school teachers in Lalitpur district, Nepal before and after an educational intervention
The intervention was effective in improving knowledge and attitude of the teachers. More studies among school teachers about their knowledge, attitude and practice about medicines are required in Nepal
Injection practices in Nepal: Health policymakers’ perceptions
BACKGROUND: The unnecessary and unsafe use of injections is common in developing countries like Nepal. Policymakers have an important role in promoting rational and safe injection use. Hence, the present study was carried out to explore the perception of health policymakers regarding safe injection practice in Nepal. METHODS: An exploratory qualitative study design was used in this study. Key policymakers from both the central and regional level …
Injection practice in Kaski district, Western Nepal: A community perspective
Less preference for injections and high awareness about the association between injections and injection-borne infections among the general population is encouraging for safe injection practice. However, respondents were not aware of the importance of having qualified injection providers for safe injections and were receiving injections from unqualified personnel
Two Poems
42 WLT NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2015 In Spanish, the Toreador’s Outfit Is Called Traje de Luces, or a Suit of Lights From Maximo to Sterling Manor, down Clam Bayou to Coquina Key, St. Pete’s once had a world record 768 straight days of illumination. Sunshine City. As florid and fantastic a place as any to celebrate Salvador Dalí who claimed not to do drugs, because he was drugs. There among palm fronds waving at a more distant, bobbing forest of masts…
The Need for Focused Literacy Training in the Medical School Curriculum: A Cross‐Sectional Study of Undergraduate Students
Introduction . Medical education programs have increasingly included compulsory research skills components but rarely include explicit academic literacy instruction for medical research. This article presents results from a project that developed methods of bridging the gap between textbook literacy and scientific literacy in a setting where English coexists with the local language. Methods. A paper‐based, revised version of a validated self‐repo…
An insight into the pharmaceutical sector in Yemen during conflict: Challenges and recommendations
In our world today, we need to understand, measure, and respond to inequality. The conflict and siege in Yemen have caused serious repercussions and consequences for the pharmaceutical sector and health of the people. Hospital, health centres and facilities, medicines warehouses and pharmaceutical factories have been destroyed. Further, the conflict has aggravated the health situation with shortages of medicines, an increase in chronic illnesses,…
Twelve tips for strengthening global equity in health professions education publication
Despite recent calls to engage in scholarship with attention to anti-racism, equity, and social justice at a global level in Health Professions Education (HPE), the field has made few significant advances in incorporating the views of the so-called “Other” in understanding the nature, origin, and scope of knowledge as well as the epistemic justification of knowledge production. Editors, authors, and reviewers must take responsibility for question…
An Educational Intervention to Strengthen Community Pharmacy Practice in Nepal
In Nepal, community pharmacies serve as the primary source of medical care. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and practice of dispensing, prescription handling and patient counseling among community pharmacists working in 3 districts (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur) of Nepal. A quasi-experimental pre-post interventional study was conducted in 123 community pharmacies located in …
My ‘experiences’ with Cinemeducation
In this article, the author explores his experiences with movie screening and activities at a medical school in the Caribbean. The process has been described in detail. The issues addressed during the movies and the activities are also mentioned. The author also highlights his experiences with facilitating workshops for faculty members during different medical education conferences. His experiences with webinars on cinemeducation are also mention…
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