Why our future doctors copy....
There is an article on this subject in the Express Newsline. The reason for this article is the suspension of Dr. Chittaranjan Purandare, an honorary gynecologist at J J Hospital for signing the theses of 5 students who were to appear for the CPS (College of Physicians & Surgeons) exams.
All this makes bizarre reading, more so because, as usual, the reporters don't seem to have understood the facts at all. And based on the facts listed it doesn't make sense as to how someone could be suspended from a State Government hospital for some issues related to the CPS, which is an autonomous body existing for the sole function of doling out diplomas and degrees to those who don't get into the teaching hospitals.
The fact of course, is that the majority of theses, at least in radiology, whether for the MD exams or for the DNB exams, are rubbish...either copied from earlier theses or shoddily done and written. Any everyone, from the teachers to the examiners, knows this. So what's the big deal here?
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This suspension of Dr Purandare and the reports in the news on this subject seem hyped up and may not make sense entirely. All the same, this does not make the whole business of thesis/research plagiarism 'no big deal', I feel.
Agreed that lack or shortage of resources is a major factor, but it is not an excuse enough for not producing some meaningful work. Even with the available resources, one can do a good job, only if one has the interest and of course, the right kind of guidance. Unfortunately, when teachers and professors are themselves either disintereted or incompetent, one cannot expect anything better than nonsense in research. One would imagine, atleats bodies like National Board to implement some procedures to encourage better quality research from postgraduates, but this is not to be. I think the creation of a centralised body for postgraduate(specialist) training that encompasses all universities and will be responsible for standardisation of and validation of adequate training in these specialities, should be seriously worked upon. For radiology training, bodies like IRIA or ICR can take up this.
10:49 AM
heres a link to an article in BMJCareers, on this topic of plagiarism: http://careerfocus.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7464/85
11:56 AM
hey i found this other site...
www.rahuja.blogspot.com
it sheds a bit of light on the above issue...
8:24 PM
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