The revised guidelines of the Medical Council of India for academic promotions: Need for a rethink

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 69-72

  Aggarwal, R ^a   Gogtay, N J ^b   Kumar, R ^c   Sahni, P ^d  

^a Indian Journal of Gastroenterology   (India)

^b Journal of Postgraduate Medicine   (India)

^c Indian Journal of Urology   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; DOCUMENTATION; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TEACHER; TYPES OF ARTICLE; WRITING; ACHIEVEMENT; CAREER MOBILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ACHIEVEMENT; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 84969988358     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.175001     Document Type: Review

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