Faculty promotions in medical institutions in India: Can we improve the criteria?

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 796-800

  Dhulkhed, Vithal Krishna ^a   Kurdi, Madhuri S ^b   Dhulkhed, Pavan V ^c   Ramaswamy, Ashwini H ^b  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Academic; Education; Faculty; Publications; Research; Teaching; Universities

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LEARNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84994895307     PISSN: 00195049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.193657     Document Type: Article

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