This textbook from Universities Press is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title by Dr. Nandita Shinkre Banaji, written for MBBS undergraduate students studying microbiology (माइक्रोबायोलॉजी) under the competency-based curriculum. (cite index="605-1">Lectures in Microbiology is a concise and contemporary textbook written with specific focus on the Competency-Based Medical Education curriculum prescribed for Indian medical graduates. It aims to equip undergraduate students with sound knowledge of the core concepts of microbiology and to aid faculty in teaching the subject in keeping with the new guidelines, which propose a reduction in teaching hours and revised teaching modalities. To enhance ease of revision, brief section-wise summaries are provided in addition to questions at the end of each chapter. (cite index="601-1">Its stated aim is to give students the relevant knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and responsiveness needed to function as a physician of first contact, and its content focuses on a better understanding of the interactions between microbes and humans, prevention of infection by general measures, immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis, and prevention of hospital-acquired infections through safe practices in healthcare settings. That emphasis is worth noting: rather than maximising organism detail, the book is built around what a first-contact physician actually needs to do — recognise, prevent and refer. (cite index="604-1">Dr. Nandita Shinkre Banaji graduated from Goa Medical College in 1985, took her MD and PhD in Microbiology at T.N. Medical College and Nair Hospital, Mumbai, where she served as faculty until 2005, and is presently Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry. She is trained in medical education and is resource faculty for the NMC's Revised Basic Course Workshop and Curriculum Implementation Support Programme, with 30 years of experience teaching the subject; as Chairperson of the UG Board of Studies, Faculty of Medicine at Pondicherry University from 2016 to 2020, she introduced the CBME curriculum to medical graduates. The whole book is written in English in the Roman script.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script)
Written by Dr. Nandita Shinkre Banaji, published by Universities Press
Concise textbook of around 288 pages
Written specifically for the CBME curriculum for Indian medical graduates
Designed around the reduced teaching hours the new curriculum allots
Brief section-wise summaries for revision
Questions at the end of every chapter
Focus on microbe-human interaction rather than organism detail alone
Prevention of infection through general measures, immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis
Prevention of hospital-acquired infection through safe healthcare practices
Oriented to the competencies of a physician of first contact
Written to aid faculty in teaching under the revised modalities
By a Professor and Head of Microbiology with 30 years of teaching experience
By an NMC resource faculty for the Revised Basic Course Workshop and CISP
By the person who introduced CBME to medical graduates at Pondicherry University
यूनिवर्सिटीज़ प्रेस द्वारा प्रकाशित 'Lectures in Microbiology' डॉ. नंदिता शिंकरे बनाजी द्वारा लिखी गई एक संक्षिप्त एवं समकालीन पाठ्यपुस्तक है, जो विशेष रूप से भारतीय चिकित्सा स्नातकों के लिए निर्धारित CBME पाठ्यक्रम को ध्यान में रखकर तैयार की गई है। नए दिशा-निर्देशों में शिक्षण घंटों में कमी और बदली हुई शिक्षण पद्धतियों को देखते हुए यह पुस्तक विषय के मूल सिद्धांतों पर केंद्रित है। दोहराने की सुविधा के लिए प्रत्येक खंड का संक्षिप्त सारांश तथा हर अध्याय के अंत में प्रश्न दिए गए हैं। पुस्तक की विषय-वस्तु सूक्ष्मजीवों एवं मनुष्यों के बीच के संबंध, सामान्य उपायों द्वारा संक्रमण की रोकथाम, इम्यूनोप्रोफ़ाइलैक्सिस एवं कीमोप्रोफ़ाइलैक्सिस, तथा स्वास्थ्य-सेवा प्रतिष्ठानों में सुरक्षित व्यवहार द्वारा अस्पताल-जनित संक्रमण की रोकथाम पर केंद्रित है — अर्थात् वह सब जो एक 'फ़िज़िशियन ऑफ़ फ़र्स्ट कॉन्टैक्ट' को वास्तव में जानना आवश्यक है। लेखिका इंदिरा गांधी मेडिकल कॉलेज एवं रिसर्च इंस्टीट्यूट, पुदुच्चेरी में माइक्रोबायोलॉजी विभाग की प्रोफ़ेसर एवं विभागाध्यक्ष हैं और उन्हें 30 वर्षों का शिक्षण अनुभव है। लगभग 288 पृष्ठ। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
