This manual from Elsevier is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title edited by Amita Jain, with Vimala Venkatesh and Jyotsna Agarwal as section editors, written for the practical component of MBBS microbiology (माइक्रोबायोलॉजी). (cite index="322-1">It is a practical manual for second-year MBBS students, written on the observation that there was no standard book for practical examinations in the market. It is intended as a student's companion in the microbiology practical class — something to read from, to work experiments from as directed, and to complete assignments with — and is designed as a complete practical book, with tutorials at the beginning of each chapter helping students understand the concepts. (cite index="320-1">It integrates practical with important theoretical concepts of microbiology; every chapter is divided into a tutorial, practical exercise, spotters and assignments; it contains diagrams that are easy to reproduce during practical examinations; and each chapter ends with important case-wise viva questions and sample cases for understanding the correlation. (cite index="327-1">A reviewer's summary notes that it is designed keeping the new UG curriculum in mind, offering crisp, clinically oriented material with good diagrams, photographs, tables and graphs; that rapid tests and molecular diagnostics are included as being highly relevant today; that collection and transport of samples is given special importance, as is biomedical waste management; that all chapters are followed by an exercise; that modern modes of testing and various apparatus are discussed in simple language; and that the non-reflective matte paper allows easy reading at all angles. The tutorial-then-exercise structure is the practical distinction: the concept is explained before the procedure, so a student is not simply following steps without understanding what the test demonstrates. (cite index="317-1">The book is also prescribed on B.Sc Microbiology syllabi at university level, for example at Kannur University. The whole book is written in English in the Roman script.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script)
Edited by Amita Jain, with section editors Vimala Venkatesh and Jyotsna Agarwal
Published by Elsevier; first edition, 2018
A practical manual for laboratory classes and practical examinations
Written for MBBS second-year students, and designed around the new UG curriculum
Every chapter structured as tutorial, practical exercise, spotters and assignments
Tutorials explain the concept before the procedure is performed
Diagrams drawn to be easy to reproduce in a practical examination
Case-wise viva questions at the end of every chapter
Sample cases for understanding clinical correlation
Special emphasis on collection and transport of samples
Biomedical waste management covered
Rapid tests and molecular diagnostics included
Non-reflective matte paper for easier reading at any angle
Also prescribed on some B.Sc Microbiology university syllabi
एल्सेवियर द्वारा प्रकाशित 'Microbiology Practical Manual' का संपादन डॉ. अमिता जैन ने किया है, तथा डॉ. विमला वेंकटेश एवं डॉ. ज्योत्सना अग्रवाल इसके सेक्शन एडिटर हैं। यह पुस्तक MBBS द्वितीय वर्ष के विद्यार्थियों के लिए प्रायोगिक (practical) कक्षाओं तथा प्रायोगिक परीक्षा हेतु तैयार की गई है। इसे नए स्नातक पाठ्यक्रम को ध्यान में रखकर बनाया गया है। पुस्तक का प्रत्येक अध्याय चार भागों में विभाजित है — ट्यूटोरियल, प्रैक्टिकल एक्सरसाइज़, स्पॉटर्स तथा असाइनमेंट। प्रत्येक अध्याय के आरंभ में दिया गया ट्यूटोरियल विद्यार्थी को प्रयोग करने से पहले उसकी अवधारणा समझा देता है। इसमें ऐसे आरेख दिए गए हैं जिन्हें प्रायोगिक परीक्षा में आसानी से बनाया जा सके, तथा हर अध्याय के अंत में केस-आधारित वाइवा प्रश्न एवं सैंपल केस दिए गए हैं। नमूनों के संग्रह एवं परिवहन तथा बायोमेडिकल वेस्ट प्रबंधन पर विशेष बल दिया गया है, और रैपिड टेस्ट एवं मॉलिक्युलर डायग्नोस्टिक्स भी सम्मिलित हैं। पुस्तक नॉन-रिफ्लेक्टिव मैट पेपर पर छपी है। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।
