Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Effect of "Modern Pharmacology Course" on Homeopathy Doctors In The Maharashtra State

Pashu S. Shaikh

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Background:The State Government of Maharashtra has launched “Modern Pharmacology Course” for homeopathic doctors.The aim of this course is to improve the the knowledge of these rural pracioners,  so that it will improve the health of rural Maharashtra.  After teaching for one year we try to find out the effect of this course by questionnaire based evaluation technique.

Methods: This is a prospective, observational type of study carried out on 50 homeopathic doctors. MCQ based 15 questions of Pharmacology subject were given before and after completion of one year of the       said course i.e. pre–test and post–test. Papers were valued on score basis, data recorded and interpreted. Statistical analysis was done by using Student’s t test (paired) .

Resuts: Passing percentage of the pre–test was 12% and that of the post–test was 86%. Topper of the pre–test scored 10(66.66%) marks. Topper of the post–test scored 15 (100%) marks. Mean of scoring in the pre–test was 5.1 (34 %) marks and that of post–test was 10.16 (67.73% ) marks. The pre–test and post–test difference was statistically highly significant (p<0.001).

Conclusion:This course had drastically improved the medical knowledge of homeopathic doctors, that will minimize the irrational drug therapy in future.   

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Pashu S.Shaikh, Effect of "Modern Pharmacology Course" on Homeopathy Doctors In The Maharashtra State, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-1 | January-2018

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