Educational Research in Health Sciences
Journal Title: Journal of Education Technology in Health Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Research is finding truth. Finding truth is an essential human activity to generate new knowledge, develop theories and apply the same to practice. While theory without practice is useless, practice without theory is dangerous. Research in medical education is a new and developing field with immense scope to revamp the whole gamut of health profession in order to achieve health goals across the globe. The broad canvas of research in medical education starts with undergraduate medical education. (1) As indicated in previous reports, educational research is expected to go a long way.(2) In this article I propose to sketch an overview of research traditions, status of educational research in our country, the problems identified and some possible solutions.
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B. V Adkoli
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- DOI 10.18231/2393-8005.2017.0011
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