Douglas Rushkoff, media critic, objects to the kind of economy technology appears to create. They are designed to do little more than take money out of the system-they are all extractive. There’s this universal assumption that we
India has seven doctors for every 10 000 people, half the global average, according to WHO The Indian Medical Association shows the country needs more than 50,000 critical care specialists, but has just 8,350. Such a shortage
The chairman of Medisys Edutech described that the conventional context of teaching and learning is proving to be a challenge today. The reason being the high demand for highly trained professionals and the advanced amount of knowledge
Virtual education Keeping in mind the efforts and time required to build up the physical infrastructure, the virtual, online medium of education can quickly fill up the void without compromising on the quality of education. Various reports
Since 2010, four UK-wide reviews of healthcare failings have all called for a change in the culture of the healthcare workforce, acknowledging that “culture will trump rules, standards and control strategies every single time”. Although defining culture
I look up things I don’t know about during the course of the day-diagnoses I’m unsure of, drug interactions I’ve forgotten, treatments that are new to me. But I don’t write it down as I go because,…,
At a panel discussion organised as a part of the sixth edition of TechSparks in Bengaluru, it was discussed that at a country of over 150 dialects, only one has ruling its digital platforms. Be it in
President-elect of World Psychiatric Association Helen Herrman reiterated of the longstanding demand of the Indian Psychiatric Association to include psychiatry in the medical graduation syllabus in India. She said India stood out among other countries for the
Pichai lauded the Digital India initiative as this will get people in rural areas online. Low cost of bandwidth, offline strategy, affordable phones will connect more people. It focuses on connecting the 1.2 billion people in India.
For the first time ever, the higher education department is seeing massive information and communication technology overhaul. The officials are working on a 86-point plan to bring in digitisation in higher education institutions. While office automation is
