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MY EXPERIENCES WITH GENERAL CELLULAR AND NEURAL CELLULAR PATHOLOGY IN A CASE BASED BLENDED LEARNING ECOSYSTEM'S CBBLE

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  Greetings,  I am Anahita Behara a final year medical student from India .I welcome you to join me on my journey in navigating the topsy turvy road of learning in medical school.      CBBLE PAJR PARTICIPATORY LEARNING ACTION RESEARCH DISCLAIMER  NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE E LOGBOOK TO DISCUSS OUR PATIENT'S DE-IDENTIFIED HEALTH DATA SHARED AFTER TAKING HIS/HER GUARDIAN'S SIGNED INFORMED CONSENT. HERE WE DISCUSS OUR INDIVIDUAL PATIENT'S PROBLEMS THROUGH A SERIES OF INPUTS FROM THE AVAILABLE GLOBAL ONLINE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTS INTENDING TO SOLVE THOSE CLINICAL PROBLEMS WITH COLLECTIVE CURRENT BEST EVIDENCE-BASED INPUT.   I remember the first-time general medicine sparked interest in me .  Due to covid restrictions  our second year of medicine was conducted online .We had telephonic conversations with the patients to take their history and subsequently document elogs or online case logs. I vividly recall the case of a 70 year old woman with hypothyroidism who wa

55/F Type 2 Diabetic since 11 years

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 A 55 year old woman a housewife and resident of west bengal belonging to upper middle class according to modified BG prasad classification presented to the OPD with chief complaints of  -fatigue since 2 years  History of present illness patient was apparently asymptomatic 11 years ago , when she had episodes of insomnia and fatigue , for which she visited the hospital and was incidentally diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus , she was adviced lifestyle modification i.e; diet and exercise , in 2014 she presented with similar complaints and was advised medication. Patient has been regularly taking medication since 9 years  h/o polyphagia no history of polydipsia, polyuria,nocturia  n/h/o SOB history of past illness   known case of hypertension since 23 years , uses medication regularly  n/k/c/o tb , asthma , epilepsy  treatment history  -diabetes : metformin and glimepiride -hypertension : amlodipine family history   mother is k/c/o hypertension since 56 years menstrual history   men

prediction of final university exam outcomes

hall ticket number  final year university exams feedback  online learning portfolios feedback prediction  9007117018 -confident answers  -was able to answer fairly -good clinical skills  -detailed history  -plenty of relevant deidentified patient images  pass 9007117114 -not confident with answering -underprepared on case presentation -lacking clinical skills  -incomplete history  -lack of patient images  -unsure of patient history fail 9007117110 -confident case presentation -knowledgeable about patient history and findings  -answered viva questions well  -complete and detailed history of patient  -relevant patient images and findings were explained  aced  9007117105 -not confident in case presentation  -knowledgeable about patient history  -demonstrated clinical skill fairly  -answered questions fairly  -no clinical images of patient  -incomplete portfolio  passed 9007117148 -confident in case presentation  -good demonstration of clinical skill -knowledgeable about patient findings