BeMJ 2021

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Table of Contents

MESSAGES

Principal's Foreword to BeMJ (Click here)

From the Principal’s desk

Prof .Dr. Girija Mohan

Principal, Believers Church Medical College Hospital

EDITORIAL

The White Coat Ceremony: Just a ritual or is there more to it that needs to be done? (Click here)

Professor Dr Thomas V Chacko, Dean Medical Education, Believers Church Medical College, Thiruvalla

ORIGINAL ARTICLE 

Daily Monitoring of Discharge Process to Improve Quality of Healthcare Services: An Interventional Study. (PDF available here)

Dr. Elizabeth Varkey Cherian1, Dr. Jiju Joseph2, Dr. Riju Mathew3, Dr. Alice David4, Dr. George Chandy Matteethra5

1 Consultant Pediatrician & Quality Accreditation Coordinator, 2 Head, IP Services & Associate Medical

Superintendent, 3 Asst. Director, Quality & Lab Manager, 4 Head, Medical Research, 5 CEO & Director.

Believers Church Medical College Hospital, St Thomas Nagar, Kuttapuzha, Thiruvalla, Kerala.  

REVIEW ARTICLE 

Can Type-2 Diabetes be reversed?(PDF available here)

Prof. Dr Anna Mani,

Department of Medicine, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Pathanamthitta District, Thiruvalla,Kerala.

CASE REPORTS 1- 4

1. Levosulpiride Induced Extrapyramidal Side Effects (EPS) in a Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) Patient (PDF available here)

Dr. Joise P1, Dr. George Chandy Matteethra2, Dr. Grace Mary John3, Dr. Sherin Alexander4 , Dr.Linda Jacob4

  1Corresponding Author, Clinical Pharmacist) 2 Professor and HOD, Gastroenterology 3. HOD, Clinical Pharmacy) 4. Clinical   Pharmacist) 5. Clinical Pharmacist)

Believers Church Medical College Hospital, St Thomas Nagar, Kuttapuzha, Thiruvalla, Kerala.  

2. Target the bone and shoot the eye: Revisiting ocular effects of bisphosphonates..  (PDF available here)

Dr Sophy Sathyan, Clinical Pharmacist Intern , Dr Anju Kaitharath. Francis, Clinical Pharmacist),

Dr Anulekha Mary John, Professor –Corresponding Author (MD, Fellowship Endo)

Affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Believers Church Medical College Hospital,

Thiruvalla, Kerala, South India.

3. Unravelling a diagnostic dilemma: An unusual presentation of Tuberculosis Tropical Pyomyositis  (PDF available here)

Dr Joel Danie Mathew1*, Dr Abraham Mathew1, Dr.Jason Verghese Joy1

Department of General Surgery, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla, Kerala, India

4. Bernard Horner Syndrome in a Patient with Cervical Syringomyelia with Extensive Multilevel Degenerative Disease.  (PDF available here)

Dr. Sradha S Thomas, Dr. Jerlin Elza Joseph, Dr. Sherin Alexander.

Clinical Pharmacist, Believers Church Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvalla, PES University,Banglore, Clinical

Pharmacist, Believers Church Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvalla.

 HUMANITIES 

My Clinical Encounter with Christian Fellowship Hospital, Oddanchathram. (PDF available here) 

Dr. Riya Trissa Siby, Medical Intern, Believers Church Medical College.

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Continuing Professional Development – Gastroenterology (PDF available here) 

2. Continuing Professional Development –  Ophthalmology  (PDF available here) 

3. Continuing Professional Development – Pathology  (PDF available here) 

4. Continuing Professional Development – Radiology  (PDF available here)