Thursday, October 21, 2021

Oct 2021 formative bimonthly blended learning assignment

21/102/2021 9:00 PM


Answer all questions:                                                      

Max Marks: 100 (5 questions in total and 20 marks for each  answer) 

Submit by:   25/09/2021               

Please be original and refrain from plagiarism. Please note that every logged answer paper should contain the link to this current "assignment/question paper" page and the patient context for each answer. Also share the detailed online links to every quote or reference cited in your answer. 



Questions plan and context:

All questions are around student driven patient centered case reports prepared by our students from our real but deidentified patients. These cases have also been discussed in theory lectures as well as practical training sessions which are available here : https://medicinedepartment.blogspot.com/2021/10/updated-october-2021-weekly-log-and.html?m=0

Please review the E logged case report links around our current cases by some of our students in the links below :




CNS :


(Captured by 2016 batch intern post final year mbbs) :


(Captured by 2017 batch student final year MBBS):


(Captured by 2016 batch intern post final year mbbs) :



(Captured by 2017 batch student final year MBBS):



(Captured by 2016 batch intern post final year mbbs) :


Hematology :


(Captured by 2016 batch intern post final year mbbs) :


Nephrology :

(Captured by 2018 batch student final year MBBS):



Q1) (Testing peer review competency in the active reader of this assignment) :

Please go through the case reports in the links shared above and provide your critical appraisal of the captured data in terms of completeness, correctness and ability to provide useful leads to analyze the diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainties around the cases shared.


Q2: Testing scholarship competency of the examinees ( ability to read comprehend, analyze, reflect upon and discuss captured patient centered data):

Please analyze the above linked long and short cases patient data by first preparing a problem list for each patient in order of perceived priority (based on the shared data) and then discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainty around solving those problems. 

Q3) Include the review of literature around sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic interventions mentioned and same around efficacy of the therapeutic interventions mentioned for each patient. 

Q4) Testing competency in patient data capture and representation through ethical case reporting/case presentation with informed consent :

Share the link to your own case report this month of a patient that you connected with and engaged while capturing his her sequential life events before and after the illness and clinical and investigational images along with your discussion of that case. 


Q 5) Testing scholarship competency in  
logging reflective observations on your concrete experiences of this last month : (10 marks) 

Reflective logging  of one's own experiences is a vital tool toward competency development in medical education and research. 

A sample answer to this last assignment around sharing your experience log of the month can be seen in one student's  answer to Q10 in the  May 2021 assignment in the link below:


And another student answer to Q5 in the June and July 2021 assignment in the links below :




Please reflect on and share  your telemedical learning experiences from the  hospital as well as community  patients over the last month particularly while you were E logging their case report while even in the hospital or perhaps when locked down at home.

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