Department’s research interests/direction

RCT on Bioethics involves the final year of RUMC students – Dr Kijramjit Pal & Dr Vasanthie Balakrishan from the Department of Surgery are the investigators of this research project.

List of on-going studies

Title of Study Principal Investigator Status (e.g. recruiting, follow-up, completed)
A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Teaching Bioethics using Standardised Patients in Comparison to Video-Assisted Lecture in Undergraduate Medical Education Bikramjit Pal Ethical approval received from JPEC. Now in the process of validation of MCQ & OSCE questionnaires for the study.

The pilot study is expected to start in February 2021.
HOW PREPARED ARE MEDICAL GRADUATES OF RCSI+UCD MALAYSIA CAMPUS (RUMC) FOR HOUSEMANSHIP IN MALAYSIA? Harinarayan Radhakrishna Applied for ethical approval from JPEC.

Publications