Medicine is an ever-changing science and mandates ongoing research. Similarly, developing a research culture in our medical institutions would ensure that trend-setting quality research will emerge from our country and India too will become a world leader in medical research.
SUT Academy of Medical Sciences has a very supporting management which has always gave the impetus required to pursue medicinal research.
A medical teacher has multiple responsibilities including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, clinical work, administrative assignments, assessment-related work, and being a guide for postgraduate dissertations and mentoring. Doing quality medical research, which improves patient care, improves medical education, reduces budgetary expenditure, and benefits the society at large, is also an important responsibility, though often underrated.
Medicine is an ever-changing science and mandates ongoing research. Medical teachers have to accept that doing quality research and publishing is now not only a criterion for career advancement but also an ongoing important duty. We cannot expect the future generation of medical teachers to become good researchers unless the current ones set an example themselves and mentor their junior colleagues and students. It is well known that lack of an ongoing quality sports culture has severely restricted our sportspersons from getting Olympic medals. However, wherever these lacunae have been effectively tackled (as in badminton and wrestling), our sportspersons have won laurels at the Olympics.