AETCOM is especially designed to cover the competencies recommended by Medical Council of India for the first professional MBBS students.
Salient features of the book:
Simple, lucid and easy to understand language of the text. Well defined learning objectives of all the topics, in addition exercises for practice for students for the recommended duration of each module also given. The Manual has been written by highly experienced, dynamic and devoted academicians and clinicians who are well versed with the medical education, training and clinical practice. The viva voice questions will be helpful in judging the students’ understanding and outcome of the learning module. The principles of attitude, ethics and communication have been covered comprehensively for easy understanding and reproduction during assessment exercise and also for their application in clinical practice.
Niitin Ashok John, MD, DIH, FPGDMLE, PGDHA, is currently serving as Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology and Dean (Examinations) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar, Hyderabad. He is a former Head of the Department of Physiology at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and Indira Gandhi Medical College, Puducherry.
He completed his MBBS from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram, Wardha, and his MD from Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Puducherry. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and has also received fellowships from the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), London, UK; the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH), London, UK; and the Academy of Medical Educators (FAcadMEd), Cardiff, UK.
Additionally, he has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics from NLSIU, Bengaluru; Diploma in Industrial Health (DIH) from Annamalai University; Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital Administration (PGDHA) from Alagappa University; and an MA in Public Administration from Nagpur University.
Prof. K. Rajgopal Shenoy, MBBS, MS, FRCS (Glasgow)
Prof. Shenoy is Professor and former Head of the Department of Surgery, and ex-Associate Dean at Kasturba Medical College (KMC), Manipal, and Consultant Surgeon at KMC Hospital, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). A distinguished academic, he has been on KMC’s faculty since 1986, emphasizing both fundamentals and evidence-based medicine. A popular and acclaimed teacher, he has received multiple “Good Teacher” awards and served as an examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate students across India for over 28 years.
Known for his vibrant and multifaceted personality, he actively participates in academic and cultural activities and played a key role in online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof. Shenoy is also the author of several widely used textbooks, including Manipal Manual of Surgery (Vols. 1 & 2), Manipal Manual of Clinical Methods in Surgery, and Manipal Manual of Surgery with Clinical Methods for Dental Students.
Krishna Garg, MS, PhD, FAMS, FIMSA, FIAMS, FASI, is former Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), New Delhi, where she completed her MS and PhD and taught until retirement. She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS) in 2005 and has received multiple honors, including the Excellence Award in Anatomy (2004, Delhi Medical Association), Life Time Achievement Award, Fellowship of the Anatomical Society of India, and the DMA Distinguished Services Award. She serves as visiting faculty for DNB and MDS programs and as a PhD examiner.
She is the chief editor of BD Chaurasia’s Human Anatomy (9th edition, Vols. 1–4) and editor or coauthor of several other anatomy and physiology textbooks for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students. She has published 53 scientific papers.
Sanjay Andrew Rajaratnam, MBBS, MD
is Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, and Coordinator, Medical Education Unit, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram District, Chennai, South India.
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