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AETCOM Competencies for Indian Medical Graduates

AETCOM Competencies for Indian Medical Graduates

Your Guide to Attitude, EThics and COMmunication

Reshu Gupta, Shrishti Upadhyay

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Edition: 1
Copyright Year: 2025
Details: 130 pages
ISBN: 9789349433182
Binding Type: Paperback
Illustration Number and type: 31
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AETCOM Competencies for Indian Medical Graduates is based on the AETCOM module as defined and refined by the National Medical Commission (NMC) in 2024. This is the first-of-its-kind guide cum logbook for both teachers and students, aimed at enhancing students’ critical thinking abilities. This logbook will help maintain a record of activities and provide adequate feedback to the students about their understanding of the subject.

Salient features:

• The book encompasses all modules from phase 1 through phase 3, part 2.
• The author provides guidance at the beginning on how to use the book, highlighting how both faculty and students can benefit from it.
• The format of this book is strictly in alignment with the NMC curriculum, 2024.
• Critical thinking exercises along with discussion in each module have been included.
• Each module includes relevant case discussions that help students correlate the respective aspects with the clinical context, providing a basis for attempting the exercises that follow.
• Feedback and rating columns have been designed for the faculty to use and provide guidance to the students on their progress throughout these modules.
• This book will effectively assess the subject matter’s comprehension for enhancing attention, critical thinking, and positive attitude among Indian Medical Graduates.
• In addition to the mentioned competencies, the author has also included modules on LGBTQ+ and use of social media as a medical professional to focus on being a responsible professional.
• The author has also included videos to support the concepts mentioned in the book, providing reallife scenarios encompassing those.

Reshu Gupta, PhD (Medical Physiology), is Professor of Physiology at RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, with over 15 years of experience in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. She has
played a leading role in curriculum design and medical education reforms, serving as the Coordinator of the Medical Education Unit, as the Nodal Officer of BLS Training Centre and the state-of-art Skill Lab at
RUHSCMS, and as a member of key academic and ethics committees. She is actively involved in organizing faculty development workshops, continued medical education, and conferences. A prolific author and
peer reviewer, she has contributed extensively to physiology education. This book reflects her practical experience and passion for integrating the AETCOM principles into mainstream medical training.

Shrishti Upadhyay, MBBS, MRCP (UK) Part 1, is a General Medical Council (GMC)-registered doctor in the United Kingdom who has successfully cleared the UKMLA, MRCP 1, and gained clinical experience within the National Health Service (NHS). With firsthand insight into the United Kingdom health care system and UKMLA exams, where ethics, communication, and professionalism are integral, she brings a globally informed perspective to this logbook, aligning the AETCOM values with the real-world expectations of modern medical practice, bridging the gap between theory and global clinical standards.

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  • Videos 
  • Foreword by Tejas M. Patel
  • Foreword by Praveen R. Singh 
  • About the Guide cum Logbook
  • Purpose of the Guide cum Logbook 
  • How to Use This Guide cum Logbook 
  • Acknowledgments 
  • Reviewers 

    Learning Modules for Professional Year 1
    1.1 What Does It Mean to be a Doctor?
    1.2 What Does It Mean to be a Patient?
    1.3 The Doctor–Patient Relationship
    1.4 The Foundations of Communication – 1
    1.5 The Cadaver as Our First Teacher

    Learning Modules for Professional Year 2
    2.1 The Foundations of Communication – 2 
    2.2 The Foundations of Bioethics 
    2.3 Health Care as a Right 
    2.4 Working in a Health Care Team 
    2.5 Bioethics: Patient Autonomy and Decision-Making
    2.6 Bioethics: Case Studies on Autonomy and Decision-Making 
    2.7 Bioethics: Case Studies on Autonomy and Decision-Making 
    2.8 What Does It Mean to Be a Family Member of a Sick Patient? 

    Learning Modules for Professional Year 3

    3.1 The Foundations of Communication – 3 
    3.2 Bioethics: Disclosure of Medical Errors
    3.3 The Foundations of Communication – 4
    3.4 Bioethics: Confidentiality
    3.5 Bioethics: Fiduciary Duty

    Learning Modules for Professional Year 4

    4.1 The Foundations of Communication – 5
    4.2 Case Studies in Medicolegal and Ethical Situations
    4.3 Case Studies in Medicolegal and Ethical Situations
    4.4 Case Studies in Ethics Empathy and the Doctor–Patient Relationship
    4.5 Case Studies in Ethics: The Doctor–Industry Relationship
    4.6 Case Studies in Ethics: The Doctor–Industry Relationship
    4.7 Case Studies in Ethics and Patient Autonomy
    4.8 Dealing with Death
    4.9 Medical Negligence

    From the Author
  • LGBTQ+ 115
  • Using Social Media as a Medical Professional 
  • NMC AETCOM Module 2024 119
  • Appendix 1 
  • Appendix 2 
  • Appendix 3 

Nicely written and framed for easy comprehension of the students

Raj Sarkar

Assistant Professor (Kokrajhar Medical College and Hospital)

Posted on: 25 July 2025