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Physiology Practical Manual and Logbook of Certification Competencies for MBBS Students This edition of the practical manual has been revised and updated as per the latest Competency-Based Undergraduate Curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduate framed and prescribed by the Medical Council of India, now restructured as National Medical Commission. All the experiments in the manual have been covered under the following three sections.

1. Hematology Experiments 2. Amphibian Experiments 3. Human Experiments Logbook for Certification of Assessment of Competencies is included as a separate booklet.

Salient Features

• Learning objectives have been added to each practice. This manual has been printed in full color. In the experiment on the use of the microscope, color photographs of various interfering objects have been added. Actual photographs of blood cells (WBC and reticulocytes) have been incorporated for easy identification.

• More color photographs have been incorporated in the manual related to the clinical examination of the patient/ normal subject to make the clinical examination easy to understand. The methods and postures shown in these photographs are based on the procedures given in standard international books on clinical methods.

• New experiment entitled “Clinical examination of higher functions of the nervous system” has been incorporated as per the list of Certification of Competencies by MCI.

• Sufficient space has been given for writing observations, calculations, results, and discussions in each experiment. About 4–5 blank and ruled pages have been provided at the end of each section to add any extra experiment depending upon the availability of the specific equipment in the department.

• Several expected viva voce questions along with their answers have been given at the end of each experiment and space provided in the form of students’ notes to write the answers.

• Certification logbook for assessment of 13 competencies in “clinical physiology procedures” has also been given as a separate booklet along with the Manual.