My Tryst of Writing and Publishing a Comprehensive Medical Textbook in Vernacular Hindi and New Hindi Medical Terminology
Authors
Trilok Goel
Department of Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
Apul Goel
Department of Urology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India
Sandeep Kumar
Department of Surgery, Career Medical College, Lucknow, India
Keywords:
Medical education, Hindi, Nomenclature, Terminology, Surgery
Abstract
In India, although the native language is not English but the medical education is imparted in English. The authors have written a textbook of surgery in Hindi with the intention of promoting the understanding of surgery and encouraging reflective and deep learning for students whose native language is Hindi. In this article, the authors share experiences of writing such a book, the reasons for the same and also discuss the creation of new medical nomenclature in Hindi.
Keywords: Medical education, Hindi, Nomenclature, Terminology, Surgery
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