Introduction: Medical education is vast and medical student need to learn how to deal with this information, usable and applicable when providing care to patients. Concept maps is a schematic device for representing a set of concept meanings in a framework of propositions which can be used as a learning tool in a variety of educational setting and provide an opportunity to explore learners’ knowledge structures and promote critical thinking and understanding. The student thinks and learns with concepts by linking and chunking new concepts to what they already know. The present study has been planned to know the effect of introducing concept maps as an easy tool in studying anatomy. Methodology: The study is conducted in The Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad for first phase MBBS students of 2018-19 batch in the Department of Anatomy. The teacher conducts a one hour lecture session.The students are divided into 2 groups of 50 each, to one group lecture followed by hand out notes and to other concept maps are given. Post-test is conducted using MCQ’S and the results are compared between the two groups. Results: The MCQ’S result between the two groups is taken and statistical analysis is done using SPSS which is statistically significant. Conclusion: Improvement in learning anatomy is seen and this method makes student thought process more visible and specific. This method of study helps students in self-directed learning to integrate and connect various pieces of information that pertain to the subject.

Novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new type of virus that has not been previously identified in humans. It is an infectious disease that causes illness ranging from common cold to severe respiratory illness. The objective of this study is to assess the level of knowledge and perception among the people living in and around Madurai. A descriptive study design was used in this study. Data were collected with structured validated questionnaire on knowledge and it was sent through emails, WhatsApp to collect the data from participants. Participation of this study was voluntary. Descriptive analysis was used to find out the, mean knowledge and perception scores. A total of 149 participants have participated in the study and the result shows that a mean knowledge score and mean perception score of 8.18+1.28 and 2.35+0.91 respectively. The overall responses to this study were good. The participants of this study possess good knowledge about COVID-19 and moderate level of perception. 81.2% of participants have agreed for self isolation if they have any symptoms of COVID-19, 76.5% of participants have agreed to have vaccination, if available and 6.71% of participants were uncertain about isolating themselves if they have any symptoms of COVID19. 54.3% of participants are receiving information regarding COVID-19 through television. People had almost good knowledge about COVID-19. Creating awareness through media may encourage them to develop optimistic attitudes and maintain safe practices. Hopefully our government efforts jointly make us to win the battle of COVID-19 in upcoming days.

In 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China and raised a worldwide fear with no effective treatment or protection. Therefore, all researchers are racing to provide a solution to this catastrophe either via vaccination or drug development or drug repurposing. Regardless the high fatalities associated with (COVID-19) pandemic, many studies have shown that persons with strong immune systems are more likely not to be infected with the virus or even if they get infected, they have higher chances of surviving the scourge. Until now, several local herbs have been shown to have antibacterial and antiviral properties. Although there are no cures for the flu viruses including coronavirus, researchers suggest many natural remedies can ease the symptoms. They have been shown to provide relief and prevent viral infections. Earlier, The liver research laboratory (FAB-Lab, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt) presented several approaches for a better utilization of natural products as potential antiviral; Anti-herpes (Badria et al, 2003)1 and immunomodulators (Mikhaeil et al, 2003)2. Here we present a comprehensive review on the chemistry, biology, and therapeutic applications of many natural products as possible therapy and/or prophylactic for many viral diseases including COVID-19.

A new, precise, simple, sensitive, rapid and economical UV- Spectrophotometric absorbance correction method has been developed and validated for simultaneous estimation of Metoprolol succinate (MET) and Chlorthalidone (CHL) in combined dosage form .Methanol was used as solvent. The wavelength selected for absorption correction method were 224nm and 275nm. The method was found to be linear between the range of 10-20µg/ml for MET and 5-25µg/ml for CHL. The mean percentage recovery was found in the range of 96.13% -98.55% and 99.81-101.42% for MET and CHL respectively at three different level of addition. The precision (intraday, inter day) of method were found within limits (RSD< 2.5%). Thus the proposed method was simple, precise, accurate and rapid and it can be successfully applied for simultaneous estimation of metoprolol succinate and chlorthalidone in combined dosage form.

Oral drug delivery is convenient and most common method for delivery of drugs, because of this reason most drugs are administered via oral route. Administration of drugs orally should possess very good aqueous solubility for better absorption and bioavailability. But studies have shown that up to 35%-40% of new drugs possess poor aqueous solubility which leads to poor bioavailability. Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems are new drug delivery systems that were prepared with the purpose of enhancing solubility and bioavailability of poor aqueous soluble drugs. The unique feature of this delivery system is the ability to self-emulsify, that is, their ability to form micro emulsions or oil-in-water emulsions when diluted in the aqueous phase because of the gentle agitation of the gastrointestinal tract used for hydrophobic drugs having dissolution rate-limited absorption. The present review provides an updated information of advancements in SEDDS with regard to its composition, evaluation, different dosage forms and newer techniques to convert liquid SEDDS to solid and also various applications.