Editorial workflow :
Founding Chief Editor, International Journal of User Driven healthcare, US
http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-user-driven-healthcare/41022, http://www.igi-global.com/affiliate/rakesh-biswas/11581
Regional editor: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, UK.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-2753/homepage/EditorialBoard.html
Current board member and past Deputy Editor: BMJ Case Reports http://casereports.bmj.com/site/about/edboard.xhtml
Reviewer: JAMA Internal Medicine,
Publons Editor and reviewer profile here
Current Projects:
Medical Education:
Scholarship of Integration and the future of Medical education and research
Professor, Department of Medicine (September 2016 to August 2017) in IQ City Medical College & Hospital, Durgapur, India
This involved taking independent decisions regarding both out and in-patient management and intensive care. Teaching and documenting clinical problem solving experiences through research articles and designing collaborative projects to improve healthcare outcomes in the community forms an important part of this work experience.
Projects: Developing a health care blended-learning ecosystem through a network of global multiple learner stakeholders that includes medical students (on electives: http://promotions.bmj.com/jnl/bmj-case-reports-student-electives-2/, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587042/ ) and health professionals from diverse disciplines. It also includes patients along with their relatives in rural and urban India so that they may benefit from this global learning toward their local caring. The project’s primary focus is on optimization of costs in a manner that can still provide highest quality of care in low resource settings.
Editorials/publications:
Amy Price, Rakesh Biswas, Akshay Anand. . (2017) Person-Centered Healthcare and Integrated Public Health. Integrative Medicine International, 52-56.
https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/468151
Professor and Head, Department of Medicine (July 2014 to September 2016) in LN Medical College and Research Center, Bhopal, India: This involves taking independent decisions regarding both out and in-patient management and intensive care. Teaching and documenting clinical problem solving experiences through research articles and designing collaborative projects to improve healthcare outcomes in the community forms an important part of this work experience.
Honorary appointments:
Founding Chief Editor, International Journal of User Driven healthcare, US
Regional editor: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, UK.
Reviewer: JAMA Internal Medicine,
Reviewer, Medical Education, UK
b) Developing a health care blended-learning ecosystem through a network of global multiple learner stakeholders that includes medical students (on electives: http://promotions.bmj.com/jnl/bmj-case-reports-student-electives-2/, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587042/ ) and health professionals from diverse disciplines. It also includes patients along with their relatives in rural and urban India so that they may benefit from this global learning toward their local caring. The project’s primary focus is on optimization of costs in a manner that can still provide highest quality of care in low resource settings.
c) Academic collaborator with the Indian Ministry of Health led National Health Sciences and Research Center NHSRC, Delhi in preparing standard treatment guidelines for medical disorders.
Relevant work related Publications:
Purkayastha S, Price A, Biswas R, Jai Ganesh AU, Otero P. From Dyadic Ties to Information Infrastructures: Care-Coordination between Patients, Providers, Students and Researchers: Contribution of the Health Informatics Education Working Group. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. 2015;10(1):68-74. doi:10.15265/IY-2015-008. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587042/
Biswas R. Clinical audit and lifelong reflective practice as game changers to integrate medical education and practice. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2015;4(3):476. doi:10.4103/2249-4863.161368. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535121/
Price A, Djulbegovic B, Biswas R, Chatterjee P. “Evidence-based medicine meets person centred care: a collaborative perspective on the relationship.” J Eval Clin Pract. 2015 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/jep.12434.
Arora, N., Tamrakar, N., Price, A., & Biswas, R. (2014). Medical Students Meet User Driven Health Care for Patient Centered Learning in Clinical Medicine. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 4(3), 7-17. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2014070102
Work related lectures:
Patient centered biochemistry: Statins: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec54131/001.htm
Professor (Jun 5, 2008 to July 2014) Associate Professor (From Jan 5th 2008 to Jun 5, 2008): Department of Internal Medicine, People’s College of Medical sciences campus, Bhopal, India. This involved taking independent decisions regarding both out and inpatient management and intensive care. Teaching and documenting clinical problem solving experiences through research articles and designing collaborative projects to improve healthcare outcomes in the community forms an important part of this work experience.
Honorary appointments:
Deputy Editor, BMJ Case reports, UK
Founding Chief Editor, International Journal of User Driven healthcare, US
Regional editor: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, UK.
Reviewer, Medical Education, UK
Reviewer: Research evaluation panel of National Digital Research Centre, Ireland.
Reviewer: Indian Journal of Medical Informatics
Thesis examiner, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, University of Bath,UK
Thesis Supervisor, University of Bath, UK and Sikkim Manipal, India
Relevant work related Publications:
Books:
Biswas R, Martin C, User Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine, IGI Global, Hershey PA, September 2010
Articles:
Bera, K., Seth, B., & Biswas, R. (2013). Conversational learning among medical students: harnessing the power of web 2.0 through user driven healthcare. Annals Of Neurosciences, 20(2).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4117104/
Biswas, T., Price, A., Chandra, S., Datta, A., & Biswas, R. (2012). Conversational Learning in Medical Education: Clinical Problem Solving Around Chronic Persistent Headache. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 2(2), 12-23. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2012040103
Dayan YB, de Oliveira JMF, Jenkins D, Malik S, Biswas R. (2011). Creating Secondary Learning Resources from Web Based Conversational Learning Around ‘Rational Usage of Medicines’ in Diabetes. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare, 2011 (Oct-Dec) 1(4), 77-84.
Biswas, T., Sen, P., Dasgupta, S., Guha Niyogi, S., Ghosh, G. C., Bera, K., & Biswas, R. (2011). Creating Secondary Learning Resources from BMJ Case Reports through Medical Student Conversational Learning in a Web Based Forum: A Young Man with Fever and Lymph Node Enlargement. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 1(3), 7-19. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2011070102 May be retrieved from: http://www.irma-international.org/viewtitle/58372/
Biswas R, Martin C, Introducing ‘User Driven learning’ in Healthcare
International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare, 2011 (Jan-Mar) 1(1), i-ii
Biswas R, Joshi A, Joshi R, Kaufman T, Peterson C, Sturmberg JP, Maitra A, Martin CM, Revitalizing primary health care and family medicine/primary care in India--disruptive innovation ? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2009 Oct; 15(5):873-80. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19811603
Chapters:
Price, A, Chandra, S , Bera,K , Biswas,T , Chatterjee,P , Wittenberg,R , Mehta,N , Biswas, R. (2012). Understanding Clinical Complexity through conversational learning in medical social networks: Implementing User Driven Health care. In J.P. Sturmberg and Carmel.M. Martin (Ed.), Handbook on Complexity in Health (pp. ). New York, NY. Springer.
Martin, C. M., Biswas, R., Joshi, A., & Sturmberg, J. P. (2011). Patient Journey Record Systems (PaJR): The Development of a Conceptual Framework for a Patient Journey System. In R. Biswas, & C. Martin (Eds.), User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies (pp. 75-92). Hershey, PA: Medical Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-097-6.ch006 http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/patient-journey-record-systems-pajr/49246
Biswas R, Joshi R, Maitra A, Joshi A, Kapoor A, Thomas S, Shanker S. ( 2009) Integrating Medical Education with Medical Practice: A Community Based Online, Collaborative, Learning, Healthcare Network, in Ed ( Robert V. Nata) Progress in Education, vol 18, pp. 203-215 Hauppauge NY: Nova Science Publishers https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19380
*Biswas R, Smith K, Martin C, Sturmberg JP et al ( 2009) Open Information Management in User-Driven Healthcare, Chapter XVIII, in (Eds) Niiranen S, Yli-Hietanen, and Lugmayr, Open Information Management: Applications of Interconnectivity and Collaboration. Hershey, PA: IGI Global
Case Reports:
Biswas R, Irfan O, Valecha J, Chowdhury V, Tandon S, Milky ascites after loss to follow-up BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0625]
Biswas, R, Irfan, O, Dubey, A, Khare, A, Bansal, S. Skin lesions with scanning speech and memory loss BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0487]
Associate professor (From Jan 11, 2006-Dec 31st 2007): Department of Internal Medicine, Melaka-Manipal Medical College and Melaka General Hospital, a large tertiary care center in Melaka, Malaysia. Involved in teaching undergraduate medical students through didactic lecture classes, group discussions, bedside clinics and demonstration of practical procedures apart from ward rounds and OPD consultations along with being deputed as a university examiner for the final university exams held every 6 months. During this time also initiated a collaborative research project with Intel Innovation Center, Kuala Lumpur and Ministry of Health, Malaysia.
Relevant work related Publications:
Articles:
* Biswas, R., Martin, C., Sturmberg, J., Shankar, R., Umakanth, S., Shanker, & Kasthuri AS. User driven health care - Answering multidimensional information needs in individual patients utilizing post EBM approaches: A conceptual model. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2008, 14, 742-749.
*Biswas, R., Maniam, J., Lee, E.W.H., Das, P.G., Umakanth, S., Dahiya, S., & Ahmed S (2008b) User driven health care- Answering multidimensional information needs in individual patients utilizing post EBM approaches: An operational model. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 14, 750-760.
Chapters:
*Biswas R, Maniam J, Lee EWH, Umakanth S, et al (2009 ) Electronic collaboration toward social health outcomes, in (Eds.) Salmon J, Wilson L, Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy, Hershey, PA: IGI Global publishing, http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/electronic-collaboration-toward-social-health/20208, http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=20208&ptid=463&t=electronic%20collaboration%20toward%20social%20health%20outcomes
*Biswas R, Martin C et al., Social Cognitive Ontology and User Driven Health Care, in (Eds) S. Hatzipanagos and S. Warburton. Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies, IGI Global: New York
Associate professor (From from 25th March 2004 -Jan7 2006) Dept of Internal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre (VIMSARC), Bangalore and visiting consultant medicine, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, two large tertiary care centers in Bangalore, India. Involved in teaching undergraduate and junior residents through didactic lecture classes, group discussions, problem based learning and demonstration of practical procedures. Apart from teaching duties was also involved in taking independent decisions regarding both out and inpatient management and intensive care along with performance of diagnostic echocardiographies. Visited Manipal hospital, Bangalore as a locum consultant after completion of official teaching hours in Vydehi Medical College.
Worked on a qualitative study toward Integrating Hospital-Acquired Lessons into Community Health Practice:
Biswas R, Dineshan V, Narasimhamurthy NS, Kasthuri AS Integrating Hospital-Acquired Lessons into Community Health Practice: Optimizing Anti-Microbial Usage in Bangalore, J Contin Educ Health Prof. (US) 2007 Jun 18;27(2):105-110
Asst Professor (March 2004-April 2001), Lecturer (April 2001-1999 May), dept of Medicine, Manipal College Of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal, a large tertiary care teaching hospital recognized by the Indian and Nepal
medical councils as well as listed in the WHO directory of world
medical colleges. Actively involved in:
Teaching: In this five year tenure, taught undergraduates and junior
residents by planning and delivering didactic lectures, group
discussions and problem-based learning sessions. Also demonstrated to
the junior residents practical procedures like lumbar punctures,
pleural and ascitic taps, liver and renal biopsies as well as
venesection and insertion of central venous pressure lines via
jugular, subclavian & brachial routes, along with
endotracheal-intubation for putting patients on mechanical ventilators
and monitoring them in respiratory care units. Discussing decision
making strategies for both out and inpatient management and intensive
care with junior residents and consultant colleagues was another vital
component of this teaching learning process.
Research: In this 5 year tenure, critically reviewed and communicated
patient data generated in this hospital in the form of peer
reviewed international publications. Most of this work was in the form of case
reports and a few articles using qualitative investigational
narrative.
Management: Demonstrated an ability to work harmoniously in
the organizational structure of the hospital which values teamwork for
the overall benefit of the patient also independently managed wards
allotted along with house officers and interns. Also demonstrated the
ability to diffuse innovative ideas in patient management (some of
which has been published in international journals).
Professional development: Demonstrated an ability to work within a
system of clinical audit which reviews and monitors patient management
decisions with regard to morbidity and mortality. Also utilized skills
in diagnostic fibre optic esaphagogastroduodenoscopies (learnt during
senior residency in hepatology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India) for
providing diagnostic esophagogastrodudenoscopy support service
performing 15-20 procedures per week along with a team of gastro
physicians and surgeons in this hospital. In the last 5 years, till
date performed more than 1000 independent unsupervised diagnostic
fibre-optic esaphagogastroduodenoscopies without any major
complications. Also utilized the training provided in diagnostic
echocardiography by this institute since january 2000, initially with
a professional echocardiologist in Calcutta and subsequently with the
professor of medicine and consultant cardiology to support the rapidly
growing cardiology services in this hospital. Performed on the average
10-15 diagnostic echocardiographies per week and reported them
independently. Also gained a fair understanding of ultrasound and
utilized it in performing ultrasound guided procedures like fine
needle aspiration of tumors, abscess with gratifying results.
An initial interest in wanting to handle all the individual organ
components in the human system was supported by this 5 year working
environment and this led to an advanced overall knowledge of internal
medicine and a decision to remain a lifelong internist physician.
1998-99 Senior Resident in (Dept of Hepatology) PGIMER, Chandigarh,India
A large referral and teaching hospital in India deemed to be of national
importance. Actively involved in management of acute and
chronic liver diseases, performing liver biopsies and assisting in
endoscopies & ERCPs. Submitted a few papers for publication.
Teaching and research: Actively involved in teaching junior residents
in the form of bedside clinics as well as on the job. Participated in
various clinical meetings and journal clubs by presenting as well as
chairing a few. Published a paper on "Endoscopic Variceal Ligation in
pregnancy", in Jan 2000 in the journal GI Endoscopy and one on
endoscopic sclerotherapy of gastric variceal bleeding with
n-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
(2002).
1995-98 Junior Resident (Post graduate training program in Dept of Internal Medicine) PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Worked in Rheumatology, Hematology, Oncology, Nephrology,
Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Neurology, Hepatology,
Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Dermatology and
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, etc. Evaluated both out and in
patients, discussed lines of management with consultants. Gave
chemotherapies, intrathecals, and inserted central venous pressure
lines via jugular, subclavian & brachial routes, apart from
venesection. Intubated and put patients on mechanical ventilators and
monitored them in respiratory care units. Also did lumbar punctures,
pleural and ascitic taps as well as liver and renal biopsies.
Teaching and research:
During junior residency participated in various group discussions,
seminars, grand round, clinical meetings, clinico-pathological
conferences, mortality meetings by attending most of the sessions as
well as presenting and chairing a few.
Completed a thesis on "The predictors of response to endoscopic
dilation in corrosive strictures of esophagus." This was accepted in
June1997 as a requisite for the MD degree.
1993-94 House Job: In Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care, Calcutta
National Medical College. Performed OPD, Ward and ICCU duties as a
first on call.
1992-93 Rotating Internship: Exposure to Surgery, Gynecology and
Obstetrics, Community Medicine apart from Internal Medicine.
Technical Proficiencies: Medical Education, Medical problem solving,
Echocardiography and Color Doppler: Independent operations and reporting.
Endoscopy (Diagnostic upper gastro intestinal tract): Independent
operation and reporting.
English language proficiency: IELTS completed with 8 in all the bands
Working knowledge of basic computer applications.
Core Competencies:
Enthusiasm, pro-activity and commitment to professional service. Analytical capabilities, familiarity and comfort with scientific and clinical data. Team collaborator, ability to be successful working in virtual, multi-cultural teams. Flexibility and willingness to learn fast and grow professionally
Extra Curricular Activities:
Wrote an academic novel: "The Conscious Notebook" released June 2009 by Nova Science publishers, New York.
Participated with voluntary non-governmental organizations in providing Medical aid to remote rural areas of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve.
Accompanied mountaineering expeditions to Himalayas as a treating physician. Did a basic mountaineering course from Institute of Mountaineering, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India. Served as an editor for the grad school literary journal.
Philosophy
View the patient as a whole and work for his/her benefit either in
routine management or in research.
Publications
Books:
Biswas R, Martin C, User Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine, IGI Global, Hershey PA, September 2011
Book chapters:
Price,A, Chandra,S , Bera,K , Biswas,T , Chatterjee,P , Wittenberg,R , Mehta,N , Biswas, R. (2012). Understanding Clinical Complexity through conversational learning in medical social networks: Implementing User Driven Health care. In J.P. Sturmberg and Carmel.M. Martin (Ed.), Handbook on Complexity in Health (pp 767-793). New York, NY. Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-4998-0_44
Biswas, R., Sturmberg, J. P., & Martin, C. M. (2011). The User Driven Learning Environment. In R. Biswas, & C. Martin (Eds.), User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies (pp. 229-241). doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-097-6.ch017
Martin CM, Biswas R, Joshi A, Sturmberg J. Patient Journey Record Systems (PaJR): The development of a conceptual framework for a patient journey system. Part 1. (2011) In R. Biswas, & C. Martin (Eds.), User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies
Chaudhuri, A., Young, J., Martin, C. M., Sturmberg, J. P., & Biswas, R. (2011). Hematology: The River Within. In R. Biswas, & C. Martin (Eds.), User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies (pp. 16-33). doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-097-6.ch002
Martin, C. M., Biswas, R., Joshi, A., & Sturmberg, J. P. (2011). Patient Journey Record Systems (PaJR): The Development of a Conceptual Framework for a Patient Journey System. In R. Biswas, & C. Martin (Eds.), User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies (pp. 75-92). Hershey, PA: Medical Information Science Reference. doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-097-6.ch006
Biswas R, Joshi R, Maitra A, Joshi A, Kapoor A, Thomas S, Shanker S. ( 2009) Integrating Medical Education with Medical Practice: A Community Based Online, Collaborative, Learning, Healthcare Network, in Ed ( Robert V. Nata) Progress in Education, vol 18, pp. 203-215 Hauppauge NY: Nova Science Publishers https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19380
Bhattacharya, P., Asanga, A. P., & Biswas, R. (2011). Stomodeum to Proctodeum: Email Narratives on Clinical Problem Solving in Gastroenterology. In R. Biswas, & C. Martin (Eds.), User-Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine: Utilizing Collaborative Social Networks and Technologies (pp. 34-53). doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-097-6.ch003
Biswas R, Joshi R, Maitra A, Joshi A, Kapoor A, Thomas S, Shanker S. ( 2010) Integrating Medical Education with Medical Practice: A Community Based Online, Collaborative, Learning, Healthcare Network, in Ed ( Robert V. Nata) Progress in Education, vol 18, Hauppauge NY: Nova Science Publishers
Biswas R, Sturmberg J,Martin C, Jai Ganesh A. U,Umakanth S, Lee 2010 EWH Persistent Clinical Encounters in User Driven E-Health Care in (Eds) Pease M, Cooper M, Gururajan R Biomedical Knowledge Management: Infrastructures and Processes for E-Health Systems Pg 101-117 Hershey, PA: IGI Global http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/chapter.aspx?TitleId=42602
*Biswas R, Smith K, Martin C, Sturmberg JP et al ( 2009) Open Information Management in User-Driven Healthcare, Chapter XVIII, in (Eds) Niiranen S, Yli-Hietanen, and Lugmayr, Open Information Management: Applications of Interconnectivity and Collaboration. Hershey, PA: IGI Global
*Biswas R, Maniam J, Lee EWH, Umakanth S, et al (2008 ) Electronic collaboration toward social health outcomes, in (Eds.) Salmon J, Wilson L, Handbook of Research on Electronic Collaboration and Organizational Synergy, Hershey, PA: IGI Global
*Biswas R, Martin C et al., (2008) Social Cognitive Ontology and User Driven Health Care, in (Eds) S. Hatzipanagos and S. Warburton. Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies, Hershey, PA: IGI Global
Biswas R, Umakanth S, Shetty M, Hande M, Nagra JS,( 2008) Problem based self-directed life long participatory learning in medical educators and their audience: Reflective lessons learnt from a lecture series, In Patricia F. Geinare (Ed) Trends in continuing education, Hauppauge NY, Nova Science Publishers
Biswas R (2008) Trends in continuing education and lived learning experiences in individual physicians: Notes from a small-scale hemodialysis unit catering to a large population in Central India, In Patricia F. Geinare (Ed) Trends in continuing education, Hauppauge NY, Nova Science Publishers
Biswas R (2008) From Disciplined Based to Comprehensive Integrated University Final Assessment: Effect on Life Long Learning in Medicine, In Patricia F. Geinare (Ed) Trends in continuing education, Hauppauge NY, Nova Science Publishers
Articles:
Podder, V.; Dhakal, B.; Shaik, G.U.S.; Sundar, K.; Sivapuram, M.S.; Chattu, V.K.; Biswas, R. Developing a Case-Based Blended Learning Ecosystem to Optimize Precision Medicine: Reducing Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment. Healthcare 2018, 6, 78.
Full text here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163835/
Collective Conversational Peer Review of Journal Submission: A Tool to Integrate Medical Education and Practice. Ann Neurosci. 2018 Jul; 25(2): 112–119.
Full text here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6103343/#!po=0.757576
Price A. Biswas R. Anand A. Person-Centered Healthcare and Integrated Public Health. Integr Med Int 2017;4:52-56
https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/468151
Finger Length Ratio (2D:4D) in Central India and an Attempt to Verify Fraternal Birth Order Effect: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study.
Purkayastha S, Price A, Biswas R, Jai Ganesh AU, Otero P. From Dyadic Ties to Information Infrastructures: Care-Coordination between Patients, Providers, Students and Researchers: Contribution of the Health Informatics Education Working Group. Yearbook of Medical Informatics. 2015;10(1):68-74. doi:10.15265/IY-2015-008. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587042/
Biswas R. Clinical audit and lifelong reflective practice as game changers to integrate medical education and practice. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 2015;4(3):476. doi:10.4103/2249-4863.161368. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4535121/
Price A, Djulbegovic B, Biswas R, Chatterjee P. “Evidence-based medicine meets person centred care: a collaborative perspective on the relationship.” J Eval Clin Pract. 2015 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/jep.12434.
Arora, N., Tamrakar, N., Price, A., & Biswas, R. (2014). Medical Students Meet User Driven Health Care for Patient Centered Learning in Clinical Medicine. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 4(3), 7-17. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2014070102
Chatterjee, P., Das, A. K., Martin, C., Basu, A., & Biswas, R. (2014). The Vascular System: Unblocking Conduits to Our Rivers Within. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 4(2), 34-42. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2014040104
Chatterjee, P., Bera, K., Seth, B., Price, A., Sengupta, R., & Biswas, R. (2014). Thematic Analysis of a Collaborative, Patient-Centered Model of Care Bringing Personalized Medicine to Resource Restricted Settings. Indian Journal Of Medical Informatics, 8(2), 85-90.
Price, A., Chatterjee, P., & Biswas, R. (2014). Time for person centered research in neuroscience: users driving the change. Annals Of Neurosciences, 21(2).
Chatterjee , S., Price, A., & Biswas, R. (2014) Turning the tables on learning attrition in medical students: Introducing User Driven Healthcare Indian Journal of Medical Informatics. 01/2014; 8(1):6-11.
Chandra, S., Price, A., Biswas, T., Bera, K., & Biswas, R. (2013). User Driven Learning: Blending the Best of Clinical Medicine and Humanities to Infuse ‘Joy’ into the Medical Curriculum. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 3(3), 122-127. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2013070109
Price A, Biswas T, Biswas R. (2013) Person-centered healthcare in the information age: experiences from a user-driven healthcare network. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare Vol 1 Issue 2 pp 385-393
Pathania, M., Chaturvedi, A., & Biswas, R. (2013). Medical Student Introduction to ‘Patient Centred Healthcare' Through a ‘Constructivist' Learning Session in Cardiology: A Cross Sectional Evaluation. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 3(4), 37-49. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2013100106
Bera, K., Seth, B., & Biswas, R. (2013). Conversational learning among medical students: harnessing the power of web 2.0 through user driven healthcare. Annals Of Neurosciences, 20(2).
Biswas, T., Price, A., Chandra, S., Datta, A., & Biswas, R. (2012). Conversational Learning in Medical Education: Clinical Problem Solving Around Chronic Persistent Headache. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 2(2), 12-23. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2012040103 http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68394&ptid=59381&t=conversational+learning+in+medical+education%3a+clinical+problem+solving+around+chronic+persistent+headache
Dayan YB, de Oliveira JMF, Jenkins D, Malik S, Biswas R. (2011). Creating Secondary Learning Resources from Web Based Conversational Learning Around ‘Rational Usage of Medicines’ in Diabetes. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare, 2011 (Oct-Dec) 1(4), 77-84.
Biswas, T., Sen, P., Dasgupta, S., Guha Niyogi, S., Ghosh, G. C., Bera, K., & Biswas, R. (2011). Creating Secondary Learning Resources from BMJ Case Reports through Medical Student Conversational Learning in a Web Based Forum: A Young Man with Fever and Lymph Node Enlargement. International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare (IJUDH), 1(3), 7-19. doi:10.4018/ijudh.2011070102 May be retrieved from: http://www.irma-international.org/viewtitle/58372/
Biswas R, Martin C, Introducing ‘User Driven learning’ in Healthcare
International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare, 2011 (Jan-Mar) 1(1), i-ii
* Biswas R, Joshi A, Joshi R, Kaufman T, Peterson C, Sturmberg JP, Maitra A, Martin CM, Revitalizing primary health care and family medicine/primary care in India--disruptive innovation ? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2009 Oct; 15(5):873-80. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19811603
Biswas R, Umakanth S, Shetty M, Hande M, Nagra JS,( 2008) Problem based self-directed life-long participatory learning in medical educators and their audience: Reflective lessons learnt from a lecture series. Journal of Education Research, 2009; 3 (4):294-310 https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=15133
* Biswas, R., Martin, C., Sturmberg, J., Shankar, R., Umakanth, S., Shanker, & Kasthuri AS. User driven health care - Answering multidimensional information needs in individual patients utilizing post EBM approaches: A conceptual model. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2008, 14, 742-749.
*Biswas, R., Maniam, J., Lee, E.W.H., Das, P.G., Umakanth, S., Dahiya, S., & Ahmed S (2008b) User driven health care- Answering multidimensional information needs in individual patients utilizing post EBM approaches: An operational model. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 14, 750-760.
* Biswas R, Umakanth S, Strumberg J, Martin CM, Hande M, Nagra JS. The process of evidence-based medicine and the search for meaning. J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Aug;13(4):529-32. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683292
*Biswas R, Dineshan V, Narasimhamurthy NS, Kasthuri AS. Integrating hospital-acquired lessons into community health practice: Optimizing antimicrobial use in Bangalore.J Contin Educ Health Prof (US). 2007 Spring; 27(2): 105-10. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17576636
* Biswas R, Dhakal B, Das RN, Shetty KJ. Resolving diagnostic
uncertainty in initially poorly-localizable-fevers:-a-prospective-study.
Int J Clin Pract.(UK) 2004 Jan;58(1):26-8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14994967
*Biswas R, Dhakal B et al, Medical student narratives for understanding Disease and social order in the third world, Eubios Jl Asian Intl Bioethics(Tokyo) july
2003,vol 13(4) 139-142
*Dhiman RK, Chawla Y, Taneja S, Biswas R, Sharma TR, Dilawari JB.
Endoscopic sclerotherapy of gastric variceal bleeding with
N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate.J Clin Gastroenterol.(US)2002Sep;35(3):222-7) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12192197
Biswas R, Shankar P, Shetty KJ.Unresolved issues in diabetic screening Postgrad Med. 2002 Apr;111(4):19;
Essays:
*Biswas R, The birth of poverty, British Medical Journal (UK),
2002;325:51 ( 6 July )(http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7354/51)
Cited: Meehan, R.A BMJ 2002 325: p. 658-658
*Biswas R et al, Developing Holistic health care in the third world: A
working study proposal Eubios Jl Asian Intl Bioethics(Tokyo) july
2002,vol 12(4) 143-147
Case reports:
BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Mar 1;2016. pii: bcr2015211127. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211127.
Chourasia U, Modi JN, Jain M, Biswas R.
J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2015 Apr;65(2):125-8. doi: 10.1007/s13224-014-0549-9. Epub 2014 May 10. No abstract available.
Bunkar ML, Takhar R, Arya S, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Dec 12;2014. pii: bcr2014207844. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207844.
Chaudhary R, Singh K, Jain A, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Nov 6;2014. pii: bcr2014205893. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205893.
Chaudhary R, Singh K, Dausage C, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 26;2014. pii: bcr2014205220. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205220.
Takhar R, Biswas R, Arora A, Jain V.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Mar 7;2014. pii: bcr2013201284. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201284.
Jain VK, Takhar R, Malik M, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Feb 10;2014. pii: bcr2013202916. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202916.
Baghel V, Rai G, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Feb 21;2013. pii: bcr-2012-008266. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008266.
Jain VK, Arora A, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Dec 3;2012. pii: bcr2012007118. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007118.
Mahant S, Mahant P, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jul 3;2012. pii: bcr0120125686. doi: 10.1136/bcr.01.2012.5686..
Agarwal P, Gupta S, Jindal S, Bansal S, Pathak, Biswas R.
Ann Neurosci. 2011 Oct;18(4):177-8. doi: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.111812.
Pareeth NU, Bansal S, Biswas R.
BMJ Case Rep. 2010 Jan 11;2011. pii: bcr0820103257. doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2010.3257.
Chaudhary R, Singh K, Biswas R, Chaudhary R, Jain N.
BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Feb 24;2011. pii: bcr1020103458. doi: 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3458.
Maitra A, Basal M, Kapoor A, Biswas R. Delayed tendon reflex (a video demonstration). BMJ Case Reports 2010;10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1797,
BansalS, JindalS, Biswas R Non-healing arm wound with a discharging sinus in an elderly patient with diabetes BMJ Case Reports 2010; doi:10.1136/bcr.12.2009.2556
Biswas R, Gupta S, Dahiya S, Kiran S, Girish BV, Kasthuri AS, A Case of Protruding Eyeballs and Diminishing Vision. Clinical Medicine: Case Reports 2009:2 1–3
Biswas R, Irfan O, Valecha J, Chowdhury V, Tandon S, Milky ascites after loss to follow-up BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0625]
Biswas, R, Irfan, O, Dubey, A, Khare, A, Bansal, S. Skin lesions with scanning speech and memory loss BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0487]
Biswas R, Aravinda CL, Kasthuri AS, A Boy with enlarging hands and feet BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0061]
Bansal M, Pathak K, Pathak S, Maitra A, Prasad M, Tandon S, Biswas R Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis and anasarca: a classic revisited BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1823]
Rao H, Banerjee S, Jain N, Gupta R, Modi JN, Kapoor A, Biswas R, Hip pain in pregnancy BMJ Case Reports 2009 [doi:10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1521]
Prasad M, Maitra A, Sethiya N,Bharadwaj VK, Chowdhury V, Valecha J, Biswas R. Acute renal failure followed by low back ache BMJ Case Reports(2009), doi:10.1136/bcr.03.2009.1726
*Biswas R, Irodi A, Paul A, Ghimere G, Joshi KR, Alurkar VM, Shetty
KJ. Anti-venom-induced myelopathy in a semipoisonous snakebite. Int J
Clin Pract.(UK) 2004 Jun;58(6):645-6 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15311570
*Biswas R, Dhiman RK , Chawla Y, Budd Chiari syndrome with hypotension, Journal, Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine,January-March, 2004; Vol. 5, No. 1: 69-71
*Biswas R, Dhiman RK, Chawla Y, Recurrent Cholangitis- unusual cause,
Journal, Indian academy of clinical medicine, vol 4, no 2, april2003.
*Biswas R, Portal vein thrombosis and essential thrombocytosis,
Minerva South asia BMJ, Vol 19, march 2003.
*Biswas R et al, An unfortunate epileptic, Case Rep Clin Pract
Rev(Poland)2002;3(4):68-70
*Das RN, Raghu HR, Biswas R, An unusual case of clubbing: primary
hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, Medical journal of Australia, 2003 178(1): 25
*Biswas R, Ashwin I, Naik L, Das RN, Pancytopenia: an unusual
association, JIACM ( India) 2002;3(3):305-10,317
*Rajagopal KV, Biswas R. Hydatid cyst of the liver
presenting as an inferior vena cava obstruction. J Clin
Ultrasound (US). 2002 Feb; 30(2):114-6.
*Biswas R, Bhardwaj A, Aggarwal R, Pai C, Krishnand G, Sen T, Shetty
KJ, An Unusual Paratyphoid fever, J Assoc Phy India, Apr2001vol49,
,477-78 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11762624
*Biswas R, Irritable bowel syndrome in the tropics: A possible
culprit, Journal, Indian academy of clinical medicine (letter),
Jan2001Vol 2,No 1-2,
*Biswas R, De Souza J, Cirrhosis of liver due to alcohol at a young
age, Journal, Indian academy of clinical medicine (letter), Jan2001,
Vol 2,No 1-2,
* Biswas R, Dhungana S, Bhardwaj A, Shetty KJ, Tropical Pyomyositis
and hepatitis: An undescribed association, NMCJ( Nepal), Jan 2001
Vol2, No2,,71-72
*Dhiman Radha K, Biswas R, Aggarwal N, Sawhney H, Chawla Y, Management
Of variceal bleeding in pregnancy with endoscopic variceal ligation
and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate:report of three cases, Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy (US), 2000 January, Vol51, No1, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10625810
Patient Centered Lectures:
Acute Leukemia: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35341/index.htm
Aplastic Anemia: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35321/index.htm
Hodgkin's Lymphoma: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35381/index.htm
Hemolytic anemia: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35371/index.htm
Non hodgkin's Lymphoma: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35251/index.htm
Teaching learning methods: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35181/index.htm
Letters to editor:
Reviews:
*Biswas R, Singh V, Singh K, Biliary obstruction :Non surgical
management, Current medical journal (India), 1998 Oct ,Vol. 4,No7, ,29-36
Books:
Biswas R, 2009 The Conscious Notebook, Hauppauge NY, Nova Science Publishers
Biswas R, Martin C, User Driven Healthcare and Narrative Medicine, IGI Global, Hershey PA, September 2010
Lectures and Conference Addresses:
:
UDHC project presentation at ISEHCON, India International Center, New Delhi, October 7th 2012 (By UDHC project team: Chatterjee, Parihar, Bera, Biswas et al)
Biswas T, Chatterjee P, Biswas R.( 2010 December) Conversational learning networks in healthcare, an insight into avenues of user-driven healthcare, Paper E-presented at the meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine on e-Health and Telemed, Exploring modalities of communication with limited access: What can work in developing world contexts?London, UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Gx9BtJqjY
Bera K, Biswas T, Biswas R, Understanding Complexity of Clinical Experience through Online conversational learning networks: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec42161/010.htm
Medicon 2011, Mumbai, India
Revitalizing primary health care and family medicine/primary care in India--disruptive innovation?
North American Primary Care Group NAPCRG Annual Conference, West Montreal, Quebec, Canada
November 15, 2009
Answering Multidimensional Information Needs Utilizing a User Driver Learning Solution
ISCHP [International Society of Critical Health Psychology 2007], Boston
July 2007
The process of Evidence based Medicine and the search for meaning
Where: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
May 2 to 5, 2007
User driven health care: A conceptual model
E health-India conference, New Delhi, CSDMS
August 2007
Answering multidimensional information needs of individual patients and health professionals
E-health-Asia conference, Kuala Lumpur, CSDMS
February 2007
A user driven health care model to answer present day patient physician needs.
IEEEP2407 Workshop, London, Hosted by Motorola and Kingston University's Mobile Information and Network Technologies Research Centre (MINT@K).
January 2007
