M.D. HOMOEOPATHY PART I EXAMINATIONS
PAPER 111 – HISTORY OF MEDICINE, BASIC CONCEPTS OF LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY, SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY INCLUDING RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN STATISTICS
Time : 3 hours Max. marks : 100 Answer all questions
Section A
1. Discuss the medical philosophy of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann in relation to the philosophy of Leibniz, Bergson, Hegel, and Edmond Husserl. (20)
2. Define and explain “Definition”, What are its requirements?(15)
5. Discuss the development of Homoeopathy and its role in present and future medicine.(15)
Section B
4.Define sampling. Enumerate the advantages of sampling over complete enumeration. Discuss briefly the different methods of sampling used in research. (20)
5.The following data was obtained in an investigation about the effect of vaccination against a disease. Test whether vaccination is effective in preventing the disease. (15)
Status With disease Without disease Total
Vaccinated 10 790 800
Not vaccinated 25 875 900
Total 35 1665 1700
6. Write short notes on (15)
- a. Case control study
- b. Standard deviation
- c. Test of hypothesis
Time : 3 hours Max. marks : 100 Answer all questions
1.What is Renaissance? What is the impact of Renaissance on the development of medicine in General? 20 marks
2. Briefly discuss about the contributions of C. Hering? 15 marks
3. Homoeopathy is based on logic discuss in detail? 15 marks
4. The distribution if 100 individuals by their hair colour and eye colour is given below. Is there is any Association between these two attributes? 20 marks
| Eye colour |
Hair colour |
|||
| Blue
Green Brown
|
Black 25 20 15 |
Fair 12 5 5 |
Brown 8 5 5 |
Total 45 30 25 |
|
60 |
22 |
18 |
100 |
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5. What are the different type of Central tendencies? Which one do you Adapt in biostatistcs? 15 marks
6. What is double blind method? How it is useful in Homoeopathic Science? What are its limitations? 15 marks
June 2006
1.Write in detail about the development of Homeopathy in India (20 Marks)
2.Explain Rene Descartes Philosophy (15 Marks)
3. What is logic ? Who are the pioneers who utilised the logic for the development of the science? (15 Marks)
4. What is sampling? Write its main characteristics ,enumerate the different method of sampling ? (20 Marks)
5. What is the utility of research methodology?
How will you utilise the knowledge of research methodology in Homeopathic Drug proving? (15 Marks)
6. What are confidence interval & Confidence limit?
Confidence limit for mean adult male BMI at 5% level are 2.4804 and 2.5196 if mean =2.50. SD=0.30 and sample size is 900.Check the confidence limits given ? (15 Marks)
August 2008
1. Discuss 18th Century medicine. Explain how it helped Hahnemann in the discovery of Homoeopathy? (20 marks)
2. Write in detail about Boenninghausen’s contributions to Homeopathy.(15 marks)
3. Discuss in brief about cause and effect relationship. (15 marks)
4. Define Research? What is the standard method of Research Protocol best suited for Homoeopathy? (20 marks)
5. What is data? What are the various means of presenting data? (15 marks)
6. What is mean? How do you calculate mean in ungrouped and grouped series? Explain with examples. (1 5 marks)
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