About
Professional SummaryDr. Pathiyil Ravi Shankar is Professor at International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is Chair of the Institutional Review Board and the Curriculum Committee. He is the faculty editor of Xavier Times, the school newsletter. Dr. Shankar facilitates a Medical Humanities module at the institution. His areas of research are medical education, small group learning, rational use of medicines, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmaceutical care and prescribing skills among others. Dr. Shankar has about 530 publications in various journals. Prominent among the journals in which he has published are Medical Education, Medical Teacher, Australasian Medical Journal, Journal of Educational Evaluation in the Health Professions, Education in Medicine Journal, PLoS Medicine, PLoS One, Academic Medicine, Education for Health, the BiomedCentral (BMC) series of journals, and Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. Dr. Shankar is a reviewer for Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Education in Medicine Journal among others.
Education
Academic Background-
M.D. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India Pharmacology | Completed: 1999
Publications (341)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Public Support for Tobacco Control Laws in Malaysia: An Online Survey among Adult Malaysians
2026
Pharmacovigilance Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Healthcare Professionals in Nepal: A Systematic Review
2026
Peer Review for “Administration Technique of Intranasal Corticosteroid Sprays Among Nepali Pharmacists: Cross-Sectional Study”
2026
Qualitative Assessment of Experiences and Challenges Faced by Mothers of Children Using an Insulin Pump in the United Arab Emirates
2026
Women physicians in training: a systematic review of career choices, professional experiences, and implications for the healthcare workforce
2026
Cigarette smoking, e-cigarette, and heated tobacco product use and associated factors among a nationally representative sample of adult Malaysians: An online survey
2026
Knowledge, Perception, Attitude, and Practice of Climate Change Among Healthcare Students and Practitioners: A Scoping Review from a Developing Countries Perspective
2025
Baseline assessment of knowledge, attitude, practice, and adherence toward antimicrobials among women living in two urban municipalities in Lalitpur district, Nepal
2025
Publisher preferences for a journal transparency tool: A modified three-round Delphi study
2025
Impact Assessment of an Educational Intervention Toward Rational Antibiotic Use Among Community Pharmacists in Nepal
2025
2025
Status of continuation of spectacle use among school children in selected districts of eastern Nepal: A retrospective study
2025
Public opinion about tobacco control strategies and their implementation in Malaysia: a qualitative study
2025
2025
Inquiry-based approach to pandemics throughout history: understanding healthcare students’ learning experience
2024
Developing organizational vision, mission and values – can we be inclusive, diverse and consultative?
2024
Publisher preferences for a journal transparency tool: A modified three-round Delphi study
2024
Pharmacy students' work-based learning experiences during in-plant training: a qualitative case study in Nepal
2024
2023
Perceptions Regarding Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Programs among Healthcare Professionals
2023
Readiness for Interprofessional Education Among Health Profession Students in a University in the United Arab Emirates
2023
Review of: "E-learning and the Use of AI: A Review of Current Practices and Future Directions"
2023
Topical corticosteroid counselling among Malaysian community pharmacists: a qualitative interview study
2023
2023
Clinicopathological Profile of Dengue Infection in a Tertiary Care Centre in Nepal
2023
Faculty perceptions regarding an individually tailored, flexible length, outcomes-based curriculum for undergraduate medical students
2023
Living with bronchial asthma: A qualitative study among patients in a hill village in Nepal
2023
"Knowledge regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation among health assistants in Nepal: A cross-sectional study"
2023
Availability of access, watch, and reserve (AWaRe) group of antibiotics in community pharmacies located close to a tertiary care hospital in Lalitpur, Nepal
2023
2022
Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Among First Year Medical and Dental Students in Nepal
2022
2022
A nationwide exploratory survey assessing perception, practice, and barriers toward pharmaceutical care provision among hospital pharmacists in Nepal
2022
Undergraduate medical students and interns knowledge and perception of artificial intelligence in medicine.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2022
Antibiotics Use in Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2022
Need for involving the pharmaceutical industry in the national pharmacovigilance program of Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2022
Perceived medium-term influence of a medical humanities module on medical students and faculties: A qualitative study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2022
Influence of sparshanam, a medical humanities module on personal and professional development among the first batch of medical graduates in Lalitpur, Nepal: A cross-sectional study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2022
Knowledge and Practice on Ecopharmacovigilance and Medicine Storage Amongst Medical and Dental Students in Lalitpur, Nepal
2021
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Coronavirus Disease Among Patients Visiting Eye Hospitals of Province Number 2, Nepal
2021
General public’s knowledge and practices on face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional exploratory survey from Dharan, Nepal
2021
2021
Risk Perception and Hesitancy Toward COVID-19 Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers and Staff at a Medical College in Nepal
2021
2021
2021
Situation analysis of the pharmacovigilance system in Nepal using the indicator-based pharmacovigilance assessment tool (IPAT)
2021
Mean Knowledge Score of Self-Medication among First and Second Year Medical and Dental Students in a Medical College: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
2021
Review of: "Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 among the marine fishers of Maharashtra State of India: An online cross-sectional Analysis"
2021
Overview, Challenges and Future Prospects of Drug Information Services in Nepal: A Reflective Commentary
2020
SciPub–019–Getting Your Article Published in Scientific Journals- an Event Report
2020
Critical Evaluation of Drug Advertisements in a Medical College in Lalitpur, Nepal
2020
Readiness for self-directed learning among basic science and premedical students at a Caribbean medical school
2018
2018
Procrastination among basic science undergraduate medical students in a Caribbean medical school
2017
2016
2016
Knowledge, perception and practice of self-medication among premedical and basic science undergraduate medical students
2016
Basic Science Medical Student Attitudes toward the Patient-Doctor Relationship
2016
Challenges in shifting to an integrated curriculum in a Caribbean medical school
2015
2015
Student perception about working in rural United States/Canada after graduation: a study in an offshore Caribbean medical school
2015
Knowledge, attitude and practice of self-medication among basic science undergraduate medical students in a medical school in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Knowledge, attitude beliefs and practices of community pharmacy dispensers in Aden, Yemen towards adverse drug reaction reporting.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Book review: Being mortal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
An online nutrition in medicine module: an important resource for medical students and physicians.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Seven Semesters of Personal Drug Selection in a Caribbean Medical School.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Using standardized patients for teaching-learning and assessment in a Caribbean medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Strengthening adverse drug reaction reporting in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Gapminder: Understanding health through interactive statistics.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Student knowledge and perception before and after an orientation program in an offshore Caribbean medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Four semesters of medical humanities at the Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2015
Small group effectiveness in a Caribbean medical school’s problem-based learning sessions
2014
Students’ perception of the learning environment at Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba: a follow-up study
2014
Student perception about working in rural United States/Canada after graduation: a study in an offshore Caribbean medical school
2014
Free resources for conducting learning sessions for undergraduate medical students about pharmaceutical promotion.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Principles of general and autonomic pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Perspective: Fourteen aphorisms: From problem solving to relationship building.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Effect of an educational intervention on knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance and consumer pharmacovigilance among health care professionals in a teaching hospital in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
2014
An urgent need to strengthen nutrition education among medical students in India.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Stress and coping strategies among premedical and undergraduate basic science medical students in a Caribbean medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Challenges in implementing an integrated curriculum in a Caribbean medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
The International Drug Price Indicator Guide: An objective source of information about medicine prices.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Medicines in health systems: advancing access, affordability and appropriate use.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Problems and challenges faced in consumer reporting of adverse drug reactions in developing countries -A Case study of Yemen, Nepal and Malaysia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Human development report.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Medical humanities.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
2014
Antimicrobial resistance Global report on surveillance 2014.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
2014
Learning styles of premedical and basic science undergraduate medical students in a Caribbean medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Doctor of Pharmacy internship module in Paediatrics at a Teaching Hospital in Lalitpur, Nepal: a preliminary report.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Role plays used during a humanities in medicine module: Selected transcripts Part 2.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Approach to learning of medical students in a Caribbean medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Need for involving Consumers in Nepal's pharmacovigilance program.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Teaching medical students to develop an 'appropriate' relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
A report of the safety and surveillance working group.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
The world health report 2013 Research for universal health coverage.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Pharmacovigilance knowledge among patients at a teaching hospital in Lalitpur district, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
Essential Medicines and Health Products Information Portal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2014
2014
2014
Teaching the cat to learn!
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Study on quality of life of chronic kidney disease stage 5 patients on Hemodialysis.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Prescribing skills for undergraduate medical students: Time to redress The neglect?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Student attitude towards communication skills learning at XUSOM, Aruba.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
2013
Book review: Health policy and systems research.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
2013
2013
Conducting Integrated OSCE: Experiences at KIST Medical College Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Knowledge, attitude and perceived skill levels at the beginning and conclusion of a medical humanities module.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Students' perceived levels of 'human skills' and effectiveness of various modules in skill development.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Website review: The pharmacovigilance toolkit.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Student feedback on an inaugural medical humanities module at XUSOM, Aruba.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Laughing at Life's lessons: the role of Humour in Medical Teaching - An interactive assessment among medical faculty in SE Asia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
A balcony in Nepal: glimpses of a Himalayan village.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Strategies and challenges for safe injection practices in developing countries.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
2013
Pharmacovigilance in Nepal: Whose baby is it anyway?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Medicine counseling services at tertiary care hospital in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Changes in empathy among first year medical students before and after a medical humanities module.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
The access to medicine index 2012.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Dermatological preparations for the tropics.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Evaluation of an academic detailing program on childhood diarrhoea management among the primary healthcare providers in Banke district of Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Developing and sustaining a medical humanities program at KIST Medical College, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Students' perception of the learning environment in a new medical college by means of the DREEM inventory.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2013
Student feedback about the use of literature excerpts in Sparshanam, a Medical Humanities module
2012
Student feedback about the use of role plays in Sparshanam, a medical humanities module
2012
What do reviewers look for in an original research article?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Initiating PharmD internship in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Coursera: Free online learning for the world.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Challenges in conducting the undergraduate medical program in a medical school in Nepal: A personal selection.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Transcripts of a medical education in humanities module: selection of role plays.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Knowledge, attitude and skills before and after a clinical research module.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Safety monitoring of medicinal products Reporting systems for the general public.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Clinical pharmacy and pharmacology in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Book review: Making a difference.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Mothers' knowledge, attitude and practice about diarrhea and its management in Morang Nepal: An interventional study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance. Options for action.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Adverse drug reaction reporting in a pharmacovigilance centre of Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Possible impact of Increase in Female Medical Student Admissions in Nepal: Findings from a Qualitative Study among Medical Undergraduates.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Orientation program for first year undergraduate medical students: knowledge, attitudes and perceptions.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Book review: Ten stories that mattered in access to medicines in 2011.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
2012
Being a faculty at the PSGFAIMER Regional Institute.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Suicidal ideation among students of a medical college in Western Nepal: A cross-sectional study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2012
Clinical profile And drug utilization pattern in an intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in western nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Ten basic competencies for undergraduate pharmacology education at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Book review: Struggle for social service in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
An urgent need to strengthen medical journals in South Asia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Creating a user-driven student perspective in a Nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Book review: Practical approaches to hospital infection.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Unique design features of the FAIMER Fellowship in Health Sciences Education.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
A survey of mothers' knowledge about childhood diarrhoea and its management among a marginalised community of Morang, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
A medical humanities module for faculty members at KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
FAIMER: 10 years of improving world health through education.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Increasing number of women medical students in Nepal: Some challenges and opportunities.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Change in medical students' readiness for self-directed learning after a partially problem-based learning first year curriculum at the KIST Medical College in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Book Review: Essential drugs Practical guidelines.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Coordinating the undergraduate medical (MBBS) basic sciences program in a Nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Small group effectiveness during pharmacology learning sessions in a Nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Scholarship students in private medical schools an important source of support to Nepal's health system.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Streptococcus pneumoniae - a perspective from the Western Region of Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
2011
Spironolactone Does Not Prevent Acute Mountain Sickness: A Prospective, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial by SPACE Trial Group (Spironolactone and Acetazolamide Trial in the Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness Group).
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
GenMed 010: a one day workshop on Generic Medicines.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
A low cost model of organizing and conducting workshops in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Restricting use of FDC of ampicillin/amoxicillin and cloxacillin in a Nepalese teaching hospital.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Readiness for self directed learning among first semester students of a medical school in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Antihypertensive Prescribing Preferences in Three South Indian Hospitals: Cost Analysis, Physicians Perspectives and Emerging Trends.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Student feedback on structured large group learning sessions in Pharmacology in a medical school in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Developing 'The world of medicines' in a Nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2011
Assessing and accessing health information on the internet.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Drug utilisation among older inpatients in a teaching hospital in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Uniform requirements for medical journals - an idea whose time has come?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Student feedback on an online group used to support a Medical Humanities module in a Nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Hospital formulary: A potential tool to ensure rational use of medicines in Nepalese hospitals.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Introduction to oral rehydration salt and its importance in managing diarrhea.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Developing pharmacy practice in medical schools in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Problem-based learning - A Review.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Student attitude towards use of audiovisual aids during didactic lectures in pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Perception about lung health in Nepal before and after an educational session
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
National Workshop on the Medical Humanities: Familiarizing the discipline in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Seroepidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus infection diagnosed at a teaching hospital in Western Nepal: A prospective study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Practical assessment in Pharmacology at a new Nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
FAIMER Regional institutes: A positive direction in medical education.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
A lay person's guide to medicines: Book review.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
2010
Pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
WHO Medicines Bookshelf Version 5.0: A review.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Applying the concept of 'field' to private medical schools in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Small group facilitation skills in problem-based learning.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Training postgraduate pharmacology students in a medical college in western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Healthcare challenges in South Asia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Academic detailing.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Fixed Dose Drug Combinations in therapeutics: An Overview.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Issues covered in 'My 2 innings': A discussion from my personal perspective.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Trekking as a metaphor for medicine and medical education.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
DVD Review The unsettling equation.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Knowledge of selected medicine related issues among inpatients in a Nepalese teaching hospital: a preliminary study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
The Views of Medical Students about the Purpose and Objectivity of Assessment in a Medical College in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Applying new education and leadership concepts in two Nepalese medical schools.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Education Sessions For Pharmacy Students On Pharmacovigilance: A Preliminary Study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Teaching Pharmacology at a Nepalese Medical School: The Student Perspective.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
2010
Medical humanities in Nepal--snakes and ladders.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Our experiences with 'sparshanam', a medical humanities module for medical students at KIST medical college, nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2010
Teaching health science students about rational use of medicines.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Clinical Pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Learning to maintain a`proper`relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Addressing challenges to promoting the more rational use of medicines in teaching hospitals in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Impact of educational intervention on the pattern and incidence of potential drug-drug interactions in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
The essentials of contraceptive technology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Study of prescription of injectable drugs and intravenous fluids to inpatients in a teaching hospital in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Impact of educational outreach visits by pharmacists on treatment of childhood diarrhoea-initial findings from Banke district, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Medicines use in primary care in developing and transitional countries.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Pharmacovigilance awareness in a medical school in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Using paintings to explore the medical humanities in a nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Academic detailing at KIST medical college, Lalitpur, Nepal: initial experiences.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Pattern of potential drug-drug interactions in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Nepal: a pilot study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Academic detailing as a possible source of drug information in the context of Nepal: a short review.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Conducting problem-stimulated learning in a nepalese medical school.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Generics letter.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Hospital pharmacies should be run by the hospital under the supervision of the medicine and therapeutics committee.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Assessing the performance and impact of the medicine and therapeutics committee at KIST medical college, Lalitpur.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Using drug addiction as a base to explore various issues in the basic sciences and in clinical medicine.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Has carrying out medical research in South Asia become easier?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Creative writing and medical education.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Drug and therapeutics committees - the need of the hour in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Letter to the editor.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Promoting the more rational use of medicines: initial experiences from KIST medical college, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Community pharmacovigilance in Nepal: A guide to community pharmacists.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Starting a pharmacovigilance program within a teaching hospital: challenges and experiences from Lalitpur, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Evaluation of drug promotional materials in a hospital setting in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
A balcony in Nepal glimpses of a Himalayan village.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Framing objective criteria for selection of medicines in a nepalese teaching hospital: Initial experiences.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Introducing the concept of disease mongering to social pharmacy students in Malaysia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Design the shoe according to the foot!.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Establishing and strengthening a medicine and therapeutics committee in a medical college in Nepal: initial experiences.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Blurring the boundaries - new trends in drug promotion.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
A voluntary medical humanities module in a medical college in Western Nepal: participant feedback.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Anatomy-with or without a cadaver.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Website review: worldmapper.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Need for Medicine (drug) Information Services in a Teaching Hospital.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Medical education and medical educators in South Asia: a set of challenges.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Safety alerts on rosiglitazone.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Perception and knowledge about HIV/AIDS among students in a medical college in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Reply to 'Generic Medicines as a way to Improve Access and Affordability: A Proposed Framework for Pakistan'.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Drug patents under the spotlight.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2009
Irrational fixed dose combinations in Nepal: Need for intervention.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Your questions answered hypertension.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Topics in the history of pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Noisy classrooms, interested students, active learning.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Young voices in research for health 2007.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Familial erythrocytosis.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Publishing a drug information bulletin: experiences from a developing country.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
A slow attrition of primary care in South Asia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Author`s reply. Medical journals and pharmaceutical marketing.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Using case scenarios and role plays to explore issues of human sexuality.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
User-driven health care-answering multidimensional information needs in individual patients utilizing post-EBM approaches: a conceptual model.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Prescribing by generic names - possible problems in South Asia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Acetazolamide fails to decrease pulmonary artery pressure at high altitude in partially acclimatized humans.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Price variation among oral hypoglycemic agents in a teaching hospital in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Insulin glargine.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Medical students and medical teachers learn together: preliminary experiences from Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Basic sciences in South Asia now and then: A personal perspective.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Knowledge, attitude and behavior towards sleep among fourth semester medical undergraduates in Pokhara, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Safe use of medicines by the consumers.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Adverse drug reactions reporting and monitoring: sharing of experiences from Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Three year pharmacovigilance experience from a regional pharmacovigilance center in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
A correct use of a metered dose inhaler: a prospective interventional study among healthcare professionals in a nepalese teaching hospital.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Postgraduate students as facilitators in problem-stimulated learning sessions.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Knowledge, attitude and practice about diabetes among diabetes patients in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
A need to develop medical humanities in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Rational use of medicines, pharmacology and the medical humanities.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Understanding the principles of pharmacoeconomics - a review.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
The art of medicine by Kevin J. Soden MD: A personal perspective.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Medical humanities in Nepal: questions and challenges.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Surgical site infection and antibiotics use pattern in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Website review: Pharmedout.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Systemic adverse drug reactions: a preliminary report from the regional pharmacovigilance center, western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Medical practice in the new millennium.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Manipal in Nepal, twelve years on: lessons learned and relearned.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Can medical humanities take root in Asia?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Doing high altitude research in the Himalayas.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Aconite poisoning: A clinical review of the first four cases from Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Problem-based learning: the right direction for medical teaching?
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Pattern of adverse drug reactions experienced by tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Reading habits and attitude toward medical humanities of basic science students in a medical college in western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Understanding the essentials of pharmacogenomics- the potential implications for the future pharmacotherapy.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Improving health in South Asia.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2008
Pretreatment with sarafotoxin 6c prior to coronary occlusion protects against infarction and arrhythmias via cardiomyocyte mitochondrial KATP channel activation in the intact rabbit heart during ischemia/reperfusion.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Psychological morbidity, sources of stress and coping stratergies among undergraduate medical students of Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Fair skin in South Asia: an obsession.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Getting to know Nepal: A doctor`s reading list.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Introduction to drug utilization research.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Monoclonal antibodies - A newer therapeutic option in cancer therapy.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Doing research in a resource limited setting: Experiences from western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
The drug information center at the manipal teaching hospital-going beyond drug information.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Running a voluntary module - personal experiences.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Pharmacovigilance in Nepal: A guide for health care professionals.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Peripheral edema due to S-amlodipine-a report of three cases.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Medical journals.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
TRIPS and access to medicines.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Learning session on disease mongering- student feedback.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Pokhara- a different setting for medical education.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Adherence to long-term therapies evidence for action.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Assessing medical student learning in assessing the quality of health information on the internet and communicating the skill to patients.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Pattern of potential drug-drug interactions in diabetic out-patients in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Ethical criteria for medicinal drug promotion.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Use of an educational DVD to explore the problem of irrational use of medicines.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Science attitudes and knowledge among preclinical medical students in Pokhara, Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Learning sessions on critical appraisal of randomized clinical trials: Student feedback.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use and the Medical eligibility criteria wheel: Tools for using a correct contraceptive for a patient.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Role of pharmacist in counseling asthma patients.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Can drug utilization help in promoting the more rational use of medicine? Experiences from western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Personal drug selection: problem-based learning in pharmacology: experience from a medical school in Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2007
Prevention and cessation of tobacco use: A manual for clinic and community based intervention.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2006
Drug utilization in medical inpatients.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2006
British national formulary September 2006 52nd edition.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2006
Hypolipidemic activity of ginkgo biloba extract- EGb 761 in female wistar rats.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2005
Morbidity profile and drug utilization in a sub-health post in Western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2004
Ginkgo biloba-an appraisal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2004
Effect of an educational intervention on antimicrobial use patterns in the dermatology out-patient department.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2004
Student feedback on problem-stimulated learning in pharmacology: A questionnaire based study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2004
Inter-rater reliability of the assessment of communication skills in pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2003
Drug use patterns in western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2003
Transferable skills in pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2003
Investigation of antimicrobial use patterns in the intensive treatment unit of a teaching hospital in western nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2003
Medical students' opinions about complementary and alternative medicine: A questionnaire based survey.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2003
Self-medication and non-doctor prescription practices in Pokhara valley, Western Nepal: A questionnaire based study.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2002
Student feedback on the objective structured component of the practical examination in pharmacology.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2002
Prescribing patterns in medical outpatients.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2002
A clinico-pharmacological study of out-patient prescribing patterns in a health centre in western Nepal.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2001
Influence of school education on attitudes towards transferable skills in medical undergraduates.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2001
A possible role for nitric oxide in the antiaggregatory effect of magnesium.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2001
Involvement of nitric oxide in the antiaggregatory effect of enalapril.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2001
Effect of muscarinic receptor agonists on animal models of psychosis.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2000
2000
Effect of the 5-HT~ 3 receptor antagonist ondansetron on amphetamine-induced hyperactivity and steriotypy in rats.
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
2000