فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Due to the short span available for consultation with clinicians, patients try to become well versedwith their clinical conditions before the medical consultation. They search Google for their medicalinformation; here comes the problem of authenticity of the sources. It is very difficult to obtain authenticmedical information for the patients from the Internet. As a result, sometimes, patients ask questionsto the overburdened doctors and irritate them. To solve this problem and wider dissemination ofauthentic medical knowledge, the existing website of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Educationand Research (PGIMER) has been utilized. In PGIMER, Chandigarh, health education materials intext and video formats have been uploaded on the PGIMER website for empowering patients. Allthese have been successfully tested in the outpatient departments of PGIMER, Chandigarh. To ourknowledge, this unique approach is the first of its kind in India. We hope this approach of sharingmedical information through the PGIMER website may help patient empowerment to a large extent.Later, this concept can be replicated in all medical colleges in India.