Medical Journalism: Need of the Hour - Ft: Dr Prem Aggarwal (Chairman, Medical Dialogues), Dr Nandita Mohan (Head, MDTV Division, Medical Dialogues)

This video focuses on a recent article published in the Journal Of Health and Allied Sciences published by Scientific Scholar.

In the current digital era, medical journalism plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between scientific advancements and public understanding. It keeps the medical fraternity informed about the latest developments, enabling healthcare professionals (HCPs) to make informed clinical and shared decision-making choices aligned with current research findings and real-world practice patterns. With the dissemination of health information through social media, online platforms, and digital news outlets, the prevalence of misinformation and health myths has increased rapidly. The spread of medical misinformation has a profound impact on public health, underscoring the vital role of medical journalists. There is a need for accurate, reliable, and accessible health information to be disseminated with assistance from medical journalists.

In todays discussion, we are joined by Dr Sunny Duttagupta, Director of Publishing at Scientific Scholar who interviews Dr Prem Aggarwal, Chairman of Medical Dialogues who also is the co-author of this research. Alongside him, is Dr Nandita Mohan, Head of the MDTV division of Medical Dialogues.

Together they discuss on the how the team ventured into medical journalism and how medical dialogues got established enlightening on the key goals behind it. Dr Prem emphasizes on what makes Medical Dialogues a unique entity regarding medical journalism.

While Dr. Nandita talks about how members of medical dialogues feature as authors themselves in top-rated, indexed open access journal on such a sensitive topic. and how it fees for MDTV for this achievement and motivation.

Laslty, Dr Prem shares his advice for young professionals who wish to pursue medical journalism as a career option and how has been his experience in collaborating with Scientific Scholar for dissemination of quality clinical research content