India’s medical training and clinical practice are increasingly shaped by digital resources and platforms that broaden access to knowledge while easing financial burdens on students. In an interview with a national newspaper, the Deputy Director General (Medical Education) outlined how government-led programs and partnerships are expanding digital textbooks, journals, and point-of-care tools across medical institutions.
Centralized digital resources and platform access A key pillar of this effort is the National Medical Library’s Electronic Resources in Medicine (NML-ERMED), which negotiates collective access to journals, databases, and e-books at subsidized rates. After the Ministry of Education rolled out the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative, which provides certain free content centrally, the health education focus shifted toward procuring comprehensive databases and…
