What is the need to teach a student at MBBS level 10 different surgeries when all they need is to acquire a good knowledge as to how to treat common diseases, Director General of Health Services, said Saturday the central government, in consultation with the Medical Council of India (MCI), was taking steps to revise the syllabus of the MBBS course. He said the step is being taken to ensure that the MBBS students do not require to study in great detail many aspects of medical science in which they would specialise subsequently.
“The new syllabus may be ready in another one and half years,” DGHS said after addressing a public lecture on National Health Programmes at the SOA University. “What is the need to teach a student at MBBS level 10 different surgeries when all they need is to acquire a good knowledge as to how to treat common diseases,” he said and urged students to take great care…
