How MCI can use virtual patients to improve medical education in India One of the responsibilities of the Medical Council of India is to make sure that the medical education provided in medical colleges all across the country is of a sufficiently high standard, so that when medical students graduate, and go out in the community to practice as doctors, they provide safe and effective medical care to their patients. This is a complicated task, and it's quite obvious that the Medical Council has not done a very good job so far. The majority of colleges are private medical colleges, which are run by politicians. These are designed to make a quick buck for their owners, rather than to create good doctors.
They often don't have the necessary infrastructure - either in the form of beds, equipment, patients or staff. The system is riddled with corruption and this has been well documented. On…
