Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE KN MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Let us face it straight; all of us have this question, but dodge it for various reasons. What is the purpose of medical education in India? How is the curriculum decided? Why is it structured the way it has been running for last umpteen number of years?
This is twenty-fifth year of my joining MBBS. Throughout my graduate, post-graduate and super-specialty years, these questions have bothered me. I can vouch the questions have bothered all of us at some point of time. One of teachers in P&SM had told, "The purpose of MBBS in India is to make a doctor to carry out all functions of any PHC (primary health centre - the basic unit of health delivery at government level) on completely independent basis, covering all essential medical needs and decide appropriate triage." Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE KN…
