In
a press conference, MCI's Chief Consultant Dr M. Rajalakshmi said that
MBBS curriculum needed to be changed to make it competence-based.
In
2011, MCI submitted a proposal for the new syllabus in the name of
Vision 2015 with the ministry of health, but the implementation was
stalled due to disagreements within the body. "The apex regulatory body
of doctors has now revived the plan by submitting a fresh version of the
syllabus after making a few modifications," a daily quoted an MCI
source as saying.
Though
the medical students generally start clinical practices at the end of
their second year, the new curriculum will introduce clinical practices
in the first year itself. The Convenor of MCI regional centre in
Christian Medical College, Vellore, Dr Dhayakani Selvakumar said in a
newspaper report that the first year students learn only
subject-oriented topics, and there was a need to modify the course
according to practicability.
According
to the modified syllabus, Radiology and Surgery will be introduced in
the new MBBS syllabus. As per MCI sources, the new syllabus for MBBS has
been revived by a group of doctors of the body making some alterations
in the syllabus. In 1997, some changes were made to the MBBS syllabus to
bring down the tenure for the first year from 18 months to 12 months.
Source: Indiatoday
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