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Monday, Aug 23, 2010
Kottayam: M.S. Valiathan, renowned medical educationist, has urged the Central government to take steps for the formation of a National Medical Education Commission, empowered to address all issues relating to medical education in the country, in the light of the dissolution of the Medical Council of India.
Delivering the third edition of his Erudite Lecture series at Mahatma Gandhi University here, Dr. Valiathan called for a total revamp of the present medical education system which has not undergone any major changes since the inception of the MCI in 1934.
He felt that the students who enter the undergraduate level in medical education lack not only a liberal intellectual base, but fail to appreciate the social and human values and even compassion towards the patients.
The system tends to make them uncomfortable with the society around them and confine themselves to the company of medical professionals.
To be a successful and effective medical professional, one needs a proper blending of qualities including the right attitude, social skills and general awareness, which the regulatory bodies had forgotten to instil among the students.
Postgraduate education
Taking a critical view of the postgraduate medical education programme in the country, Dr. Valiathan pointed out that it remains a fact that the Indian PG degrees were not accepted abroad.
Those who successfully complete the programme have abysmally low skill sets and expertise in their areas of specialisation.
This was a direct fall-out of the poor quality of training, facilities and opportunities, he said.
Though the medical colleges bring out a large number of research papers, the country has not been able to come up with any significant contribution to modern medicine, in spite of the fact that we had been practising it for the past two centuries.
Dr. Valiathan called for introduction of integrated MS or MD programme leading to PhD, with at least 20 per cent of the curriculum left at the discretion of the universities concerned, to address their locally specific needs.
He called for an initiative which would motivate the faculty members of the medical colleges to undergo PhD programme in a phased manner, so that in a span of a decade, India's presence was felt in the global modern medical education sector.
Vice-Chancellor Rajan Gurukkal presided.
Medical education should be revamped, says Valiathan
Kottayam: M.S. Valiathan, renowned medical educationist, has urged the Central government to take steps for the formation of a National Medical Education Commission, empowered to address all issues relating to medical education in the country, in the light of the dissolution of the Medical Council of India.
Delivering the third edition of his Erudite Lecture series at Mahatma Gandhi University here, Dr. Valiathan called for a total revamp of the present medical education system which has not undergone any major changes since the inception of the MCI in 1934.
The system tends to make them uncomfortable with the society around them and confine themselves to the company of medical professionals.
To be a successful and effective medical professional, one needs a proper blending of qualities including the right attitude, social skills and general awareness, which the regulatory bodies had forgotten to instil among the students.
Postgraduate education
Taking a critical view of the postgraduate medical education programme in the country, Dr. Valiathan pointed out that it remains a fact that the Indian PG degrees were not accepted abroad.
Those who successfully complete the programme have abysmally low skill sets and expertise in their areas of specialisation.
This was a direct fall-out of the poor quality of training, facilities and opportunities, he said.
Though the medical colleges bring out a large number of research papers, the country has not been able to come up with any significant contribution to modern medicine, in spite of the fact that we had been practising it for the past two centuries.
Dr. Valiathan called for introduction of integrated MS or MD programme leading to PhD, with at least 20 per cent of the curriculum left at the discretion of the universities concerned, to address their locally specific needs.
He called for an initiative which would motivate the faculty members of the medical colleges to undergo PhD programme in a phased manner, so that in a span of a decade, India's presence was felt in the global modern medical education sector.
Vice-Chancellor Rajan Gurukkal presided.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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