New curriculum for MBBS on the cards: MCI
S.K. Sarin,
Chairman, Medical Council of India announced that
A new
curriculum for MBBS and a common entrance test are on the cards.He was addressing
the inaugural of ‘Digestive Endoscopy Week (DEW) 2010,` the annual conference
of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India (SGEI). The detail of new
curriculum will be up on the MCI website shortly. .
He posited
the idea of a trickle phenomenon — educating more specialists who will not
confine themselves to metros and tier-2 towns. To this end, the MCI is aiming
at starting 100 colleges in one year, Prof. Sarin said.
K. Ponmudy,
Higher Education Minister, said the need of the hour was to ensure access to
specialists even in rural and remote areas. He also called for a more
inter-disciplinary approach to treating patients.
