Competency-based medical education: How far, how much

Amrita Ghosh; Ranabir Pal; Raman Kumar

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_680_19

Competency-based medical education: How far, how much

J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Sep 30;8(9):2751-2752. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_680_19. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Amrita Ghosh¹, Ranabir Pal², Raman Kumar³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, Calcutta Medical College, 88, College Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
² Department of Community Medicine, MGM Medical College and LSK Hospital, Kishanganj, Bihar, India.
³ President Academy of Family Physicians of India, India.

Abstract

Competency-based medical education inscribed in the Graduate Medical Education Regulations from Medical Council of India is cogently grounded by the Curriculum Implementation Support Programme throughout the country under the aegis of Medical Education Units and Curriculum Committees of the medical institutes. Global researchers on academic curriculum visualize paradigm of system based teaching-learning in evidence based medicine. This intermingled with participatory contribution from the learners in a non-threatening environment can inculcate philosophy of life-long learning mindset. Creative teaching-learning environments free the mind to freely learn to meet the challenges of the health needs of the country.

Keywords: Competency based medical education; GMER; MCI.

Publication types

Editorial