FM DECEMBER 2018 ISSUE - digital edition

This is a major departure from
the previous system, under which
exposure to the clinical aspects of any
anatomical structure or physiological
function would be very minimal until
training in pre-clinical subjects --
Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry
-- was completed. It was only from
the second stage of the MBBS course,
when subjects like Pathology and
Pharmacology were introduced, that
the students were given rotational
postings in the clinical departments.
But since the new curriculum has to
run simultaneously with the old syllabus
(for the senior students), the scheme
poses a special challenge to the
teaching faculty. Dr Avinash Supe points
out that the reorientation of teaching
staff had begun as far back as 2014.
However, Dr Ravindra Deokar of
the Department of Forensic Medicine
and Toxicology (FmT) at Seth G S
Medical College, Mumbai has a different
view.“It is being said that the Casualty
Department in the Medical College
Hospitals would be placed under FmT,
but this could result in a staff shortage.
Besides, there will be some new
THE NEXT STEPS IN
IMPLEMENTING THE
CURRICULUM WOULD BE
THROUGH A SERIES OF 10
NODAL CENTRES AND 10
REGIONAL CENTRES
topics like Sports Medicine, along with
Physiology [in the new syllabus]. How
would they be handled,” Dr Deokar
observed. He also felt people (students
and staff) were not clear about what
was happening at the top.
The next steps in implementing the
curriculum would be through 10 nodal
centres and 10 regional centres, but the
precise division of responsibility among
these centers has not been worked out
as yet.
Clearly the new MBBS curriculum is
very much a work in progress; and how
well it is implemented and integrated
with existing arrangements, only time
will tell.
MEMBERS OF
RECONCILIATION BOARD
1. Dr Avinash Supe: Chairman:
Former Director Medical
Education, Municipal Medical
Colleges of Greater Mumbai
2. Dr Krishna G Seshadri:
Member, Board of
Management, Visiting
Professor, Department of
Endocrinology, Diabetes and
Medical Education, Sri Balaji,
Vidyapeeth, Puducherry
3. Dr Praveen Singh: Head of
Departments of Anatomy
and Medical Education,
Convenor MCI Nodal Centre,
Pramukhswami Medical
College, Karamsad, Gujarat
4. Dr R Sajith Kumar: Head of
Deparments of Infectious
Disease and Medical
Education, Convenor MCI
Nodal Centre, Government
Medical College, Kottayam,
Kerala
5. Dr P V Chalam: Principal and
HOD, Department of Surgery,
Bhaskar Medical College, R R
District, Telangana
6. Dr Subir K Maulik: Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
All India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi
7. Dr Dinesh Kumar Badyal:
Head of Department of
Pharmacology, and Professor,
Department of Medical
Education, Co-Convenor,
MCI Nodal Centre, Christian
Medical College, Ludhiana
8. Dr Alka Rawekar: Head of
Department of Physiology,
Professor of Medical
Education, Co-Convenor, MCI
Nodal Centre, Jawaharlal
Nehru Medical College,
Sawani (Meghe), Wardha,
Maharashtra
9. Dr Sunita Y Patil: Professor,
Departments of Pathology
and Medical Education,
Resource Faculty, MCI Nodal
Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru
Medical College, KLE Academy
of Higher Education and
Research, Belagavi, Karnataka
10. Dr M Rajalakshmi: Chief
Consultant, Academic Cell,
Medical Council of India, New
Delhi
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