{"id":51842,"date":"2019-09-04T10:53:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=51842"},"modified":"2019-09-04T10:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T05:23:25","slug":"answered-what-are-various-challenges-and-issues-faced-by-medical-education-in-india-in-light-of-this-critically-examine-the-provisions-of-national-medical-bill-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-what-are-various-challenges-and-issues-faced-by-medical-education-in-india-in-light-of-this-critically-examine-the-provisions-of-national-medical-bill-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] What are various challenges and issues faced by medical education in India? In light of this critically examine the provisions of National Medical Bill, 2019."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction.<\/strong> Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Various issues and challenges in Medical Education in India. Significance and flaws in NMC Bill, 2019.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

Medical colleges in India fail to provide the much needed healthcare for its 1.2 billion population. Medical education in India is not upto the mark and need reforms. Fixing the problems in the medical industry is crucial to the health and well-being of a country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issues and\nChallenges of medical education in India:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Poor doctor-patient ratio: <\/strong>India has one\ngovernment doctor for over 11,000 patients. Though India has the highest number\nof medical colleges as a nation, the small graduating class strengths of\n100-150 students create a major problem for a population of this size. Less\nthan 8% of the total students get a chance to continue further studies.<\/li>
  2. Rote learning than clinical skills: <\/strong>In\nthe system of evaluating doctors followed in India, anyone who is able to\nmemorise a large amount of information can become a doctor. The fundamental\nexam pattern has remained the same, banking on rote learning techniques, while\nthe humanitarian criterion is not taken into account. Doctors are evaluated\naccording to the answers they give in MCQ questions. These tests are more for memorising\nskills rather than knowledge. Thus, their clinical skills are not tested till\nthey start practicing.<\/li>
  3. Outdated syllabus and teaching style: <\/strong>Regular\nbreakthroughs take place in the medical field everyday, but the medical studies\nsyllabus in India is not updated. New domains of medical science are barely\ntouched upon. Students study in a teacher-centric pattern, which doesn’t employ\ntechnology as much as foreign countries.<\/li>
  4. Lack of skilled teachers: <\/strong>Teachers for\nmedical institutes are selected based on their degrees and not their clinical\nexperience. This reduce the effectiveness of the knowledge they can impart to\nthe students. Moreover, no teaching training is provided and teaching\ninnovations are also lacking.<\/li>
  5. Poor medical research:<\/strong> MBBS students\nspecialise in certain fields to be able to get a job and thus, research is\nneglected. Colleges must take the responsibility of enhancing research in\nmedical education.<\/li>
  6. Corruption in medical education: <\/strong>The\nMedical Council of India (MCI), is surrounded with controversy and faces\nbribery and corruption allegations. The MCI regulations has certain loopholes\nwhich that led to accreditation of colleges which even lack proper facilities\nor infrastructure.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Significance of National Medical\nBill, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To tackle various issues and problems in\nmedical education government has introduced National Medical Bill 2019. Bill\nseek to improve medical education in following ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Bill seek to regulate medical\neducation and practice in India leading to better medical standards.<\/li>
    2. It focus on the issue Corruption in\nmedical education through transparent appointment to the medical commission.<\/li>
    3. Bill would help in reducing shortage\nof medical professionals by giving license to community health providers.<\/li>
    4. It ensure ethical standards in the\nmedical practice through Ethics board.<\/li>
    5. It will rationalise fees in private\nmedical colleges thereby making medical education more affordable.<\/li>
    6. In India, the MCI has so far been\noperating independently. This gap can be bridged by the NMC.<\/li>
    7. By introducing qualifying exams like\nNEET and NEXT, NMC can instil uniformity in the standard of competence and\nskills.<\/li>
    8. NMC would encourage and incentivise\ninnovation and promote research by laying down rules that make research a\nprerequisite in medical colleges.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Some flaws in the Bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. The NMC will consist of 25 members,\nof which at least 15 (60%) are medical practitioners. To reduce the monopoly of\ndoctors, it should include diverse stakeholders such as public health experts,\nsocial scientists, health economists, and health related non-government\norganisations.<\/li>
      2. Disputes related to ethics and\nmisconduct in medical practice may require judicial expertise. <\/li>
      3. The Bill does not specify a time\nperiod for the NMC to decide on an appeal. <\/li>
      4. The Bill introduces a National Exit\nTest for students graduating from medical institutions to obtain the licence to\npractice as a medical professional. But Bill does not specify the validity\nperiod of this licence to practice. <\/li>
      5. The extensive discretionary powers\nthat the Bill provides to government reduce the accountability of NMC and make\nit virtually an advisory body.<\/li>
      6. The capping of the fees of 50% of\nseats in private medical colleges is dubbed to be anti-poor, as the remaining\n50% of seats which is called the management quota, will witness a high rise in\nfees. This can deny admission to poor students on 50% seats.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Indian medical education has many issues which need to be tackled. Many doctors has neither the skills nor the knowledge to handle the primary care and infectious diseases. While NMC can help in improving the medical education and practice in the country, the government must thoroughly focus on addressing much other issues too like lower public expenditure in health sector etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Various issues and challenges in Medical Education in India. Significance and flaws in NMC Bill, 2019. Conclusion. Way forward. Medical colleges in India fail to provide the much needed healthcare for its 1.2 billion population. Medical education in India is not upto the mark and need reforms.… Continue reading [Answered] What are various challenges and issues faced by medical education in India? In light of this critically examine the provisions of National Medical Bill, 2019.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51842","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}