Foundation course for MBBS graduates
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The concept of foundation course is to lay foundation to the MBBS aspirants with basic knowledge and skills before entering the core stream of medicine. The students joining MBBS generally have an attitude of a doctor seeing patients at a hospital and this may hinder in obtaining the overall role of a doctor and the medical field. The link between national scenarios, economics, ethics with medicine & allied sciences are broken if they are not instilled in the young minds at an early stage.The idea of Medical Council of India Vision 2015 is welcoming. The subjects selected are more appropriate and apt for laying foundation at the initial level. The period of the foundation course is challenging. Similar workup and primitive foundation courses has to be designed and scheduled in different colleges and regions to look for the feasibility, especially in relation to the required time. The foundation course should not be lengthy as the students interest and attention may be lost. However, the course should not be too short to cover the required topics in a brief manner. This should lay foundation for further learning during the block postings.
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Logaraj Muthunarayanan, Balaji R.
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