why people in north india do not obtain medical courses
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Doctor-patient ratio is too less
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3. Backdated syllabus and teaching style
4. Lack of skilled teachers
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5. Disparity in infrastructure across different states
6. Lack of social accountability
Indian medical students do not receive training which instills in them a social accountability as health practitioners. Medical education needs to be aligned with the societal needs, which differ from country to country. Strong emphasis needs to be put on rural and social issues and making students strongly aware of their responsibilities towards the same.
7. Super-specialty craze is destroying the basic vision
It is not possible to create one breed for doctors to cater to every sort of issue in a country as big as India. While some doctors need to be trained in providing the right kind of healthcare in rural sectors, others would need to be familiar with the latest medical technology for the most complicated surgeries.
MBBS students specialise in certain fields to be able to get a job and thus, research is neglected. However, amid the specialisation craze, students miss out on learning about all these aspects. Colleges must take the responsibility of familiarising students with all the different sides of medical studies.
8. Problems with private medical colleges
A change in the law in the 1990s made it easy to open private schools and so, many such medical institutes cropped up in the country, funded by businessmen and politicians, who had no experience of running medical schools. While there were 100 government medical colleges and 11 private medical colleges in 1980, now, the government schools have doubled while the private institutes have increased twenty-fold, according to MCI.
Though this practice was implemented to solve the issue of the grave lack of doctors, it commercialised medical education to a great extent. So, even if a student lacks the mettle required to become a doctor, if he has money, there is no problem.
"A simple seat in Radiology can cost you multiple crores easily, which will only increase as you go for better colleges providing better placements. A middle class family usually has to mortgage their home in order to make sure that their child is able to continue in achieving his dream. This makes earning money one of the major priorities of a student passing out from such medical colleges," says Dr Ravella.
9. Studying abroad is an issue
"There are very few medical courses recognised by MCI if you plan to seek education abroad. Most of these courses are from some of the leading nations like USA and UK, which in turn cuts short number of returning doctors by a substantial number," says Dr Ravella.
"The other avenues remain China and Russia for students who have to pass a simple exam on return for registration," adds Dr Patel.
10. Corruption in medical education
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3. Backdated syllabus and teaching style
4. Lack of skilled teachers
.
5. Disparity in infrastructure across different states
6. Lack of social accountability
Indian medical students do not receive training which instills in them a social accountability as health practitioners. Medical education needs to be aligned with the societal needs, which differ from country to country. Strong emphasis needs to be put on rural and social issues and making students strongly aware of their responsibilities towards the same.
7. Super-specialty craze is destroying the basic vision
It is not possible to create one breed for doctors to cater to every sort of issue in a country as big as India. While some doctors need to be trained in providing the right kind of healthcare in rural sectors, others would need to be familiar with the latest medical technology for the most complicated surgeries.
MBBS students specialise in certain fields to be able to get a job and thus, research is neglected. However, amid the specialisation craze, students miss out on learning about all these aspects. Colleges must take the responsibility of familiarising students with all the different sides of medical studies.
8. Problems with private medical colleges
A change in the law in the 1990s made it easy to open private schools and so, many such medical institutes cropped up in the country, funded by businessmen and politicians, who had no experience of running medical schools. While there were 100 government medical colleges and 11 private medical colleges in 1980, now, the government schools have doubled while the private institutes have increased twenty-fold, according to MCI.
Though this practice was implemented to solve the issue of the grave lack of doctors, it commercialised medical education to a great extent. So, even if a student lacks the mettle required to become a doctor, if he has money, there is no problem.
"A simple seat in Radiology can cost you multiple crores easily, which will only increase as you go for better colleges providing better placements. A middle class family usually has to mortgage their home in order to make sure that their child is able to continue in achieving his dream. This makes earning money one of the major priorities of a student passing out from such medical colleges," says Dr Ravella.
9. Studying abroad is an issue
"There are very few medical courses recognised by MCI if you plan to seek education abroad. Most of these courses are from some of the leading nations like USA and UK, which in turn cuts short number of returning doctors by a substantial number," says Dr Ravella.
"The other avenues remain China and Russia for students who have to pass a simple exam on return for registration," adds Dr Patel.
10. Corruption in medical education
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