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Attempts at Regulation of Medical Education by the MCI
Ananthakrishnan, N Shanthi, AK
Ananthakrishnan, N
Shanthi, AK
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"The problems that plague medical education in the country are related to these twin facts: the mushrooming of medical colleges in the last two decades, and the shift of medical education from public to private hands. In 2009, there were 284 colleges listed on the Medical Council of India (MCI) website (2). This figure has risen over two years to 335. The problems and difficulties with ensuring quality in the medical education system in India, run across institutions and are not specific to any. The regulatory agency is aware of these issues and has often responded by what can be best be described as knee jerk reactions, without making serious attempts to correct the malady at its root. It is not surprising that these measures have little, if any, effect. Sometimes, the problems are worsened by these attempts. This paper will attempt to analyse the deficiencies in regulatory control of medical education in the country and the measures that are taken by individual institutions to beat the system and suggest possible solutions to cure the malady. If urgent measures are not instituted, the quality of physicians in the country in future will fall far short of the ideal. It must be emphasised that the problems listed here are not universal to all private institutions, and that many of the issues pertain to government institutions as well."(pg 38)
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2012-01
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