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100			_aKumar, S.
245			_aMedical education in India: An introspection
260			_c2014
300			_ap.146-154.
362			_aJan-Mar
520			_aMedical education in India is at crossroads. The age old approach and structure of medical education leave much to be desired in meeting the rising challenges, both internal and external, to medical profession. As the challenges multiply, a new strategy is needed to drive medical education to the next level of excellence. The time has come to introspect whether to continue with the medical education system and curricula established over a hundred years ago or to take a fundamentally different course, guided by contemporary innovation and new understanding about the aspirations of the society and 'demands of the profession. A view has to be taken now if this paradigm of medical education can continue to meet therising challenges, both internal and external, to medical education. An assessment of the prevailing situation of the medical and health care demands new approaches towards shaping the minds, hands and hearts of physicians. Fundamental change in medical education will require new curricula, new pedagogies, attitudinal changes and new forms of assessment. - Reproduced.
650			_aMedical education - India
650			_aMedical education
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
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909			_a104113
999			_c104109 _d104109