New Delhi: India is to introduce compulsory courses on preventive health care, including obesity, cancer, health care of women and children and other lifestyle diseases, for all medical postgraduates in the middle of the growing burden of these conditions, according to the head of the highest regulatory medical education.
“We are determined to promote preventive health care through specialized courses,” Mitin said. Abhijat Sheeth, newly elected chairman of the National Medical Commission (NMC). “We are taking place in the process of introducing postgraduate courses on preventive health care and focusing on areas such as cancer prevention (including cervical cancer), unlimited diseases (NCDs), women’s health and portable diseases.”
The change in the curriculum for more than 70,000 postgraduate medical students to 706 medical faculties reflects the imminent health calls of the nation, with obesity to become the main driving force for non -transferable diseases (NCD). The recent Lancet study assumed 440 million Indians with overweight and obese Indians by 2050.
“It is an important and welcome step that will help us defend the role of a doctor in preventing non -transferable diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes,” Dr. Dilip Bhanushali, President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). “Currently, university students have in the last year a chapter of preventive and social medicine and later as a clinical broadcast during internship. By introducing reserved postgraduate courses, students can ensure that students acquire sound and in -depth knowledge of preventive health care.”
Training of a doctor
For college students, the existing “Aetcom” module (attitude, ethics and communication) already emphasizes professional behavior and communication skills, said Dr. Sheth. “In the coming years, we will expand this to include more formal training for preventive health care for postgraduate studies, with several new pipeline courses. This will help to raise awareness of preventive health care among doctors.”
Dr. Sheath said that the agenda for improving the Indian medical education system will focus on three basic pillars: quality, quantity and uniformity. The aim is not only to increase the number of qualified doctors, but also to improve the overall quality and availability of medical education throughout the country.
“Our primary goal is to achieve uniformity in medical education throughout the country. Given the diverse cultural landscape and the diverse operational pattern of state governments, this is an important challenge,” Sheth. “We can ensure consistent quality by setting up a single standard. Our second priority is to improve the quality of education itself and the third is a sustainable increase in the number of doctors. We can only improve our health care system when we have enough well -trained experts.”
Last month, Mint announced that the Union’s cabinet approved a plan to add 10,023 new seats for a medical university to the financial year 2028-2029. With a £15,034.50 Investments in Crore, the initiative will create 5,023 university (MBBS) and 5,000 postgraduate chairs across the country. The aim is to increase the availability of doctors and specialists in the country and to improve access to quality health care, especially in insufficiently operated areas.
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