One-month long foundation course for newly joined Indian medical undergraduates: Faculty and students' perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A one-month long foundation course has been introduced at the entry-level for first-year MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) students in the medical institutions across India from 2019. Therefore, the present study is aimed at describing the experience of implementing a one-month long foundation course conducted for the Competency-based Undergraduate Medical Curriculum (CBUC) of Indian Medical Graduate as per the guidelines from the National Medical Commission (NMC) (erstwhile Medical Council of India, MCI). We have evaluated the student and faculty perceptions towards the effectiveness of the program.

Methods

The foundation course had six modules Orientation, Skills, Field visit to Community Health Centre, Professional Development including Ethics

SUBMITTER: Pandey AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873752 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature