A Critical Appraisal of the New Competency-Based Medical Undergraduate Curriculum in Biochemistry.

ABSTRACT: The new competency-based medical education undergraduate curriculum (CBMC) was launched for the 2019 admission batch of MBBS students. The programme is designed to create an "Indian Medical Graduate" (IMG) possessing the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and responsiveness, so that the graduate may function appropriately and effectively as a physician of first contact with the community while being globally relevant. Given that implementation of this curriculum is still in its infancy across the country, we stand to gain from a unified approach to its implementation. Phase I of the curriculum includes anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry along with professional and personal development modules. Biochemistry enjoys an enviable position in the medical curriculum as it explains

SUBMITTER: Dandekar SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9647740 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature