ISSN: 2577-4360
Authors: Anand N*
We are revisiting india, a country plagued by multiple problems both at contextual as well as executional levels when it comes to medical education. A nation of multiple paradoxes wherein India claims to boast of the most ancient traditional system of healthcare and education its medical education in recent times has multiple fallacies. India has approximately 300 med colleges churning out around, 30,000 to 35,000 medical doctors in contrast to a demand of around 500 medical colleges producing 1 million doctors to provide to an ever increasing population. In the last few decades India has witnessed a rapid growth in number of medical graduates in the health care system. Inspite of this there seems to be a disparity at the grass root level when it comes down to doctor –patient ratio, to minimize this discrepancy in health care system all over India there was an upsurgence of 6 AIIMS all over india so that India has access to basic health care facilities. Inspite of this there is a skewed distribution of these medical colleges and in certain areas which may be labeled as rural or hilly terrains virtually there is no presence of a medical system in the medical college. The world average of a qualified doctor is 1.42 per thousand versus India with standing meek at 0.65. So regional discrepancies hinder deliver of the most coveted system the medical education system in India .Even with a rapid increase in the number of medical colleges let alone private owned varsities the picture of medical education in India remains bleak. It is a time wherein it is advisable to cross talk with our counterparts the traditional AYUSH. Integrating Complementary and Alternative medicine only reinforces and strengthens our medical education.
Keywords: Medical Education
