Reply to Comments on “A Survey Among Teachers of Psychiatry to Improve the Quality of Undergraduate Training: Outcomes from Karnataka”

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We valuethecomments 1madeabout ourarticle. Psychiatry teaching is mandatory; it has beenwrongly noted otherwisein comments. However, learning psychiatrywas notmandatory to obtain graduation as it was not incorporated anywherein the MBBS examination process until 2018. In 2019,acompetency-based medicalcurriculumwas implemented,and it has incorporated psychiatry in thesecond paper ofmedicinefor 50 marks; however, the marksareto beshared with dermatology and respiratorymedicine!.