Medical education and the physician workforce of India.

摘要

In 2006, India had 250 medical schools, growing in number, with admissions of nearly 29,000 medical students per year.2 Of graduating students, 35% to 40% are women. All medical schools use a 5 and a half year curriculum, leading to the bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBBS) degrees,, The curriculum is based on the guidelines of the Medical Council of India (MCI) and includes basic science subjects such as biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, microbiology, pathology, forensic medicine and toxicology, and pharmacology. It also includes 1 year of compulsory clinical internship, rotating in subjects such as medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, community medicine, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, radiology, and anes-thesiology. MCI regulates the standard of undergraduate and postgraduate medical curriculum and examinations.