Health Ministry to restructure the MBBS curriculum

The Union Health Ministry in order to make the rural health service more efficient may restructure the curriculum of MBBS. In the purposed scheme a MBBS student has to spend a one-year compulsory rural service either in the community health centre or public health care units.The new national curriculum is set to finalise in the next couple of weeks after consultation with state governments. As the acute shortage of rural health is one of the prime concerns these days it seems a good idea for providing better health service in rural areas.Few months back the Medical Council of India (MCI) had forwarded a proposal of 6-months extension in the medical curriculum but the government comes with a one year plan. This entire one-year will be dedicated to rural service and students need to spend at least 6 months in any rural areas at their final segment of study.As per the new curriculum a student has to spend almost seven years for a MBBS degree compared to the five and half year at present. Though the medical fraternity has welcomed the new proposal but some senior professionals have cited the modification of degree structure.