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Medical curriculum being revised
ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has
once again started revising the MBBS curriculum, which had been revised only
three years ago, although its own rules specify revision after every five
years.
The curriculum for medical colleges was last revised in 2004 and
the changes circulated among all medical institutions for implementation in
2005.
However, the recently-held PMDC Council meeting had reconstituted
the 'curriculum committee' and mandated the revision of the
curriculum.
PMDC regulations provide for the revision of the curriculum
once in five years. Therefore, the premature move for revision has raised some
questions.
The PMDC has, however, justified the revision saying it is a
dynamic body of knowledge and needs to be revised continuously.
A cursory
look at the composition of the revision committee, which is now filled with
members from private sector institutions, sources claim, indicates that the
premature revision is probably aimed at accommodating private institutions,
which had in the past made attempts at the elimination of 'anatomy' and
'forensic medicine' from the syllabi. Dawn
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