Volume 6 Issue 1 January 2016
Embracing changes in medical education
Recent decades have observed a greater attention to what is being taught to medical students, how are they being taught, and how (and for what) should they be assessed. The emphasis is being shifted from ‘teaching’ the students to ‘teaching-learning’ denoting how students best grasp the material that is presented to them. Innovations are being encouraged to implement and assess various forms of teaching methods in improving learning outcomes. Departure from old assessment techniques are being made, keeping in view the balance that needs to be achieved for subjective and objective assessments of students.
Psychiatry as a specialty is gaining importance in the undergraduate curriculum. There is a view to introduce psychiatry as a separate subject in the undergraduate medical curriculum. This will require teachers to get more involved in the teaching learning process, and imparting skills of psychiatry to medical students. Change will need to be embraced for
optimized use current means of teaching and assessment of the students. Developing interest in the field of psychiatry among students would stem from the world teachers from the field of psychiatry show to their students.
Assistant Professor, AIIMS. Delhi
