Competency based Medical Education and Ayurved

Dr. Prasanna Tukaram Gavali; Dr. Prashant Vasant Ajanalkar; Dr. Satwashil S. Desai; Dr. Sayyad Musharuf

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

Competency based Medical Education and Ayurved

Dr. Prasanna Tukaram Gavali, Dr. Prashant Vasant Ajanalkar, Dr. Satwashil S. Desai, Dr. Sayyad Musharuf

Abstract :

Competency based medical education offers flexible, lifelong learning with knowledge and skills through continuous learning process. Competency based medical education is an approach to produce physician �fit to practice� rather than students �fit to pass exams�. The fundaments of Competency based medical education are to produce health professionals who can practice medicine at a defined level of proficiency, in accordance with local conditions, to meet local needs. The curriculum of the medical educational courses should allow the students to get knowledge, which will build the confidence among them to practice. The teachers have to adopt new methods of teaching which are offered the learners evidence –based learning. In present scenario, education in Ayurveda needs to be redesigned on the competency framework which will define attributes of an Ayurvedic Physician competent to serve the society.