JSS, Mysore: Feedback on vision-2015

From.                                                           13/1/2011
The Faculty                                                   Mysore
Department of Forensic Medicine
JSS Medical College, JSS University
Mysore.

To
Dr. Adarsh Kumar
General Secretary
Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine(2010-2012)
Faculty, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
R.No.315, 2nd Floor, New Forensic Wing
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Ansari Nagar, NEW DELHI- 110 029, INDIA


Comments and suggestions on Vision-2015.

1. Vision-2015 is a myopic and tunneled vision for the given Indian scenario, which is quite different from other developed countries. As 75% of Indian population resides in rural areas, the time-honoured concept of the basic doctor with 4½+1 years training is more relevant rather than the ‘metro-oriented’ vision-2015.
2. In US the medical education includes training from entry level to being a specialist. This system includes medical school, internship, residency, fellowship and certification from the board. Admission to medical school requires you to go through 2-3 years of Pre med training. After completion of the internship, doctors look to take up residencies. This program can take from as few as three years to seven years. If you wish to take to highly specialized fields like cardiology, oncology, etc, you will have to dedicate a lot more years on it. Fellowship involves research and can take 1-3 years, thus to a total no of 13 years.
3. British medical schools have medical curricular teaching courses for five or six years. The medical education itself takes five years, consisting of an aggregate of 2 years of preclinical training in an academic environment and three years of clinical training at a teaching hospital; Medical schools and teaching hospitals are closely integrated. The overall course of study is extended to six years.
4. Annexure 1 & 2 mentioned,  has not been made accessible; the deadline for feedback should be extended for a reasonable time of 45 days.
5. For such a major curricular revamp by the MCI, the feedback should have been collected in a transparent manner by the Board constituted by Academicians, State / National bodies of individual subjects, and Educational institutes. This proposal should have been widely publicised in the medical institutions. The working group does not provide the consultations sought from various medical specialities, the impending consequence may be disastrous to the medical education and the public at large. (Since the common man is benefited from the medicolegal services catered by the Forensic medicine faculty at large it is hereby suggested to take the opinion from them)
6. From a consumer (patient) point of view, an incomplete, ill-equipped, unprofessional and untrained ‘Basic doctor’ may just fulfill the required doctor-population ratio. Nevertheless such doctors who deal with life of the patients, is likely to err with reduced quality of education imbibed by a ‘crash course’ (4+1 year). This may be a violation of the Article 21 of the constitution, which in all likelihood will lead to rampant rise in medical negligence cases.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,


1. Dr.Balaraj B.M.
2. Dr.B.Manjunatha
3. Dr.Arun M.
4. Dr.Chandrakant H.V.
5. Dr.Nithin M.D.
6. Dr.Pramod Kumar G.N.
7. Dr.Hemanth Kumar R.G.
8. Dr.Varun Pai
9. Dr.Smitha Rani