Subjects like radiology and surgery are likely to be introduced in the first year as part of the new syllabus. This will also help MBBS doctors acquire diagnostic and analytical competence for ...

The Medical Council of India has decided to change the syllabus of the first year MBBS course after a huge gap of 17 years. By Jagran Josh Sep 26, 2014, 18:27 IST ...

The new syllabus will have lessons on gender sensitivity, communication-skills, lifestyle diseases, behavioural sciences and medical jurisprudence. “The MBBS syllabus was last revised in 1997.

The process to revise the existing syllabus had started in 2013 but after a considerable delay, was approved by the Union health ministry in December last year. The syllabus was last revised in 1997.

The Nipah virus outbreak in Kozhikode district has prompted senior doctors to call for the inclusion of the epidemiology of this rare disease in the revised MBBS syllabus. They pointed out that ...