New Delhi: It is expected that the pandemic management module extending from foundation course to the final year undergraduate programme will help in ensuring the creation of an Indian medical graduate “who will serve humanity as doctor, leader and healer in bleak times such as occurrence of a pandemic”, the board of governors (BoG) in supersession of the Medical Council of India (MCI) said. The move has been triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and aims to prepare doctors for challenges posed by emerging diseases. The document containing details of the module to be adopted by colleges has been put together by a team of experts and the academic cell of the MCI. “This pandemic management module is designed to ensure that MBBS students acquires competencies in handling not only the illness but also the social, legal and other issues arising from such disease outbreaks.

The Medical Council of India has prepared revised regulations on Graduate Medical education and Competency based undergraduate curricula, accompanied by detailed guidance for its implementation. One of the desirable outcomes of the competency derived education programme is to enable the Indian medical graduate to be prepared for the unknown.