GROWING UNREST IN MEDICAL EDUCATION INDIA If we observe keenly there is growing challenges unrest and revolt in Medical education system which is never controlled like our own Nations health, Many Medical nursing and dental colleges established in private sector without minimal infrastructure and many flourished and in the process we have started producing substandard professionals, It needs a courage to fail the students if they are not doing well, sometimes it is right to pass the examination in many private medical colleges, same culture is creeping in public institutes in the name of caste Creed and religion I am very courageous to say totally the practical examinations have become big joke practically everybody passes by default. The grave concern to the Nation remain with GHOST TEACHERS it is not just the teachers who are absent from the campus but the senior teachers who take huge salaries have no accountability they will threaten the management if they are asked to do anything relevant, the concentrate on private practice and private Laboratories, or just a resting time for many non-clinical Teachers because the college may lose recognition from Medical Council of India. When I was Post graduate Student in Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam the Senior most teachers will take the most difficult topics, and few easier topics are taken by juniors, I am observing many teachers in many famous Institutes do not take classes, just come to enjoy the seniority of living in the chair in the name f encouraging the post graduate students, in this process many postgraduate students will act like professors from 2nd year onwards and unlimited politics will arise as inexperienced people are encouraged in the system. It has become the responsibility of the MSc in many non-clinical subjects people to teach and do anything beyond there capacities as the seniors live in comfort zones, I do not know how much justice will be done to the medical education. The raise of retirement age benefited many seniors to serve up to 70 and has created unrest in many private colleges as the opportunities are shrinking great area of conflicts between seniors and people aspiring to become Professors. The rule to allow the publications to give early promotions has created hoax research today INTERNET loaded with many fake publication from India, however it makes the India as center of plagiarism many popular sites expressed to ignore the research papers on on line journals. There is growing revolt from students they do not wish to be detained when they fail to fulfil the rules to appear for examination it is certainly indicates complex factors in these issues, as they are more related to the absent teachers, inefficient teachers and some teachers exploiting the position they occupy, and encouraging and prompting unworthy students to cover-up their absence from the college and efficiency. Today Medical Council of India wish to tag the Teacher whether in the campus or not however it may bring the Physical accountability and not moral accountability, Radio trackers on campuses A circular issued to all medical colleges says that the MCI will install radio trackers on all these campuses and upload the correct employee list after two levels of verification by a project coordinator whom the college concerned will appoint. In case fraudulent information is submitted, the college will be accountable. How method will work The Medical Council of India will install biometric radio trackers on campuses after preparing a correct employee list based on verification by a college-appointed coordinator. For false information, the college will be accountable. The devices will be networked on line for daily monitoring. For fingerprint authentication, the teachers’ database will be Aadhaar-linked.It makes us like criminals in this process the Students will gain upper hand and black mail even the good teachers, I have worked in a deemed university our Vice-chancellor used to tell you should monitor and council non performing students however it time the college principals if they are competent and regular? Should council many senior and non performing teacher as everybody is equal in the Democracy when they do not follow the rules. Our Education system is reaching to stage of point of no return. I wish Medical council of India will bring in more accountability on ethics and regulation or else the examination we conduct and degrees will be a fatal joke on the innocent people. Above all the student can expose the teachers and system with more determination as The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Section 66A of Information Technology Act as unconstitutional and struck it down. IT WILL CERTAINLY HAVE GREAT INFLUENCE ON OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM MANY FACTS WILL BE EXPOSED WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR A TIME TO WATCH EVENTS ? HOWEVER WE CANNOT HIDE THE TRUTH FOR LONG ON HAPPENINGS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
Dr.T.V.Rao MD Professor of Microbiology Freelance writer