Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui.
Grooming future doctors with research based medical curriculum.
J Bahria Uni Med Dental Coll Jan ;3(1):1-3.

Content of the medical curriculum is the hottest issue which is confronted by most of the educationist, both in developed and developing countries. Traditional medical curricula were designed in such a vogue that student should take benefit of the knowledge of the earlier physicians and then apply the same to treat his patient while stressing on memorization of the differential diagnosis, as suggested by the senior physician, based on their experience. This approach focused on training the future doctors to apply the already searched knowledge in the field without thinking critically about the other unknown factors influencing the outcome of the treatment and based on long didactic lectures. This system of training discouraged out of box thinking approach and physician were used to miss many factors directly or indirectly related to disease but not reported in the text.Research was considered as field reserved for post graduate students and most of the physicians did not know even the basics of research and with their busy clinical practice had no opportunity to train them-selves regarding the principles of research, to report the special problems of the patients, to identify new risk factors and to suggest their solutions.With the passage of time and advancement of technology, some of the physician started to apply scientific approach to solve the medical issues.

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