Pediatric Surgery in Undergraduate Curriculum: a Survey
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Pediatric Surgery in Undergraduate Curriculum: a Survey Hemonta Kr. Dutta 1 & Mauchumi Baruah 2 Received: 29 June 2019 / Accepted: 11 March 2020 # Association of Surgeons of India 2020
Abstract Pediatric surgical topics are not generally covered in undergraduate (UG) curriculum in India. However, incorporating pediatric surgery in UG curriculum will help in improving the total surgical care of infants and children, and will also motivate students to choose pediatric surgery as a career option. The purpose of the study was to identify the main objectives of pediatric surgery in UG curriculum and to evaluate the input of specialist, non-specialist, and students to these objectives. The survey was conducted among various stakeholders in three medical colleges in the state using a pre-designed questionnaire to identify the needs to incorporate pediatric surgery in UG curriculum. Twenty-five common topics of pediatric surgery were enlisted for the survey. All the topics were considered essential by pediatric surgeons and pediatricians, whereas general surgeons regarded 21 and general practitioners had identified 16 as essential (mean score > 2.0). The UG and post graduate medical students and interns considered all the items as essential. The study laid emphasis for having a unified, standardized pediatric surgery curriculum in the undergraduate teaching program. Keywords Medical education . Undergraduate curriculum . Pediatric surgery . Objectives
Introduction The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 emphasized teaching of pediatric surgery to undergraduate (UG) medical students [1]. According to Kyoto declaration (2002), every child has the right to best medical and surgical care and needs to be treated only by qualified and trained pediatric surgeons. In many western countries, pediatric surgery is now a regular part of UG curriculum [2,3]. In the UK, pediatric surgery has been included in a structured undergraduate curriculum [4]. Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons had recommended a total of thirteen topics pertaining to various systems in children to be included in the UG curriculum, which was later submitted to the Medical Council of India (MCI) [5]. MCI have since included some other specialty disciplines in the UG curriculum; however, pediatric surgery is yet to be included in the curriculum [6,7]. With increasing awareness on
* Hemonta Kr. Dutta [email protected] 1
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Assam Medical College & Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam 786002, India
2
Department of Physiology, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam, India
congenital malformations, pediatric trauma and pediatric cancer as well as high rate of infant and under-5 mortality in our country, it becomes necessary that pediatric surgery topics are taught to undergraduate students. These will not only help in providing better surgical care to infant and children but will also help young medical graduates to choose pediatric surgery as a future career option.
Material and Methods This is a cross-sectional survey
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