THE MBBS PROGRAMME IN NEPAL

This article gives a comparison of the MBBS course that is being conducted by the three universities in Nepal. The course started by the Institute of Medicine was the pioneering effort. The concepts were taken a bit further at the time that the medical course at the B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) was formulated. This teaching institution became partly responsible for the delivery of health care to certain areas of the country thus meeting the goal that the producers of health manpower were also involved in the delivery of health services to the community as well. With the starting of the medical course by Kathmandu University, this journey in the field of medical education was taken one more step forward. The involvement of private institutions also in the field of medical education meant that it was no longer just the responsibility of the government. Tribhuvan University also gave affiliations to private institutions in the medical field. The stage has now been extended by the starting of a medical course based totally on Problem Based Learning at the Kathmandu University Medical School or KUMS. Key Words: MBBS, medical education, community oriented, system based, integrated