Medical Education How to uphold standards of medical education in Nepal: Some recommendations

Medical education has been a subject of the highest concern to all the people as it produces excellent doctors who serve the people. Critics ’ remark say that the current medical education system has not served well, the general standards of the medical graduates who pass out of our medical colleges in Nepal is low as compared to international standards, both in skill and in knowledge. Everybody talks about it but nobody does anything about it. Medical education system should have caught up with vision of a better society where in there is a commitment to important principles of social justices, but in reality we see intolerable in equities in the distribution of health resources with in our country. The medical education has to keep to certain standards is a truism. Medical educationist should provide the medical graduates with enough skills and knowledge so that s/he can practice his arts and science confidentially and with the necessary skill. Regulation of standards can be achieved by inspection, control and rectification. Three different bodies are regularly checking the standards of education of medical and dental college