Open AccessMedical education and training in Nepal: SWOT analysis
Author(s) -
Hemang Dixit,
Sujan Babu Marahatta
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
kathmandu university medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1812-2078
pISSN - 1812-2027
DOI - 10.3126/kumj.v6i3.1725
Subject(s) - medicine , swot analysis , training (meteorology) , medical education , management , physics , meteorology , economics
Objective: To analyse the impact of the medical colleges that have been set up within the last two decades by production of the doctors and the effect on the health of the people Materials and methods: SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis of medical education in Nepal has been done by reviewing medical manpower produced by the different institutions in the undergraduate and postgraduate (PG) categories, their registration with the Nepal Medical Council in terms of the existing health scenario of the country Results: Shows severe shortage of basic sciences teachers. In the clinical areas ophthalmic manpower and services provided are exemplary. There are shortages and shortcomings in all areas if standard health care is to be provided to the Nepalese. There is a long way to go to provide the expected educational and medical services to foreigners prepared to pay more to avail of this in Nepal. Key words: HRH, undergraduate, PG, basic sciences, clinical, medical tourism. doi: 10.3126/kumj.v6i3.1725 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2008), Vol. 6, No. 3, Issue 23, 412-420