Open AccessEvolution of medical education in India: The impact of colonialism
Author(s) -
. Anshu,
Avinash Supe
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.191011
Subject(s) - colonialism , indigenous , independence (probability theory) , hegemony , curriculum , medicine , allopathic medicine , alternative medicine , political science , law , pathology , ecology , statistics , mathematics , politics , biology
The cross-cultural exchanges between the people of India and their colonial rulers provides a fascinating insight into how these encounters shaped medicine and medical education in India. This article traces the history of how Indian medicine was transformed in the backdrop of colonialism and hegemony. It goes on to show how six decades after independence, we have have still been unable to convincingly shrug off the colonial yoke. India needs to work out a national medical curriculum which caters to our country's needs. A symbiotic relationship needs to be developed between the indigenous and allopathic systems of medicine.