Open AccessMedical postgraduate (MD) program in Laboratory Medicine in India: The Past, Present and Future
Author(s) -
A. K. Mukhopadhyay,
Sudhanshu Shekhar,
Parul Chopra,
Parag Parshuram Patil,
Rajeswari Jayakumar,
Tushar Sehgal,
Suneeta Meena,
Aparingombam,
Vikesh K Shah,
Praveen Kumar,
Sudip Kumar Datta,
Purva Mathur,
Arulselvi Subramanian,
Subrata Sinha,
A. K. Mukhopadhyay
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1334_21
Subject(s) - bachelor , graduation (instrument) , medicine , parliament , medical education , commission , medical laboratory , nursing , political science , engineering , law , politics , mechanical engineering
A medical postgraduate course in the field of Laboratory Medicine for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree holders has existed for more than two decades in India, initiated and offered by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, which was created under the special Act of Parliament of India 1956. This course has recently been included in the draft of National Medical Commission's Post Graduate Regulation 2021 list of medical courses, and the foundation guidelines have been laid for other medical colleges and teaching hospitals across the country to start this course. This article, written purely in academic interest, describes the past, present and future of this postgraduate training program in India with an aim to answer several doubts regarding this unique and holistic course with a view to providing a direction to those who are willing to become a laboratory physician through this post-graduation.