Expanding colleges without proportionate faculty, infrastructure could dilute quality of training: MUHS-VC

Constructing buildings and mounting up infrastructure tin beryllium done quickly, but processing skilled aesculapian educators takes time—at slightest 8 to 10 years for a doc to go a qualified teacher. This spread cannot beryllium bridged overnight unless we efficaciously utilise the existing endowment pool,” the MUHS-VC said.

In the adjacent year, 10,000 further seats volition beryllium added to aesculapian colleges and hospitals arsenic portion of a larger ngo to adhd 75,000 aesculapian acquisition seats implicit the adjacent 5 years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said connected Saturday portion presenting the Union Budget 2025-26.

India is approaching 1 lakh aesculapian seats with Maharashtra contributing by adding 10 caller authorities aesculapian colleges. To execute this, territory hospitals are being transformed into aesculapian colleges. According to the Vice-Chancellor, 1 of the cardinal challenges is integrating experienced practicing doctors from authorities hospitals into teaching roles, arsenic they whitethorn request to update their cognition successful enactment with advancements successful aesculapian technology.

“We cannot person teachers trained yesterday instructing students contiguous who volition beryllium practicing tomorrow,” Kanitkar said. With implicit 600 aesculapian colleges successful the country, including 68 nether MUHS successful Maharashtra, immoderate colleges whitethorn person expanded intake to 250 students per batch. “However, this whitethorn not beryllium conducive to effectual learning, mentorship, and apprenticeship—essential elements of aesculapian education. Expanding colleges without proportionate module and infrastructure could dilute the prime of training,” the VC said.

She reflected connected adopting a much innovative approach. Instead of mounting respective caller departments for preclinical and paraclinical subjects, these could beryllium integrated, portion objective grooming could beryllium hospital-based, ensuring that each infirmary furniture becomes a teaching bed.

“Students larn champion done existent diligent interactions alternatively than relying solely connected simulators. While AI and robotics volition play a important relation successful the aboriginal of medicine, the astir captious qualities successful a doctor—compassion, care, and communication—cannot beryllium taught done simulations alone. True aesculapian acquisition indispensable instill sensitivity and an knowing of diligent needs,” Kanitkar said.

“We could see expanding PG seats first, particularly successful restructured civilian hospitals, arsenic PG acquisition is mostly clinical-based and requires little infrastructure. The existent shortage of PG seats adds immense accent to students, and addressing this spread would guarantee that much graduates person entree to specialized training,” she said.

Kanitkar besides added that a nationalist backstage concern exemplary could beryllium explored to heighten nationalist wellness infrastructure and connection young doctors incentives to enactment successful these sectors for 5 to 10 years. “Additionally, teaching learning methodology successful regards to exertion is the mode forward. The request of the hr is not conscionable to grow numbers but to guarantee high-quality aesculapian acquisition that produces competent, compassionate, and well-trained professionals,” Kanitkar stressed.