India has the highest number of medical colleges in the world. This unprecedented growth has occurred in the past two decades in response to increasing health needs of the country. The most significant challenge for regulatory bodies has been to balance the need for more medical colleges with the maintenance of quality standards. The globalization of education and health care and India's potential as destination for education and quality health care has brought the issue into sharper focus. Despite the growth of medical colleges, India is still facing shortage of doctors with very low doctor- patient ratio.
The Indian Medical Education degree is not recognized in many countries. Curricular reform to systematically address the issues and develop strategies to strengthen the medical education and health care system is a logical next step. There is a need to create systems and standards that establish and promote state-of-the-art medical education, so that Indian medical graduates from all institutions are comparable to the best from anywhere in the world.
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