Inadequacy of Medical Education in India

Sir,?On graduation one finds that when confronted with first few cases all that was taught and emphasized in medical colleges is hardly sufficient and necessary for equipping one for general practice. In fact, the knowledge that is being imparted these days in the medical institutions makes it necessary for every fresh graduate to put in quite some time to acquaint himself with the requirements of general practice. This is not only my view : it is shared by graduates from Agra, Lucknow and other places as well. Things being so, I might suggest a few points for the consideration of those who are now actively planning to improve the medical education.? (1) That in every subject half of the examiners should be general practitioners. This is worth considering because the highly qualified staff in the colleges while teaching their subjects always try to (may be unconsciously) make out of their pupils specialists, which is unfair. Most of these highly qualified teachers