The
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) is awaiting
the nod of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to include Yoga,
Ayurveda sciences, and traditional medicine in the MBBS curriculum.
The
recommendation has come from the Standing Academic Committee (SAC) of the
Institute. Apart from Yoga and Ayurvedic science, the Committee has suggested
for including new branches such as aviation medicine and organ transplant in
the syllabus.
“We have
designed a state-of-the-art curriculum for the MBBS course, but the final nod is
awaited from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Standing Academic
Committee has cleared it. Yoga Science will be an integral part of the
curriculum and we will also have research postings. Our MBBS committee has
worked round the clock to make the curriculum cutting-edge,” Director Prof
Vivek Lal told The Tribune.
Earlier, the
National Medical Commission (NMC) introduced Yoga training in the MBBS
foundation course.
“Yoga
practices shall be a maximum of one hour every day during the period of 10 days
beginning from June 12 every year to culminate on the International Yoga
Day, i.e., June 21st, to be celebrated in all medical schools across
the country. All batches of MBBS may practice these. The yoga module will be
made available to all colleges by the Under Graduate Medical Education Board, NMC.
However, colleges may adopt their own modules. Yoga unit may be included under
PMR department or any other department of all colleges at their discretion,”
the Commission said in its circular.
Later, the
UGMEB of NMC issued another circular to notify the Common Yoga Protocol being
developed by the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga under the Ministry of
AYUSH to maintain uniformity of the course.
The PGI
Chandigarh has recommended adding Yoga, Ayurveda, and traditional medical sciences
in the MBBS syllabus, complying with the NMC’s plans for including Yoga
training in the MBBS curriculum, Prof Vivek said.
