Need to upgrade the
education system in sync with the changing trends
In every field there is always a need
for change based on the contemporary needs, advancements, or changes. Those which
transform to cope up with such changes will survive and others get eliminated
or neglected. Current homoeopathic education system needs certain changes. It has
to be more synchrony with some of the advancements and challenges. This article
tries to highlight such changes needed in the homoeopathic education system.
Contemporary
thinkers
There is no way for the students to
get to know about the contemporary thinkers successful in the field like Jeremy
Sherr, Jan Scholten, George Vithoulkas, A. U. Ramakrishnan, Robin Murphy, Rajan
Sankaran, Praful Vijayakar, David Little, Luc De Schepper, etc. Each one has an
interpretation of homoeopathic concepts and homoeopathic therapeutics. Students
should be given an opportunity to the new ideas either good or bad. It will
help them to apply them in their practice whenever need to enhance their
clinical results. So far they have been in a well of old schools of thought,
from which they seldom come during their course period.
Recent
researches
There have been recent break-through
researchers in homoeopathy. For example, a team from Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, has demonstrated the presence of nanoparticles of starting materials
and their aggregates. Researches by French Nobelist Luc Montagnier, who had
co-discovered HIV and won Nobel Prize for that, had described the capacity of
some bacterial DNA sequences to induce electromagnetic waves at high aqueous
dilutions. Such type of research findings are reported time to time which form
the basis for further evolution of the system. Understanding such researches at
student level will trigger the better research culture among homoeopaths in
future.
Computer
training
Computer has become essential part of
life. Its application in homoeopathic practice is increasing. A decade ago it
was used only for the repertorisation. But now it has become important for case
record management, appointment management, communication through email, online
consultation. But training on applied utilisation of computers is not part of
the current BHMS syllabus. An hour per week training program will enhance the
efficiency of the homoeopathic physicians in their practice.
Softwares
and applications
There have been many softwares,
applications, websites available for faster repertorisation, better patient
management systems, to aid clinical research and to enhance overall clinical
practice. Though if a student has computer knowledge, unless otherwise he/she has
his own interest, there is no way in the curriculum structure to have the
knowledge of such softwares and applications. It is for the policy makers and
the CCH education committee to include them in the syllabus.
Focus on recent medical advancement
Our curriculum structure gives
more stress on past than the present and future. History of medicine and
philosophy, history of homoeopathy and philosophy are covered in the BHMS and
MD curriculum. Genetic engineering, molecular biology, biotechnology are the
allied advancing medical fields in recent times. In our curriculum, though
focuses on basic anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, etc., these
recent developments are omitted. Curriculum should include the basic
understanding on these medical advancements. It can cover mutations due to
abuse of antibiotics or cellular metabolism and steroids or even gene
expression and homoeopathy.
Managing of emergency conditions
The recent regulation suggests the colleges to have a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with nearby hospitals to get the exposure
in the management of diseases in emergency conditions.
This welcome move should be implemented properly. Many
colleges do even not have certain basic equipments like nebulizer. Such
facilities are to be made in the IPD so that students and interns have
experience in using minor management tools.
More
surgical cases
Exposure to more surgical cases within the
scope of homoeopathy will increase the confidence at
student level. Apart from the above mentioned regulation of MoU, at
least a part time surgeon should be appointed. He/she may not necessarily practice this,
but will be able to discriminate a purely surgical case for surgeons from
homoeopathically manageable cases.
BHMS
as eligibility for various doctoral programmes
Many
BHMS graduates have done and are doing higher studies in different fields like anatomy,
microbiology, clinical embryology, etc. But neither BHMS nor MD (Hom) is
eligible for many PhD programmes for which many life sciences courses are
eligible. If CCH looks into this matter and manages to get this eligibility
criteria changed, many homoeopaths would enter into such field of researches.
It would be an opportunity for them to explore the homoeopathic research in
such allied fields.
The above suggested changes are given
by discussing with academicians and education experts. It is for the policy
makers and implementing authorities to examine, decide and implement as needed.
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