Medical Education in Bangladesh
Find MBBS Study Pattern in Bangladesh
Quality of Medical Education in Bangladesh for Indian Students explained here.
In recent years, medical education in developed and developing countries has undergone profound changes. To cope with these changes, medical schools around the world have attempted to make their curricula more meaningful and relevant to the needs of the time and to produce doctors oriented to the real needs of the community.
Medical education in Bangladesh has also experienced many changes and challenges. MBBS In Bangladesh a set-up for undergraduate medical education was continued from the pre-liberation period up to 1988. Then a great change was brought about in the curriculum in 1988 by making it more community-oriented. Although, it was a combined product of reorientation of medical education and community-oriented medical education a thoroughly revised new curriculum for undergraduate MBBS course was implemented in 2002 in Bangladesh aiming at the qualitative improvement in medical education. This new problem-oriented curriculum for undergraduate medical education was introduced following the recommendations of medical educationists and it was approved by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.
Quality of Medical Education in Bangladesh
It divided the long 5 years course into four parts by first, second, third and fourth professional examinations. The students have to face a lot of formative examinations in each discipline. Item examinations (covering shortest content area; e.g. 1-3 topics), card examinations (covering several items; e.g. single body area or system) and term examinations (covering several items and card; e.g. two-three body areas or systems) are three types of formative assessment are held in the medical colleges to enhance intern doctor’s learning and academic activities.
The MBBS students are being taught by lectures, tutorials, practical demonstrations and bedside clinical teachings. Modern teaching aid like OHP, multimedia, models were facilitating the classes of MBBS course. A good number of teachers is also trained on modern teaching and assessment methods.
MBBS Curriculum in Bangladesh
MBBS Education in Bangladesh the Curriculum same as India same NMC/MCI Guidelines.
The MBBS course is divided into four phases.
| Phase | Duration | Subjects | Examination |
| 1st phase | 1½ year | Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry | First Professional MBBS |
| 2nd phase | 1 year | Community Medicine, Forensic Medicine | Second Professional MBBS |
| 3rd phase | 1 year | Pharmacology & Therapeutics Pathology Microbiology | Third Professional MBBS |
| 4th phase | 1½ year | Medicine & Allied subjects, Surgery & Allied subjects, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. | Final Professional MBBS |
NB: All academic activities including professional examination of each phase must be completed within the specified time of the phase.
The university examinations will be held in the first week of January and July each year.
Subjects with the distribution of marks for different professional examinations are as follows:
First Professional Examination
| Subjects | Written Exam Marks | Structured Oral Exam Marks | Practical Exam Marks | Formative Exam Marks | Total Marks | |
| Soft Part | Hard Part | |||||
| Anatomy | 180 | 150 | 75 | 75 | 20 | 500 |
| Physiology | 180 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 400 | |
| Biochemistry | 180 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 400 | |
| Total | 1300 | |||||
Second Professional Examination
| Subjects | Written Exam Marks | Structured Oral Exam Marks | Practical Exam Marks | Formative Exam Marks | Total Marks |
| Community Medicine | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 |
| Forensic Medicine | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 |
| Total | 600 | ||||
Third Professional Examination
| Subjects | Written Exam Marks | Structured Oral Exam Marks | Practical Exam Marks | Formative Exam Marks | Total Marks |
| Pharmacology & Therapeutics | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 |
| Pathology | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 |
| Microbiology | 90 | 100 | 100 | 10 | 300 |
| Total | 900 | ||||
Fourth Professional Examination
| Subjects | Written Exam Marks | Structured Oral Exam Marks | Clinical | Practical | Formative Exam Marks | Total Marks |
| Medicine & Allied Subject | 180 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 500 |
| Surgery & Allied Subject | 180 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 500 |
| Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 180 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 20 | 500 |
| Total | 1500 | |||||
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Biochemistry
- Department of Community Medicine
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Forensic Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Dentistry
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