Strengthening clinical training for medical students in India: Existing challenges and potential solutions

Clinical teaching is an integral and indispensable part of medical training imparted to undergraduate medical students and plays a vital role in making of competent health-care professional. Acknowledging the wide range of merits associated with clinical training among medical students, it is of utm...

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Main Authors: Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Anup Mukund Marar, Prateek Sudhakar Bobhate, Prithvi Brahmanand Petkar, Sonali K Borkar
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Sciences
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jcls.jcls_71_24
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description Clinical teaching is an integral and indispensable part of medical training imparted to undergraduate medical students and plays a vital role in making of competent health-care professional. Acknowledging the wide range of merits associated with clinical training among medical students, it is of utmost importance that targeted efforts and initiatives are taken to strengthen it and ensure the attainment of learning outcomes. The process of clinical training has been linked with multiple challenges related to teachers, students, patients, curriculum-related, and hospitals as well. In conclusion, clinical training has been acknowledged as one of the crucial aspects of medical training. It is imperative that the identified challenges interfering with clinical training should be addressed and students should be given a favorable learning environment to acquire essential skills.
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title Strengthening clinical training for medical students in India: Existing challenges and potential solutions
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