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LETTERS: Rahul Velineni Foundation year for newly qualified doctors: A house officer writes BMJ 2005; 331: 697 [Full text]

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Medical graduate should be trained according to the primary care need of the country

ALOK KUMAR SINGH, Rmeshwar Nath Chauarasia   (27 September 2005)

Medical graduate should be trained according to the primary care need of the country 27 September 2005
ALOK KUMAR SINGH, Senior Resident Deptt of Cardiology Department of cardilogy Institute of medical sciences B.H.U VARANASI 221005 INDIA, Rmeshwar Nath Chauarasia Send response to journal: Re: Medical graduate should be trained according to the primary care need of the country	Sir I principally agree with the issue raised by Rahul Velineni and his concern regarding the training of newly qualified doctors. Sir now days interests of medical students becoming more academic oriented and at the same time, emphasiss on learning clinical skill is reduced, which will have great impact on the quality of health care delivery and this may be the one of reason of failure of primary health care system especially in developing world. Because any country cannot afford the high technology instrument in primary care setting, and most of the students are trained in big instititions, they are not accustomed to treating patients in primary care settings. Sir what I feel is that every student should be trained according to primary care setting, which will improve the clinical skill of students as well as the health care delivery system of any country, especially it will be very helpful for the developing world. ALOK KUMAR SINGH MD SENIOR RESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, B.H.U VARANASI 221005 Competing interests: NONE