MBBS, BAMS Integrated Course to Span Over 5 Years at JIPMER Puducherry

The MBBS-BAMS integrated course will be a degree course with a duration of more than five years, including one year internship for the dual degree at JIPMER Puducherry. 

The MBBS-BAMS integrated course at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, will be a programme with a duration of more than five years, with one year internship leading to dual degrees. On May 27, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare and AYUSH announced India's first integrated MBBS and BAMS course at JIPMER Puducherry. 

The Auroville Foundation has proposed the Medicine and Ayurveda integrated course. As per the media reports, the MBBS BAMS integrated course syllabus for phase 1 is ready. The syllabus has been prepared on the competency-based curriculum under the guidance of the National Medical Commission (NMC). Reportedly, the integrated course will be a degree-level programme with a duration of more than five years, as reported by Medical Dialogues. 

Meanwhile, the Allopathic doctors are against of Government's plan to combine the MBBS with the BAMS programme. The Indian Medical Association strongly condemn the decision to mix Medicine with Ayurveda in order to conserve the purity of each discipline of medicine. 

However, JIPMER Puducherry is yet to officially disclose any details concerning the MBBS and BAMS integrated programme, claiming that the communication between JIPMER and the Union Health Ministry regarding the proposal is unavailable. 

Auroville secretary Dr Jayanti S Ravi, who has been mentioned in her January 25 letter, stated that the discussions have been ongoing for the last several months with Dr V K Paul, Member, NITI Aayog; Dr Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, AYUSH. However, their comments on the integrated course and the details of the programme are yet to be made public. 

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