Medical Education in regional language will limit knowledge and growth, say doctors
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in October released textbooks of three subjects in Hindi for first-year students of MBBS course as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in Hindi, a first in the country.
Medical Education in regional language will limit knowledge and growth, say doctors
Madhya Pradesh government's take on imparting medical education in Hindi might help rural students initally, but it will gravely limit their scope for growth and knowledge, the doctors feel. Union Home Minister Amit Shah in October released textbooks of three subjects in Hindi for first-year students of MBBS course as part of an ambitious project of the Madhya Pradesh government to impart medical education in Hindi, a first in the country.
Shah also said "work is underway to start technical and medical education in eight other languages in the country." He had also asserted that students from across the nation should come out of their linguistic inferiority complex and showcase their abilities in their language.
As per Dr J A Jayalal, former national president of Indian Medical Association, Shah may have said abilities of students would "enhance" but, on the contrary, it may deter their growth.
"What we are talking about is modern medicine, it is universal medicine. It is not only practised in India, it is practised throughout the world. If you are trained in a regional language, you cannot expect to go outside to study and update your knowledge and skills," Jayalal said, as reported by Indian Express.
He added that "medical education cannot be taught through textbooks alone, it also requires frequently reading international research papers, journals and articles, all of which are written in English." "It will be ok if you are going to stay at a local community level and never connect with the global community. Basic understanding you can give in a regional language, but if you want to update your skills, it is not going to help you," he said.
In the first phase, Hindi textbooks on medical biochemistry, anatomy, and medical physiology have been released.
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