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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indographics 2025; 04(01): 022-030
DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1806783
Review Article

Competency-Based Medical Education in Radiology in Indian Medical Schools: A Narrative Review

Santosh Rai 
1   Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
,
Aravindharaj Tamilselvan 
1   Department of Radiology, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
,
Ramya Ganesh
2   Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
,
Anand R.
3   Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Competency-based medical education (CBME) is the latest reform in undergraduate medical education. Education in medicine is extremely dynamic and ever-evolving, which makes it necessary to integrate new strategies to educate students. Strategies that make education more student and patient centric, helping students better themselves and improve the quality of patient care with emphasis on patient understanding, consent, and autonomy. When it comes to radiology and implementation of CBME curriculum, it has proven to be beneficial to students. It exposes students to the limited and essential knowledge that students can comprehend moving forward. Teaching complex topics like MRI types or CT scan interpretation in the second professional year may be premature and ineffective. Therefore, dividing the course according to the understanding and accessibility of the students leads to better results in overall student understanding and patient care.

Keywords

CBME - radiology - undergraduate - assessment

Authors' Contributions

S.R. contributed to the concepts, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review, and is the guarantor. A.T. and R.G. contributed to the concepts, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review. A.R. contributed to manuscript editing and manuscript review.




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Article published online:
04 June 2025

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