NEED OF RESEARCH ORIENTED APPROACH IN MEDICAL EDUCATION IN INDIA

Since independence , there has been drastic rise of expenditure fueled towards Research and Development in our country the figures shows that it was about 20 crores which was spent in 1960s which went to about 8500 crores in the year 2004 and further it is being spent in number of institutions. However the publication record has been rather disappointing. The number of scientific articles from India included in Science Citation Index fell from 14,983 in 1980 to 12,127 in 2000. The Medical Research is in worse shape. Even though it is considered as an integral part of Medical education, it gets the lowest priority in budget allocation and in national agenda regarding the importance of Medical Research.