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The revised curriculum eliminates seven hours of disability training. (PTI data map)
The revised course discusses sexual perversion, fetishism, transvestism, voyeurism, sadism, necrophagy, masochism, exhibitionism, masochism, and necrophilia. However, the difference between consensual sex among queer individuals has been erased
The National Medical Council has reintroduced “sodomy and lesbianism” as unnatural sex crimes into the forensics and toxicology curriculum for medical undergraduates.
In addition to defining virginity and defloration, legality and its medico-legal importance, it also brings back topics such as hymens and their types and their medico-legal importance.
These subjects have been canceled from 2022 as per the orders of Madras High Court.
The revised Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Curriculum, besides the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO), also includes “Description of legal capabilities including Bharatiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam ( BSA)”, civil and criminal cases, interrogations (police and magistrate trials), cognizable and non-cognizable offences”.
It discusses sexual perversion, fetishism, transvestism, voyeurism, sadism, necrophilia, masochism, exhibitionism, necrophilia, and necrophilia. However, sources say the distinction between consensual sex between queer individuals has been erased.
The revised curriculum eliminates seven hours of disability training. At the end of the teaching in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, students should be able to understand the medicolegal framework of medical practice, codes of conduct, medical ethics, professional misconduct and medical negligence, conduct forensic examinations and records, the NMC said in its document, and understand the various medical laws Cases and stay up to date on the latest Acts and laws relevant to healthcare professionals, including relevant court decisions.
“It is time to revisit all aspects of the various components of existing regulations and guidelines and adapt them to changing populations, socioeconomic backgrounds, perceptions, values, advancements in medical education, and stakeholder expectations,” NMC said in a statement stated in its 2024 Guidelines for Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum (CBME).
The result is a results-oriented curriculum that is in line with global trends. The report states that it emphasizes the horizontal and vertical coordination and integration of disciplines, while respecting the advantages and necessity of subject-based teaching and assessment.
The undergraduate medical education program is designed with the objective of producing an “Indian Medical Graduate” (IMG) possessing the necessary knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and responsiveness to enable her or him to be appropriately effective as a first-time Indian medical practitioner play a role.
“To achieve this goal, the following national and institutional goals are hereby set for learners in postgraduate medical training programs in India.
“The first liaison physician needs to be proficient in performing the duties of a primary care physician and possess the skills required for promotional, preventive, rehabilitative, palliative care and referral services,” the document states.
(This report has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from United News Agency-PTI)
