Medical Education in Bangladesh

Medical boards around the world face the challenge of creating competency-based medical training programs so that the health professions education process produce doctors who can be able to demonstrate essential competence in rendering comprehensive health care and ensure high quality care with empathy and respect. In recent years, medical education in multiple countries has undergone profound changes and to cope with these changes, medical schools around the world have attempted to revise their curriculum according to the needs of the modern time and to make the doctors oriented to the real needs of the people. The curriculum focused not only on medical knowledge and clinical skills but also professional attitudes, behaviour and ethics that all health professionals must have regardless of where they are trained.

Similarly, medical education in Bangladesh has also experienced many changes. It is a South Asian country situated in the east of India with Dhaka as its capital. This country has undergone changes for undergraduate medical education which continued for a prolonged time period, from the pre-liberation period to 1988. A thoroughly revised new curriculum for MBBS programme was implemented in 2002 in Bangladesh aiming at qualitative improvement in medical education keeping the course at par with the western countries. 

Bangladesh medical studies went through remarkable progress in the last few years of 20th century in all fields of scientific endeavour. The newer technologies provided to medical educationist, an unparalleled opportunity for development of highly effective and efficient tools for teaching and learning with innovative techniques. This dramatic change in the field of medical education in Bangladesh is done to serve the needs of the society at large.

Duration
The MBBS course in Bangladesh comprises of five years of academic medical knowledge, followed by compulsory rotatory internship of one year. The course follows semester system, and the interval between each semester is of six months. The MBBS students are taught by lectures, tutorials, practical demonstrations along with clinical practise. Modern teaching aids like OHP, multimedia, models are also incorporated in the classes of MBBS course to make the programme more realistic and interesting. A good number of teachers are also trained on modern teaching and assessment methods to provide the students with ultimate quality teaching.

Specialities of Medical education in Bangladesh

• Bangladesh provides a peaceful and safe campus with necessary academic facilities and faculties which are the pre-requisite for better realistic change.
• Students are provided with the practical and experiment based training to improve their skills in a better way.
• The food habits of the people here are very similar to that of the Indians. So type and quality of food is not a concern here.
• Bangladesh shares a very similar medical course curriculum to that of India.
• The universities of Bangladesh are MCI, WHO and UNESCO recognised so one can practise in India as well after getting the degree from here.
• There is no entrance exam that one needs to prepare for to get into the universities of Bangladesh.
• The universities here provides hostel and mess facilities so that the students don’t have to face problem searching for accommodation.
• Students can get loans easily to study Medicine in the universities of Bangladesh.
• English is the medium of instruction here so the students won’t face any language problem.
• There is no capitation fee or hidden charges included.

Eligibility

• Students willing to enrol in Bangladesh Universities must have science in their 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as their compulsory subject.
• The student has to score minimum 50% in PCB (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) in order to pursue medical science in Bangladesh.
• She/he has to qualify NEET with the minimum passing marks of 150 for general category and 115 for reserved category students according to the guidelines of NMC.

Medical Colleges in Focus: Bangladesh

• Sylhet Women’s Medial College (Private) 5 years MBBS (Fees 27,29,046 INR For Full Course Including Food & Accommodation)
• East West Medical College (Private) 5 years MBBS (Fees 31,95,000 INR For Full Course Including Food & Accommodation)
• Ibn Sina Medical College (Private ) 5 years MBBS (Fees 28,40,000 INR For Full Course Including Food Accommodation)