TRAINING OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PATHOLOGY, CURRENT SCENARIO AND HOW IT CAN BE IMPROVED: A REVIEW

There a wide variation in the competence of the postgraduates trained in pathology across the country. The curriculum and training methods vary from Government Medical Colleges to Autonomous Institutes. This results in strong disparities in the diagnostic, teaching, research and the managerial skills of the graduates. A uniform and better trained pathologist would be a great asset to the society. The Government Medical Colleges have the hub of budding pathologists, a proper curriculum planning and emphasis on learning of recent techniques with proper career planning would help pathology practice in a long way. In this article an effort was made to compile the various views of eminent educationists in the field of medicine, the current scenario and the methods needed to rectify at our level.