title: Role of Nepal medical council in MBBS curriculum.
abstract: The development of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course in Nepal is recounted. From the stage of having a single medical college to the stage of having ten is documented. The role that the Nepal Medical Council (NMC) has played in the development of medical education in Nepal has been adequately described. Comparison of the MBBS course that the three universities are running the MBBS is done and suggestions are made for possible future directions.
authors.affiliation: Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal. hdixit@healthnet.org.np
authors.forename: Hemang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dixit
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D004516:Education, Premedical; D006801:Humans; D009390:Nepal; D013663:Teaching / Q000592:standards