title: Do we need to change the medical curriculum: regarding the pain of others.
abstract: The current curriculum is behind its time and urgently requires to be reformed. The changes required are not only in the amount and type of desired information but also in the way this knowledge is acquired. Further, literature, art and philosophy require to be integrated in the curriculum so that a medical student can find his/her bearings in the society. Finally, but most importantly focus must be on developing empathy so that a prospective physician can correlate with the pain of patients and act towards relieving it rather than intellectualizing it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: drsundeepmishra@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sundeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India