Present status of implementation of undergraduate curriculum of Bangladesh in selected private medical colleges: Teachers perspectives

In recent years, medical education in developed and developing countries has undergone profound changes to keep pace with advancing public health needs and challenges. To reorient medical education in the South-East Asian Region, the adoption of the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Global Standards in Medical Education was emphasized. A significant number of reports by national and international organizations also suggested strategies for direction to such changes. In Bangladesh, a community-oriented and competency-based undergraduate medical curriculum was implemented in 2002 with an aim to produce need-based doctors for the community. However, it was felt necessary that there should be an ongoing evaluation of the curriculum to make it more responsive to community health needs. This study was designed to investigate the opinions of medical teachers on the present status of implementation of undergraduate curriculum of Bangladesh in selected private medical colleges.