Citizen Doctor Course


For: Human Value Development, Personality and Professional Development, Employability Skill Development
Year of Implementation
Over 15 years back
Faculty in Charge
Dr ManjulikaVaz

This course is the coming together of classes on environmental science and health and Constitution of India and patient rights to promote the idea of responsiveness and citizenship among medical students and future doctors. The value focus of each module to look beyond oneself. A more detailed description of this course and its evaluation by students can be found at: https://www.ijme.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-making-of-a-Citizen-Doctor227-235.pdf [Hegde R, Vaz M. The making of a “Citizen Doctor”: How effective are value-based classes? Indian J Med Ethics. 2020 Jul-Sep; 5(3) NS: 227-35. DOI:10.20529/IJME.2020.055. Classes are mandatory for all first-year medical students.

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