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Kishor Patwardhan
Department of Kriya Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU, Varanasi - 221 005, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Date of Web Publication | 15-Jun-2010 |
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How to cite this article:
Patwardhan K. Author's reply. Int J Ayurveda Res 2010;1:133-4 |
Sir,
In response to the communication by Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi we are willing to give our following comments:
- Apart from the challenges of Ayurveda education that we have recognized in the present study, [1] we have also observed that the Ayurveda graduates are not trained adequately in basic clinical skills [2] and this is probably the major cause of diffident clinicians being produced. Unless the memory-oriented and theory-oriented teaching does not transform into clinically oriented practical training, the problem is probably going to remain.
- There is an urgent need of establishing a national level body for taking care of the following.
- Educational research is carried out in Ayurveda and suitable recommendations are put forth from time to time to ensure the relevance of Ayurveda education.
- Strict regulatory norms are implemented while granting approvals to the institutions.
- Uniform pay packages and regular promotions are ensured to attract and retain good teachers and clinicians in the education system.
- NET-like compulsory national level screening test is introduced to assess the quality of the aspiring teachers before declaring them eligible for lectureship.
- At present, India follows the policy model of "parallel approach", where traditional systems of medicine and Allopathy are segregated. [3] Implementation of the policy model of "integrated approach", where all streams of medicine are integrated at all the levels of education and practice, as being followed in China and Vietnam, [4] may be the eventual solution for this problem.
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| 1. | Patwardhan K, Gehlot S, Singh G, Rathore HCS. Global challenges of graduate level Ayurvedic education: A survey. Int J Ayurveda Res 2010;1:49-54.  [PUBMED]  |
| 2. | Patwardhan K, Gehlot S, Singh G, Rathore HC. The Ayurveda Education in India: How well are the graduates exposed to basic clinical skills? Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2009 [In Press]. |
| 3. | Bodeker G. Lessons on integration from the developing world's experience. BMJ 2001;322:164-7. |
| 4. | Patwardhan B, Warude D, Pushpangadan P, Bhatt N. Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine: A comparative overview. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2005;2:465-73. |
Correspondence Address:
Kishor Patwardhan
Department of Kriya Sharir, Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, BHU, Varanasi - 221 005, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
India
PMID: 20814532
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