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Dear friends,

Please have some initial background.

" Knowledge Learnt in Isolation is Rapidly Forgotten "

Here comes the importance of integration. The dictionary meaning is “to make

entire " . Integration is defined as organization of teaching matter to

interrelate or unify subjects frequently taught in separate academic courses or

departments.

Our own nervous system gives us a good example of integration and its

effectiveness. There are approximately ten million afferent (input or sensory)

neurons, fifty billions integrating neurons and only half million efferent

(output or motor) neurons. This provides a ratio of about 20:1 between the

aggregate input and output channels. Thus by integration vast amount of

information can be presented to the students in a concise and comprehensive

manner. Of course, a lot of effort is required to process and organise the

information.

This is only possible if departmental (both intradepartmental and

inter-departmental) barriers are completely broken down and the curriculum is

revamped.

(Integrated teaching--our experience.

S Joglekar, PS Bhuiyan, S Kishore

Dept of Physiology, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.

Year : 1994 | Volume : 40 | Issue : 4 | Page : 231-2)

In conventional curriculum,different subjects are taught as per following

schedule.

Phase-I-One year-Anatomy,Physiology and Biochemistry

Phase-II-One and a half year-Pathology,Microbiology,Pharmacology and Forensic

Medicine

Phase-III-Part-I-Ophthalmology,ENT,Community Medicine and Paediatrics

Phase-III-Part-II-Medicine,Surgery and Ob. & Gy.

How can we plan Integrated curriclum?

Bharat Gajjar.

Moderator.

DR. BHARAT GAJJAR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY,

PRAMUKHSWAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE, KARAMSAD-388325. DIST.-ANAND (GUJARAT) INDIA.

MOBILE- 09428153344.