Medical | Nursing |
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Students from rural backgrounds | Â |
• In public medical colleges, 20% of seats are allocated for district quotas | • In public nursing schools, 38% of seats are allocated for district quotas in both BSc and diploma in nursing programmes |
• In private medical schools, at least 5% of seats are allocated for poor and merit applicants | • In private nursing schools, scholarships (full or partial) depending on the students’ performance. It varies between the colleges |
Health professional schools outside major cities | Â |
• Initiatives are taken to establish new private medical colleges outside the capital city (Dhaka) | • Initiatives are taken to establish at least one nursing institute with all medical colleges (both public and private) |
Clinical rotations in rural areas during studies | Â |
• Provision of community placement for 30 days during the MBBS programme. This is also considered as the Residential Field Site Training Program | • The duration of community field practice varies depending on the subject and semesters |
• As part of clinical rotation, at least 2 weeks of community field site training in rural health facilities | |
Curricula that reflect rural health issues | Â |
• Contents related to rural health, community health, and population health are included in the recently updated MBBS curriculum of 2012 | • Contents related to community health nursing and population health are included in nursing curricula |
• Initiatives are taken by the Directorate of Medical Education to implement and revise the medical curricula | • Initiatives are taken by the Directorate of Nursing Services and Bangladesh Nursing Council to implement and revise nursing curricula |
• Program Implementation Plan and Operation Plan of Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program (HPNSDP) also emphasizes development and review of medical curricula and national training policies | |
Continuous professional development | Â |
• Provision of pre-service and in-service training exists | • Provision of pre-service and in-service training for nurses |
• Operation plans emphasize to build capacity through need-based quality education and training | • Operation plans emphasize to build capacity through need-based quality education and training |