Mahal Ajay, Mohanan Manoj
Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Med Educ. 2006 Oct;40(10):1009-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02560.x.
Medical education has grown in India in nearly 6 decades since independence, but no quantitative assessment of this growth exists.
We examine the growth of medical education institutions in India, especially in the private sector, and their geographical distribution during the period 1950-2004. We show that the rapid growth in the number of medical colleges in India since 1950 has been driven largely by developments in the private sector. The private sector, currently accounting for over 45% of medical colleges in India, grew by 900% between 1970 and 2004, with the bulk of this growth occurring in the richer states. We assess the reasons for these trends and the ensuing equity implications.
The growth of the private medical education sector over the last 6 decades is the most dominant feature of the Indian medical education landscape.
自独立以来，印度的医学教育在近60年里不断发展，但目前尚无关于这一发展的量化评估。
我们研究了印度医学教育机构的发展情况，尤其是私立部门的发展情况，以及它们在1950年至2004年期间的地理分布。我们发现，自1950年以来，印度医学院数量的快速增长主要是由私立部门的发展推动的。目前，私立部门占印度医学院总数的45%以上，在1970年至2004年间增长了900%，其中大部分增长发生在较富裕的邦。我们评估了这些趋势的原因以及随之而来的公平性影响。
过去60年里私立医学教育部门的发展是印度医学教育格局最主要的特征。
