The seventh edition is in conformity with the latest Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum for the Indian Medical
Graduate mandated by MCI (now restructured as National Medical Commission).
It presents 20 thoroughly revised and updated chapters and
addresses 107 core competencies with special emphasis on 18 skill-based competencies. In addition, the seventh edition incorporates attitude,
ethics, and communication (AETCOM) skills (soft skills) to be integrated into undergraduate curriculum.
Methods of acquisition of these skills
have been indicated.
The revised chapters on concept of health and disease, ethics in medicine and doctor–patient relationship, social and
behavioural sciences (humanities), principles of health promotion and eduction, counselling and social marketing, health care of community and
community diagnosis, gender issues and women empowerment, health care delivery systems, health planning and management, laws
pertaining to practice of medicine, focus on: “real life issues” as illustrated in Problem based Learning, various case studies, building
communication skills, eliciting health care seeking behaviours, barriers in health care, doctor—patient and community relationship,
communication needs, assessment of comprehensive community diagnosis, therapy and prognosis, role of physician in health care system and
responsibility to society and community, working in a health care team as leader and member of health team, health legislations pertaining to
practice of medicine in outbreak and pandemic situation.
All the chapters focus on “Community as Patient”, community diagnosis and commanity
therapy. Whole of the government and whole of the society approach, leaving no one behind is the emphasis in all the revised chapters.