Undergraduate Competency-Based Medical Curriculum in Community Medicine: An Ongoing Journey

The specialty of Community Medicine plays a pivotal role in training of the Indian Medical Graduate. It provides them a deep exposure to the health and healthcare in the community where most of the healthcare is needed and are equipped with skills to communicate efficiently with the patient, family, and community. Reform in medical education in the past few years through the adoption and implementation of Curriculum-Based Medical Education (CBME) has further transformed the specialty of Community Medicine. Introduction of Family Adoption Programme, where the specialty of Community Medicine plays a pivotal role, has brought to the fore opportunities and fresh challenges. We have put forth the evolution of the curriculum in Community Medicine from the Graduate Medical Education Regulation 1997 to the current CBME guidelines 2024 attempting to provide the readers, especially the faculty in Community Medicine, easy tracing of the changes in the curriculum over the past few years and serve as a ready reckoner amid the conundrum of multiple guidelines.