Competency – based Curriculum: Need & implications

“Change before you have to” – suits well to the forthcoming curricular reforms from 2019 academic year for Undergraduate Medical education of our country. A shift from traditional to competency based curriculum was warranted in order to ensure competent health professionals as first contact physicians; a long lost glory of health care system of our country. The palpable need was realized unanimously for quite some time, backed by the vast expanse of literature advocating its necessity.