Inclusion of Occupational Health in MBBS Course Curriculum in India

Abstract

Occupational diseases contribute significantly to the global burden of diseases. Doctors employed in industrial hospital should have a basic knowledge of occupational health for efficient management of work related diseases. In different countries of world teaching sessions on topics of occupational health are conducted for undergraduate medical students. As more and more industrialization is going to take place in India ,it is felt that basic knowledge of occupational health should be acquired by the undergraduate medical students of India during MBBS to produce competent doctors who can efficiently deal with occupational diseases.

Keywords

• occupational
• health
• mbbs