PERCEPTIONS OF COMPETENCY BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION IMPLEMENTED IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN A DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Objective: Medical education recently reforms the structure, components, time-bound, learner centric new curriculum known as competency based medical education all over the country. Being implemented as a new CBME curriculum in Medical education, the study has been initiated to assess the perception towards CBME among the UG students in a medical college of Assam. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among Phase 1 UG medical students of 2024-25 batch admitted to FAAMCH, Barpeta Assam. Data were collected by self-administered questionnaire method after taking informed consent for the study. The responses were assessed and analyzed. Results: A total of 123 students from Phase I MBBS participated in this study. Among them 84 (68.29%) male and 39 (31.71%) were female students, 80 (65.4%) from 20-23 y, 107 (86.99%) from nuclear and 16 (13%) from joint family. Majority of the students 80 (65.04%), 30 (24.39%), 13 (10.56%) belonged to rural, urban and semi-urban area. Awareness about new CBME curriculum 119 (96.74%), 115(93.49%) various domains of TLM, Role of IMG and FAP were 100%; only 71(57.72%) aware about revised guidelines. Knowledge of various components of CBME curriculum was found to be more than 90% except Learner doctor program 76 (61.78%), electives 42 (34.14%), disability guidelines 39(31.7%) and revised CBME guidelines 73 (59.35%). Conclusion: The study participants perception towards various curricular components were found to be satisfactory. 71.42% of the students having satisfactory, 17.14% having average and 21.42% having poor knowledge on Curricular components of CBME.