Feedback on medical education ' please respond

[Amali De Silva - Mitchell]

Soem countries have a 5 to 6 year !D program. However others have a premed and then the 5 years. This means perhaps 9 years to reach MD.  

There is a shortage of Doctors for patients. 

Is the following feasible ? 

Large base intake of students

After 2 years qualify as a nurse to that track 

After 4  to 5 years qualify for a medical science degree for AI and other science streams.

After a further 2 years with a focus on practical MD work the student is bow an MD. This will be the smallest group of students. So 7 years to MD but along thr way students can close off on a designation.

This given students options and money foe their studies. Flexibility for life and a guarantee of a work stream 

PLEASE share your thoughts.. we may then develop an advocacy paper for getting more medical service for the public. 

I also think a lot of education must be taken virtual in the first 5 years to reduce costs and host a large base of students. 

Final 2 year MD program must host x3 the students for the current facilities. E,g, a night school etc. 

Interested to hear your opinions

Patients need more doctors and the costs and length of education a deterrent for prospective students.

Thanks Amali

In total 

[Amali De Silva - Mitchell]

Dear Dr Gupta and DCs

We please ask your group to respond to us and work with us collaboratively on this topic of how to enhance medical education to attract more Doctors to training foe an increasing global population. 

Please see thread below. We will arrange a group call in the fall.

I invite the DCs at large to send us feedback. A serous issue for some countries and populations. AI will help with education and onsite. 

 

Thanks

Amali De Silva-Mitchell 

Chair DC DDHT

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From: Amali De Silva - Mitchell <gphli...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 08:50
Subject: Feedback on medical education ' please respond
To: IGF Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies <igf-d...@googlegroups.com>

Some countries have a 5 to 6 year MD program. However others have a premed and then the 5 years. This means perhaps 9 years to reach the MD certificate.  

[Amali De Silva - Mitchell]

Excellent

When you have  a better open schedule 

Iets have a DC call. 

I share with all here

Than you ! 

Amali

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026, 09:38 João Gomes <jon...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Amali,

Thank you for sharing this. I think the idea of more flexible and staged medical education pathways is worth exploring, particularly where cost, duration, and workforce shortages are major barriers.

My initial view is that a modular structure could help widen access and create meaningful exit points, but it would need to be designed very carefully to avoid compromising clinical quality, professional identity, and patient safety. In particular, nursing, medical science, and medical training should not simply be treated as interchangeable stages, as they are distinct professional tracks with different competencies and regulatory implications.

I do agree that AI and virtual learning can meaningfully support scale, especially in earlier preclinical phases, but they should complement rather than replace supervised clinical training, bedside exposure, and practical mentorship. I would also suggest that the discussion should not focus only on training more doctors, but also on retaining them, distributing them better, and enabling task-sharing across the health workforce. It is also important to consider the role of government priorities, regulation, and professional lobbying in shaping what is realistically feasible.

Happy to contribute further as this develops and to join a group discussion in the fall.

Best regards,
João

[Amali De Silva - Mitchell]

Thanks June

This is why many leave the profeaaion early. 

There is a need to shorten the education time to MD basic. The UK is faster than N America to reach MD. 

How can IT help? 

Please think of solutions for your own areas and let's pull all the suggestions together 

Thanks Amali

On Thu, Apr 23, 2026, 01:24 June Parris <junep...@outlook.com> wrote:

Dear All,

My intervention is personal as my daughter spent about 10 years of her life studying medicine getting a masters in family medicine as well as a year doing oncology.

It was not only affecting her life but our luves, her parents and family. Even though education was mostly free here in the Caribbean. We had to suppory her during these years.

Apart from support it affects family life.

Apart from studies  She still spends a lot of het life putting her patients first and working strange hours. Vacation is spent doing patient reports and checking urgent messages to pasd on care to another collegue.

I was just in her pressrnce got 3 weeks and she worked most of that time.

I also have many close friends who are in the profession.

A lot of the work they do is unpaid.

Would any of you want that job.

Unthanked and unpaid and stressed.

Regards

June Parris

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