Abstract
The South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education (SEAJME) is the culmination of the SEARAME's vision to bring together medical educationists in the region to promote collaborative efforts toward uplifting the standards of medical education in the region and beyond through dissemination of knowledge. This journal will be the ideal platform to disseminate research findings and stimulate discussion among experts in the field. Open access policy of the journal will facilitate this ideal.From November 2019, The South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education (SEAJME) is indexed in EuroPub
Highlights
Medical colleges are the traditional hub for creating public health professionals within India (Negandhi, Sharma et al 2012)
Competencies have been developed from the perspective of Academic programmes; Public health functions; or competencies for the level at which public health professionals work within the health system
There has been a series of country level and regional meetings/consultations in India starting from Calcutta conference in 1999 to strengthen the public health system in India with special focus on public health workforce education and curriculum
Summary
Medical colleges are the traditional hub for creating public health professionals within India (Negandhi, Sharma et al 2012). There are public health schools in India that are housed in selected medical and non-medical institutes They provide opportunities to undertake Masters programmes in public health (Negandhi, Sharma, et al 2010). Emergence of public health schools across India is a relatively recent occurrence (Zodpey, Sharma, et al 2011) and these public health schools produce less than 1000 graduates annually. In such a situation, undergraduate medical education programs (MBBS) produce the largest number of graduates with formal training in public health and MBBS doctors continue to be the mainstay of public health service delivery within the country
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