Introduction : building "educational hobo jungles"? -- Soft in the middle : current challenges in higher education -- The surprising story of for-profit and nontraditional higher education in America -- Missions : who are you? -- Junkyard dogs : the culture and rhetoric of for-profits --...

The objective of foundation course is to sensitize the learners with the essential knowledge and skills which will lay a sound foundation for his\her pursuit of learning across the subjects throughout the M.B.B.S. Course and later in pursing his/her career in medicine.

There has been a global shift in the emphasis from discipline based curriculum to more integrated and problem based curriculum. However, considering the logistics of implementation and constrains in terms of time and resources, it is recommended to adopt a discipline based curriculum with an...