The undergraduate medical curriculum followed in the medical colleges was developed in 1988 through UNDP and WHO support by the Centre for Medical Education with an aim to produce community-oriented doctors who will be able to provide essential primary health care to the community. That was the first documented curriculum ever developed in the country. But evaluation by UNDP (1990) and Godfrey et al (1996) revealed that it is neither community-oriented nor competency based and there is room for much improvement. Thus the Undergraduate Medical Curriculum 2002 was developed and implemented. After a decade, the curriculum was updated as MBBS Curriculum 2012 which was implemented from session 2012-2013. After passing out of first batch of MBBS Curriculum 2012 in 2019 initiatives was taken to review and update the curriculum by the combined efforts of the CME, DGHS, BM&DC, MOH&FW and different Dean offices with the support from WHO Bangladesh. This enormous task has been efficiently completed by CME.
