medical council of india plans to revise mbbs curriculum after 21 years and will introduce communication and ethics in the syllabus by 2019soft skills should be primarymedical education has undergone several changes in the last three decades but we were still treating behavioural skills and ethics as a secondary which were taught indirectly without formal training through rolemodelling and conversations it is crucial to realise that doctors make ethically complex decisions all the time for which ethical principles such as beneficence nonmaleficence and respect for autonomy should be taught practically in a formal manner it will require restructuring of the system and training of existing faculty which is under processdr vk paul member of niti aayog and chairman of medical council of india mciimportant to know the basicscertain skills should be imbibed in students in the formative years of education it is important for medical students to know thoroughly about the basic rules dos and donts in medical practice most of the problems between doctors and patients occur because of communication gap teaching ethics is becoming increasing crucial to produce wellgroomed medical professionals in the countrydr aloy mukherjee senior consultant indraprastha apollo hospitals new delhirequired step to change the industryin the contemporary world of commercialisation many professionals compromise with ethics and human values it becomes extremely crucial for medical practitioners to abide by the ethical principles because in many cases their single decision becomes a matter of life and death for someone to maintain the sanctity of the profession teaching communication skills and ethics might prove to helpful as it will change some of the professionals if not the whole industrykandimalla venkatesh mbbs student sidhhartha medical college andhra pradesh