Inclusion of clinical lectures, clinical skills training in history taking, general examination, specific examination of all systems and short hospital postings in the first, two years of the programme, designed to help students related the basic core knowledge that they have gained to applications in a clinical context and to introduce them to issues impinging upon current medical practice. Learning anatomy with prospected specimens from cadavers beginning in the first year. Integrated coverage of topics through an assertive problem based approach thus giving the students the added advantage of having assimilated knowledge from several resources and the nuances of team work.