National consultation. Blueprint. Implementation.
Press materials, consultation findings, spokesperson information and editorial assets from the National Advisory Session on Clinical Communication.
Updated consultation totals. The Blueprint released on 20 September reflects the analytical dataset frozen for the National Advisory Session; the consultation continued to receive additional institutional responses afterwards.
Special Interest Group on Clinical Communication releases national Blueprint after consultation across 147 medical institutions
76% report structured communication training across most or all MBBS phases, but only 4% use an integrated longitudinal record to guide learner feedback and progression.
The release covers the consultation findings, the 20 September National Advisory Session, release of From Intent to Implementation, multilingual communication, and the transition from consultation to institutional implementation.
From national consultation to implementation.
Teaching is widespread. Progression is the implementation gap.
Structured teaching
Across most or all MBBS phases.
Integrated tracking
Use a longitudinal record to guide feedback and progression.
Faculty capacity
Selected large student-to-faculty ratios among their top three implementation barriers.
Readiness
Indicate some degree of readiness for further structured work, with varying support needs.
From Intent to Implementation
A Blueprint for Elevating Clinical Communication Competency in Undergraduate Medical Education in India.
The Blueprint translates consultation findings and expert deliberation into an implementation agenda spanning longitudinal learning, assessment, faculty and MEU support, cases and learning resources, multilingual communication, research and technology-supported practice.
Its next phase is structured around expert workstreams, continuing educator collaboration and multi-institution evaluation.
Academic, implementation, multilingual and technology perspectives.
Prof Avinash Supe
Overall initiative, medical education and longitudinal competency.
Prof Meenal Mohgaonkar
Officiating VC, SMBT Deemed University · Faculty development, MEU and institutional implementation.
Prof Bidita Khandelwal
Learner progression, repeated practice and feedback.
Prof E. Venkata Rao
Research, evidence and institutional evaluation.
Maj (Dr) Ashlesha Tawde-Kelkar
Digital-health implementation and institutional capacity.
Dr Bhaskar Rajakumar
Health-tech innovation, validation and institutional scale.
Amitabh Nag
Multilingual and voice-first language technology.
Shweta Sharma
SigmaMozak, ConversationAIly and problem-led health-tech innovation.
Download individual assets.
Additional photographs from the National Advisory Session.
Common questions.
What is SIG Clinical Communication?
An independent collaborative initiative focused on making clinical communication competency practical, longitudinal and implementable within undergraduate medical education.
What is the relationship with ICAIM and DoctorsAI?
SIG Clinical Communication works in association with ICAIM and DoctorsAI while retaining its own public identity and programme focus.
What is SigmaMozak's role?
SigmaMozak Solutions is the Knowledge & Implementation Partner, supporting evidence synthesis, consultation, stakeholder engagement, implementation planning and research pathways.
What is ConversationAIly?
ConversationAIly is SigmaMozak’s AI-enabled clinical communication intelligence platform designed to support structured practice, analysis, feedback, reassessment and longitudinal learner development.
How should the consultation findings be interpreted?
The consultation is a broad multi-institutional national exercise rather than a probability sample of every medical college in India. Findings are reported in aggregate and participating colleges are not publicly ranked.
What happens next?
The next phase focuses on collaborative development, expert workstreams, institutional pilots and evaluation across assessment, longitudinal competency, faculty support, multilingual communication and technology-enabled practice.
Interviews, data and editorial assets.
Dr Rajshri Mallabadi
info@sigclinicalcomms.com
+91 8147178745
Relevant academic, implementation, multilingual and technology spokespeople can be made available according to the media angle.