A narrative review on (CBME) modified competency related to LGBTQIA+ Singh OG* Professor & Head, Forensic Medicine Department, AIIMS, Kalyani *Corresponding Author Dr. O. Gambhir Singh, Email : drgambhirsingh@gmail.com, Mobile No. : +91 9629047798
Online published on 16 November, 2023. Abstract Of late the National Medical Commission (Undergraduate Medical Education Board) has recommended certain modifications to the existing competencies on issues related to LGBTQIA+. This was based on the decision taken by an expert committee formed by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board in compliance with an order dated 18.02.2022 by the Honorable Madras High Court. Accordingly, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UMEB) recommended certain modifications to the CBME competencies of Forensic Medicine and Psychiatric subjects. In the subject of Forensic Medicine, the affected competencies are FM3.13, FM3.16, FM3.17, and FM3.18. As per the modified new competency, the concept of adultery and other unnatural sexual offences related matters need to be dealt under different headings such as gender and sexuality-based identities, decriminalization of adultery, consensual adult homosexual behavior, nonconsensual or forced touching, forced or nonconsensual fingers or objects insertion, paraphilia and paraphilic disorders, and unscientific, inhuman and discriminatory nature of finger test on female genitalia. The new modified competency also mentions about POCSO Act related to medical examination, emergency medical care, and police information. In the present article, the discussion is confined to LGBTQIA+ as this topic is not included in almost all current available textbooks of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. Top Keywords LGBTQIA+, CBME curriculum, Forensic medicine, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender. Top |