CUCMS departs from the traditional training of healthcare professionals in a number of ways:

Firstly,we seriously believe in producing practitioners who are lifelong learners. Towards this goal, the curriculum is very much student centered with minimum didactic teaching being done. Not only is the widely accepted problem based approach (PBL) being utilised, student centered learning (SCL), structured peer group discussion and presentation and self assessment online learning are also introduced right from the first year of study.

Secondly,we are very focused on the end product. In order to produce healthcare professionals with passion to care, students are exposed very early on to the real world practice which they will experience upon completing their training. At CUCMS, the innovative Clinical and Health Exposure and Training (CHET) is introduced to students from the first semester of the course itself.

Thirdly, we strongly believe in training practitioners who will work efficiently as members of a healthcare team or association. Most of the academic activities are centered around student group dynamics with a tutor closely monitoring their progress. This will inculcate team work and team spirit, respect for peers and superiors, humility and critical thinking, innovativeness among students. These qualities are essential for medical practitioners of the future.

Fourthly, there are aspects of the core curriculum which are of ‘the first'. This includes the teaching of social medicine, disaster and relief medicine and aspects of military medicine incorporating both aviation and marine medicine. Such exposure at the undergraduate level should create a group of practitioners who are not only competent in their field of expertise but also instills the value of caring for the infirm, compassionate and empathetic. These values are agents of change in the society that contribute towards social enlightenment. All in all, the curriculum is designed to train practitioners of the future to be ready to use the latest of what technology can offer and at the same time, maintain human aspects of medicine in line with our motto “Nurturing the Passion to Care”.