**4. Innovations in community-oriented learning at Sevagram**

Various innovations have been developed at the MGIMS to create social consciousness among the medical students (**Figure 1**).

Few important innovations are described in the following sections.

### **4.1 Orientation camp**

At MGIMS, Students are admitted in an undergraduate medical course (MBBS) from all over the country and are selected on the basis of a common eligibility examination at national level. Soon after admission to the institute, students attend a 15-day orientation course in the Gandhi Ashram (where Gandhiji lived from 1934 to 1946) to learn about a value system based on Gandhian ideology. The students

**Figure 1.** *Medical education—innovations.*

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during the orientation camp have to live in the Gandhi Ashram and have to follow all routines of the ashram, viz. participating in morning and evening all-religion prayers and participating in Sharamdan and community activities like spinning yarn which is popularly known as Khadi. The students are oriented toward value of dignity of labor (Sharamdan), religious tolerance, and simple living and high thinking. The students are also taught the relevance of Gandhian thoughts/philosophy in medical education with special context to personal hygiene, balanced diet and nutrition, and environmental health with the help of renowned Gandhians who are specially invited, and they share their experiences and interact with the students. The students are also exposed to the importance of yoga, meditation, and nature care as well as spiritual health, which was near and dear to Gandhiji.

During the camp, students are also provided an orientation toward the institute's code of conducts which are listed below:

