Self-Directed Learning and Undergraduate Medical Curriculum

With the introduction of the competency-based medical education (cbme) curriculum in india, many new concepts like the foundation course, self-directed learning (sdl), early clinical exposure, family adoption, etc., were included in the curriculum. in sdl, a learner has to plan, develop, adapt, and change in a digital, interactive, and global society. for that purpose, the faculty has to be trained, and learners’ readiness is to be ensured before the start of the sdl sessions. this write-up aims not to find all the literature related to sdl but to emphasize the basic knowledge of sdl required for medical educators.