Medical education regulator – National Medical Commission(NMC) has for the first time introduced post-doctoral fellowship courses in medical colleges regulated by it. The National Medical Commission, the regulator for medical education, has recently introduced this Ground Breaking move. This move has been looked upon as an effort to promote research and clinical skill development.
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Medical institutions till now were creating and approving these courses at their own level to train doctors. According to the recently notified “Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023,” the regulator stipulates that once a medical college obtains permission to initiate a post-graduate course or seats, the course will be considered officially recognised.
This will solve many difficulties faced by students to register their degree after passing postgraduate examinations, Dr Vijay Oza, President of Post-Graduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission (NMC)shared this explaining the move.
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Under the recently implemented regulations, which have supplanted the Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, the current NEET-PG examination will persist until the envisioned National Exit Test (NExT) is implemented for postgraduate admissions.
According to the recently introduced regulations, all post-graduate students are required to serve as full-time resident doctors, adhering to “reasonable working hours” and be allocated “reasonable time for rest” each dayI. Additionally, they will be granted a minimum of 20 days of casual leave annually and five days of academic leave per year. Earlier there were “No Written” provisions for leave.
As per Dr Oza, President of Post-Graduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission (NMC), these reforms encompass various critical aspects of post-graduate medical training and aim to enhance the standards of education and practice nationwide.
Further,to ensure effective implementation of these regulations, a penalty clause is incorporated, encompassing financial penalties, a reduction in the number of seats (admission capacity), or the complete cessation of admissions.
