Postgraduate medical students in Manipur will be assigned to various district hospitals as part of the National Medical Council’s (NMC) district residency programme in an effort to guarantee that specialized program physicians are accessible in rural areas.

Health Minister Sapam Ranjan introduced the district residence program for postgraduate medical students in the state on Monday at the Medical Directorate in Lamphelpat. Postgraduate medical residents from RIMS and JNIMS would be sent to different district hospitals, the Imphal Times said. They will work there for three months.

Health Minister Sapam Ranjan made reference to the National Medical Council’s requirement that postgraduate medical students complete this program in his speech. He also reaffirmed the postgraduate resident’s responsibility and counseled medicos to become familiar with medical protocols because they are medical experts. He asserted that as the profession’s guiding principle is to serve the public with sincerity, one should offer the public excellent service.

The ministerial team visited the newly constructed health directorate office and its environs following the program’s debut. According to a report by the Daily, Vumlunmang, the Additional Chief Secretary of Health Services Manipur, Kh Sasheekumar Mangang, the Director of Health Services, as well as representatives from RIMS and JNIMS and employees of the Medical Directorate, attended the ceremony.

Notably, the NMC has mandated that postgraduate medical students do a three-month rotation at a district hospital. Medical students participating in postgraduate programmes at the city’s government hospital will be required to work at city government, government-aided, and semi-aided hospitals under the proposal, according to state health officials.

Students accepted to private medical colleges and deemed universities must additionally complete the DRP, or District Residency Programme. For the purposes of this project, a district hospital must be an operational, publicly funded hospital with at least 100 beds and staff who are qualified to provide the approved specialties at that level or institution.

Odisha’s Capital Hospital and Bhubaneswar’s Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research have both announced the addition of six new postgraduate medical courses. Three PG seats will be added in each of the six new departments, which include pathology, microbiology, biochemistry, forensic medicine and toxicology (FMT), anesthesia, and ophthalmology.

The classes would begin after receiving approval from the National Medical Commission, the institute’s head, Nibedita Pani, told The Times of India (NMC). In the departments of obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, medicine, surgery, respiratory medicine, and orthopaedics, the institute currently offers PG medical courses.

Six new departments at the institute will open in the academic year 2022–2023, with admission for 24 postgraduate students, as previously approved by the NMC. The institute, which was opened by the state’s chief minister last year, is tasked with delivering high-quality healthcare and education to its residents.

The institute’s director added that classes and seminars are currently taking place, with students having access to digital classrooms and smart classroom capabilities. Admission for PG courses in the institute’s existing departments had begun in October and November of last year. The students have provided outstanding research project ideas, and the teachers are working hard to uphold the institute’s standards.

The institute has already begun doing research, and during a meeting of the ethical committee, 31 research papers were chosen. The institute’s permanent site, which will be built on land formerly owned by Capital Hospital, will be finished by January 2024, the director further stated. In a study of children’s growth, the institute is also thinking about collaborating with the WHO regional office in India.

The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and the Capital Hospital in Odisha have undergone a tremendous development with the inclusion of six new postgraduate medical courses. The institute’s dedication to offering high-quality instruction and medical services is admirable and is anticipated to help the state’s residents.

In a welcome development for graduate medical aspirants in Telangana, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved five MD and five DM locations at Kakatiya Medical College (KMC). NMC’s Medical Evaluation and Review Board (MARB) has approved his five MD positions in Nephrology and five additional MD positions in Emergency Medicine for the 2023-2024 academic year.

MD, or Doctor of Medicine, is a three-year postgraduate course that MBBS graduates can take after completing their undergraduate medical education. The Doctor of Medicine (DM) course is also a three-year course, but it is a highly specialized course for doctors to receive specialized training in their respective fields. Since this is a PhD, a graduate medical degree is required.

Kakatiya Medical College, affiliated with Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences (KNRUHS), has submitted a proposal to the Apex Regulatory Commission for Medical Education for the introduction of DM and MD courses in these two specialties.

The NMC’s Medical Evaluation and Evaluation Committee reviewed the March 13, 2023, evaluation report on the instructors, their experiences, publications, and other information, including the infrastructure available at medical colleges for the initiation of these courses. I checked the educational facilities.

On this basis, MARB has now issued a Letter of Intent (LOI), authorizing the university to commence his DM Nephrology and MD Emergency Medicine courses in the 2023-2024 academic year. Health Secretary T. Harish Rao congratulated the state’s Department of Medical Education (DME), tweeting: He has 5 locations in his DM Nephrology at his College of Kakatiya Medical in Warangal.

This is an important milestone for KMC and Telangana in expanding medical education opportunities and providing professional training to health professionals. improve the overall quality of the state and help develop highly qualified physicians to serve the health care needs of the state.

In a positive development for medical aspirants in Rajasthan, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved the addition of 100 MBBS seats at the Government Medical College in Alwar. These new seats will be available for admission starting from the upcoming academic session in 2023-2024, following the regulatory approval from NMC. The commission inspected the facilities at the college and deemed the infrastructure to be satisfactory for running the MBBS course, leading to the granting of permission for the medical college, according to Times of India.

Last year, the foundation stone for the new medical college in Alwar was virtually laid by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, along with the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shri Ashok Gehlot.

Recent reports from the media had indicated that a team from the NMC would be inspecting several medical colleges, including those in Bundi, Dausa, Karauli, Alwar, and Hanumangarh. To prepare for the inspection, the Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RMES) in Jaipur issued a letter to the principals of these new medical colleges, advising them to be ready for the upcoming assessment.

The Rajasthan Medical Education Society (RMES) issued a letter to the heads of the five new medical colleges, advising them to be prepared for the upcoming inspections by the National Medical Commission (NMC). The RMES emphasized that the inspections would take place soon and urged the colleges to ensure that all preparations were in accordance with NMC guidelines. If any assistance was needed regarding basic necessities, budget, equipment, resources, faculty, and non-faculty staff, the office should be informed.

Recently, the NMC team conducted an inspection of the medical college in Alwar to ensure that it was operating effectively and had sufficient facilities. The team assessed whether the college had fully equipped laboratories, teaching faculty, non-teaching staff, and other necessary infrastructural facilities, in accordance with NMC norms.

According to the latest report from the Times of India, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted permission for 100 MBBS seats to be offered at the medical college in Alwar for the upcoming academic session 2023-2024. This decision comes after an inspection of the college by the NMC, which deemed its facilities adequate for running the MBBS course.

The implementation of the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) District Residency Programme (DRP) in Telangana, which was scheduled to commence on March 20, has been postponed as requested by the state’s postgraduate (PG) resident doctors. These doctors have communicated to Health Minister T. Harish Rao and Health Secretary Syed Ali Murtuza Rizvi about some practical difficulties they may face during the programme.

On Sunday, March 19, the Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association (T-JUDA) held a meeting with Minister Rao to discuss the issues surrounding the residency programme. After considering the concerns raised by the doctors, the Minister scheduled a meeting with Health Secretary Syed Ali Murtuza Rizvi on March 20 to discuss the matter further.

As per the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) programme, it is mandatory for all postgraduate (PG) residents from government, private, and deemed universities across all states and union territories to undergo a three-month training programme, during which they are required to serve at a district hospital.

According to Dr. Kaushik Kumar Pinjarala, the President of T-JUDA, the District Residency Programme has already been implemented in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Telangana. However, unlike other states, Telangana has not given students the option of serving in their home districts. Consequently, students have been posted in far-off places and are required to travel a distance of 125-150 km, which they are willing to do occasionally. However, the district hospitals where they have been posted are not providing them with accommodation, facilities, or food. When asked, the hospitals said that they had not received any communication from the government regarding these matters.

After failing to receive any satisfactory help from the state’s Directorate of Medical Education (DME), the doctors approached Minister Rao seeking a solution to their problems. The doctors requested that the government assign them hospitals in their home districts to avoid extensive travel. The minister responded positively and scheduled a meeting with Health Secretary Rizvi on March 20 at 11:30 a.m. to discuss the issues and find a solution, according to a press release by T-JUDA.

The students’ suggestion of being allotted hospitals in their home districts or near their parent hospitals was deemed complicated and practically impossible by the Health Secretary. In response, the residents proposed the idea of providing them with accommodation or offering an allowance to help them find their own accommodation and cover their travel expenses, along with food expenses.

The press release by T-JUDA states that the Health Secretary, Syed Ali Murtuza Rizvi, assured the PG residents that he would talk to all superintendents in the hospitals or rent places around the hospitals to provide them with accommodation. Additionally, he promised that food facilities would be available for all duty doctors.

The students are currently awaiting a positive response from the government and have requested that the programme be delayed. Responding to their request, the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) issued a notice on March 20, postponing the implementation date of the programme to April 1.

According to the resident doctors, the lack of accommodation would cause them additional mental stress, and their workload would increase due to the long travel distance and the shortage of support. Dr. Kaushik highlights that female residents would face even more challenges with the travel, as some of them might have to relocate with their families for three months.

The students are requesting that Telangana adopt the same approach as the other states where the programme has been implemented. According to Dr. Kaushik, “It is well-organized in Kerala.” Nevertheless, the Health Secretary stated that it would be challenging for the current batch of students, but there might be gradual improvements. The government will also have a better understanding of how to improve the situation, as per the T-JUDA press release.

Tirupati: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted permission for 83 additional postgraduate medical seats at Sri Venkateswara Medical College (SVMC), Tirupati, bringing good news to medical aspirants in Andhra Pradesh.

According to Dr. PA Chandrasekharan, Principal of the Medical College, these additional postgraduate medical seats have been added in the eleven specialty and super-specialty departments.

As a result of the NMC’s approval, the college now has 226 PG medical seats in total. Furthermore, the college has submitted proposals for seven additional seats in the Surgery Department, and if approved by the Commission, the number of PG seats will increase to 233.

Sri Venkateswara Medical College, located in Tirupati, was founded in 1960. It has 240 undergraduate and 146 postgraduate medical seats in total.

The Central Government approved 630 additional PG medical seats at 11 Andhra Pradesh medical colleges last year. The Centre’s approval came after the State Government requested an increase of 688 PG medical seats.

At the time, the Union Government approved the addition of 75 medical seats to SV Medical College in Tirupati.

According to a recent media report by The Hans India, the apex medical education regulatory body NMC has now granted the medical college permission for an additional 83 PG medical seats in 11 specialty and super specialty departments.

The NMC’s approval came after the commission’s teams inspected the college and Ruia Hospital. Following the inspection, the NMC teams were pleased with the services and educational quality.

College vice-principals Dr. Vasundhara Devi and Dr. Venkateswarlu applauded the Commission’s decision to increase the number of PG medical seats. While commenting on the matter, Dr. PA Chandrasekharan, principal of the medical college, stated that this is the first time in the college’s history that it has received permission for such a large increase in seats at one time.

GOA, Panaji: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has approved new MD courses at Goa Medical College, which is good news for the state of Goa’s postgraduate medical students. From the academic year 2023–2024, GMC will offer doctor of medicine (MD) courses in geriatric medicine and immunology, haematology, and blood transfusion. Vishwajit Rane, the state’s minister of health, disclosed this information on Thursday when he revealed that the NMC had approved these new teaching courses. On this, he continued, “In terms of GMC’s academic history, it is a significant accomplishment.” A few medical universities offer the new MD programmes.”

Goa Medical College (GMC), one of the nation’s oldest medical institutions, was founded in 1691. It is a government-run organisation and an organic Goa University institute. The college offers 86 PG medical seats in addition to the 180 MBBS seats that are open for admittance to MBBS students. Advertisement The college is now prepared to commence new MD courses in geriatric medicine and immunology, haematology, and blood transfusion, according to the most recent local news report by the Times of India. A senior doctor from the GMC commented on the situation and noted that, over the previous five years, the college’s activities had significantly increased in both studies and facilities.

The super-speciality building should be completely operational in the next months, and work on the regional cancer centre should be finished by the end of 2023 or the beginning of 2024, the doctor said.

“With the GMC offering so many super-speciality courses, Goan students no longer will be required to go outside the state for their advanced studies,” he mentioned while also mentioning that the GMC is regarded as one of the nation’s top medical schools. Medical Dialogues reported last year that 10 additional super-speciality seats in six departments, including surgery, urology, plastic surgery, cardiology, cardiac anaesthesia, and nephrology, had been approved by the NMC for the college.

No PG Postponement and Exam Will Be Held on 5 March

The Supreme Court has dismissed all petitions seeking NEET PG 2023 postponement, and the exam will take place as scheduled on March 05, 2023. The aspirants have been pushing for an exam date extension to reduce the gap of around five months between the date of the exam and the date of MBBS internship completion.

 Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had also clarified in the Parliament that NEET PG 2023 examination would be conducted on the scheduled date. The National Medical Commission (NMC) released its speaking order on Friday, 24th February, and disposed of the representations. The Supreme Court bench sought responses from the National Board of Examinations (NBE) during the hearing of petitions, and the bench deferred the matter. The last year’s internship extension was brief, and the bench noted that today, the aspirants have been asking for a more extended postponement. 

As ASG, Aishwarya Bhati asked the bench to refer to the dates furnished before the court. “The date was announced six months ago. Everyone who applied in the first window is 2 lakh 3 thousand,” she said.

Furthermore, the Medical Council of India has announced the commencement of counseling for medical aspirants post-exam, scheduled to begin from July 15, 2023. All students who are completing their internship on August 11, 2023, are eligible to avail of the counseling services. 

The counseling is aimed at providing students with the necessary guidance in their pursuit of a medical career. Students can take advantage of the counseling services to get a better understanding of the courses and universities available to them and make an informed decision. 

The Medical Council of India is committed to providing medical aspirants with the best opportunities to pursue their dreams and wishes to ensure that all eligible students are able to get the best possible guidance during the counseling process.

A draft of the new GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION REGULATIONS DRAFT has been released by the Medical NMC. On February 27th, he made it available to the public. On this, he has requested input over the next 30 days. We will examine some of the key ideas in this manuscript. We find that it has included six chapters, each of which has significant ideas that will have an ongoing impact on medical education. This post will go over every detail to make it clear. This draft has 6 crucial chapters, we will discuss them all one by one to make them easily understandable.

Chapter #1 is Preliminaries.

In this, the title, “Graduate Medical Education Regulation 2023” is abbreviated to “GMER 2023”. After that, the commencement of this draft has been specified that this would be published as the official gazette by the National Medical Commission. Since people are given 30 days to comment on this first draft, after that the public will be able to view it until around March 28. As of that day, the commencement will be in effect. Later, the definitions of “act,” “board,” “commission”, “medical institution”, “NEET-UG” have been discussed.

This all was mentioned in the first 3 points. In this, the title, “Graduate Medical Education Regulation 2023” is abbreviated to “GMER 2023”. After that, the commencement of this draft has been specified that this would be published as the official gazette by the National Medical Commission. Since people are given 30 days to comment on this first draft, after that the public will be able to view it until around March 28. As of that day, the commencement will be in effect. Later, the definitions of “act,” “board,” “commission”, “medical institution”, “NEET-UG” have been discussed. This all was mentioned in the first 3 points

Moving further to the next chapter,

Chapter #2 of New Graduate Medical Education Draft

After that, general consideration has been discussed in chapter two. In the overall consideration, there are four key points. Now let’s start with point number 4 and examine what the responsibilities of universities will be. 

• The university to partner with the National Medical Commission and Provide a suitable curriculum to offer the student a complete undergraduate education in medicine and surgery that is of the utmost quality and is reasonably priced.
• Offer both theoretical and practical skills, with a focus on attitude, ethics, and communication abilities to ensure competency-based medical education.
• Encourage students to pursue self-directed learning, which will provide them a sufficient foundation in human health, including India’s indigenous healthcare systems. Yoga and spiritual principles are instilled to help pupils create harmony and calm, ease stress, and combat depression.
• Encourage students to pursue skill development courses of their choice, to enhance their problem-solving capability.
• Motivate the students to uphold the greatest ethical standards throughout their education and careers.
• Conduct regular, transparent evaluations of medical education being offered by medical institutions all around the country to ensure the highest international standards.
• Provide the pupils the assurance they need to deal with crises and disasters of all sizes.

Again, in point number 5, the relevant University must keep the proper records of the work. Furthermore, these should be documented and kept readily available for consultation at all times. Also, the objective is to keep evaluation, transparent, and efficient. Point, number 6, is focused on creating a strategy for making the best use of developing technology. Further, it is crucial that a student may learn in small groups, as stated in point number 7, encourage the learning to happen through smaller groups of students. While discussing that, University / institution shall encourage the medical colleges to offer the ideal quantity and variety of basic credit courses in point number 8.

chapter #3 is the longest and most significant chapter of New Graduate Medical Education Draft .

When it comes to ADMISSION, COUNSELLING, MIGRATION ETC

• The NEET-UG may be carried out by the National Medical Commission, or it may be designated by any other agency or authority. As long as it serves the objective, or NMC may select multiple entities or authorities to carry out NEET-UG.
• The UG Medical Education Board will choose the NEET-UG’s notification format, including its language, format, and other details. To ensure that students are not harmed, the Board must give adequate notice when changing its norms regarding the conduct of NEET-UG.
• No student shall be entitled to pursue graduate medical education in India or anywhere abroad unless they receive the minimum qualifying score on the NEET-UG exam.
• If there are ties in the scores of students taking the NEET-UG exam, the scores in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, in that order, will be taken into account. If the tie were to persist, the qualified candidates would be chosen by computer or IT draw of lots with no human involvement.
• Eligibility to take the NEET-UG – No applicant will be permitted to take the NEET-UG without passing the 10+2 with the subjects of physics, chemistry, biology/biotechnology, and English in the two most recent years of school.
• Without affecting the current Rules or other NMC Regulations, there will be common counselling for admission to graduate medical programs at all Indian medical institutions based on the NEET-UG merit list.
• The National Medical Commission will give a seat matrix for the counselling process; provided, the common counselling may include as many rounds as necessary.
• The UG Medical Education Board must publish guidelines for the performance of common counselling, and the designated authority under section L7 below must conduct the common counselling in accordance with those published rules.
• The Central Government or its designated authority shall be the counselling agency for all India quota seats of the contributing States, and the concerned State Government or the Administration of the Union territory shall be the counselling agency for all admission to graduate courses in medicine across all medical educational institutions in the State / Union territory, respectively, or their respective designated authority.
•  The qualified student only has one chance to choose the school where they wants to pursue graduate medical study. This is determined by the order in which each candidate’s merits are ranked.

As long as the UG Medical Education Council periodically releases guidelines in this regard

• No medical institute shall accept any candidate to the graduate program in violation of these laws. The restriction for any student seeking admission other than through counselling.

The medical institution that admits a student in violation of these regulations is subject to a fine of Rs. 50 lakh per seat for the first offense and Rs. 1 crore per seat for subsequent infractions. For any continued violation, the medical institution will be prohibited from admitting any students beginning with the following academic year.

The student will be expelled from the medical college and the number of seats will be decreased by two for a period of one to several years.

• The authorities who conducted the common counselling must submit the final list of students Within one week of the conclusion of the common counselling in the prescribed pro forma to the Undergraduate Medical Education Board, which will then publish the list on the NMC website.

Only medical institutions that had permission to admit students before the date of notification of common counselling are permitted to do so; medical institutions that receive the necessary approval after the date of notification of common counselling must participate in the common counselling for admission to the following academic year.

Explanation: The necessary license will also apply mutatis mutandis to an increase in the number of seats in existing medical institutions.

• Migration of students is prohibited for those assigned to medical institutions.

Following the first academic year of enrolment, another medical facility. According to UGMEB of NMC standards, students may transfer to another medical college only in extraordinary circumstances and only to those applicants who are the most deserving and have compelling justifications rather than simple procedural considerations.

Migration is only permitted between non-government medical colleges and non-government medical colleges, as well as between government medical colleges. No reciprocal transaction shall be allowed.In addition to this,

In addition to this,

Chapter #4

which outlines the minimal requirements in teams of space, staff, equipment, facility, accommodation, clinical material required throughout the year for medical education. This is for colleges in terms of rules to follow. There are no very significant points in this.

Chapter #5 Competency base dynamic curriculum at undergraduate level. 

• The important point in this is that whatever medical curriculum is concerned, the university will publish and develop it. The Undergraduate Medical Education Board shall publish the model curriculum and the outcome objectives of the same from time to time on the NMC website. This shall form the base for the development of a detailed medical curriculum by the concerned Universities, along with the appropriate methodology to impart meaningful education. Following that, it is discussed the training period and the maximum duration.

• In the next point, it is stated that every student admitted in accordance with these Regulations must complete training in accordance with the guidelines published by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board and displayed on the NMC website on a regular basis.

Under no circumstances shall a student be permitted to repeat the first year, and no student shall be permitted to continue an undergraduate medical course after nine (09) years from the date of admission.

• Further, it is referred to Choose-based credit courses. There shall be a variety of choice-based credit courses of duration limited to a maximum of one week. These courses are offered by the medical institutions in addition to the NMC curriculum and curriculum prescribed by their respective university.

Internship – A student admitted to a graduate medical program is not considered to have graduated until he has completed his rotating medical internship.(accordance with the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship Regulations’21).

In Chapter #6, Faculty Development Program. 

In this, it is mentioned that teaching faculty are required

• to understand and apply group dynamics concepts in their teaching of students
• team building exercises
• small group teachings
• encouraging students to self-directed learning, and so on. 

It also discusses student welfare and anti-ragging. A positive learning environment is dependent on student welfare. All students are expected to abide by the Prevention and Prohibition of Ragging in Medical Colleges and institutions, Regulations’21. 

That was all about the NMC [GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION] REGULATIONS OF UG MEDICAL EDUCATION BOARD’23.**This article was written with the inputs provided by Mr. Ashok Singh, director of BODMAS Education Services Private Ltd. BODMAS education has been doing educational research and providing student counseling and advice for the past five years.

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