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The country needs still more doctors in rural India (Gramin Bharat) so needs more medical colleges
Criteria for MBBS attendance, maximum numbers and years of attempts to complete the MBBS course and Internship, and change in mandatory thesis submission before the final PG examination were discussed
The need for a Family adoption programme, AETCOM module, and competency-based curriculum was highlighted
Bhubaneswar(17/09/24): To strengthen the health care delivery in rural India(Gramin Bharat) along with urban India there is a need for more medical colleges to produce new doctors said Dr. Vijendra Kumar Professor of Pediatric Surgery Member of UG Curriculum Board National Medical Commission. Dr Aruna Vanekar President of UG Curriculum Board NMC highlighted the different changes in the MBBS curriculum such as criteria for MBBS attendance, maximum numbers, and years of attempts to complete the MBBS course and Internship.
Dr BN Gangadhar Padmashree chairman of the National Medical Commission emphasised on role of Doctors as social reformers. Dr. BN Gangadhar along with Dr. Aruna Vanekar also interacted with Deans of all 17 medical colleges of the state and clarified the queries on the Family adoption programme, AETCOM module, and competency-based curriculum. Dr. Viswambar Singh Professor ENT, IMS BHU Varanasi National coordinator for NMS Teachers meet briefed about different health activities of the National Medicos Organisation throughout the year in Northeast states, Kashmir, and other parts of the country. Dr Yogendar Mallik President Ethics and Regulation Board of NMC briefed about the different forums to address the doctors’ grievances, and changes made in regulations to allow foreign graduates to practice in India and uniformity in medical registration.
Professor Manas Ranjan Sahoo Vice-chancellor of Odisha University Health Sciences said the change in teaching learning patterns between previous and current generation students. He also said the NMC’s approach to reaching the Deans medical teachers in medical colleges in different states to brief them about their ideas and take feedback is a novel approach to bringing the desired changes in medical curricula. Dr Sailesh Kumar President of AIIMS Bhubaneswar said that for this joint effort by NMO and NMC AIIMS Bhubaneswar and other institutes of National importance can play a crucial role.
Among others Dr N Deep Bag Director in charge AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Dr P.R.Mahaptra Dean AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Gr Braja Kishore Dash Additional DMET also present in the meeting. Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda in his message appreciated the NMC’s effort to hold such meeting and 14 such meetings have already been conducted in other states. A total of 175 medical teachers from all 17 medical colleges of the state including their Deans and from AIIMS Bhubaneswar attended the meeting.
