MCI's new UG and PG MEDICAL EDUCATION FORMULA :

What is MCI’s vision document-2015?

The borad of governors(BOG ) of MCI along with eminent members of the profession as well as leading members of the civil society has drafted  the document -2015, to give guide lines for number of issues like -

·        graduate and postgraduate medical education including examination patterns,

·        ethics of medical practice,

·        equivalence of various degrees and courses,

·        enhancement of remunerations for medical teachers and

·        setting up standards for accreditation of medical colleges.

What is the aim of this mission?

·        Mission to develop systems which could continuously assess the needs, aspirations and enhance the quality and standards of medical education and training in India.

·        Aim was to standardize the output of graduate medical education in the form of an ‘Indian Medical Graduate’; a skilled and motivated basic doctor.

Why the govt ordered the MCI BOG to draft this vision-2015?

The large gaps in health care accessibility in many parts of the country,

the need for enhanced clinical competency and, limited opportunities for post-graduate training ..

why we need more medical colleges ?

The current estimated doctor population ratio in India is 1:1700 as compared to a world average of 1.5: 1000.

The MCI  came to a consensus that the targeted doctor population ratio would be 1: 1000 and can be achievable by the year 2031.

For achieving this target & considering the number of existing medical colleges in the country, it was felt that the current intake by medical colleges and the critical mass of doctors would be rationally enhanced.

Restructuring the Undergraduate medical course. Why & how ?

The aim of the undergraduate medical education program is designed to create an “Indian Medical Graduate”.

The Indian medical graduate will have the necessary competencies –(knowledge, skills, and attitudes) to assume his or her role as a Health care provider to the people of India and the world.

The goals of the M.B.B.S. training program are –

To create doctors - with requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes, values and responsiveness, so that they may function appropriately and efectively as a Basic Doctor, physicians of first contact for the community in the primary care setting both in urban as well as rural areas of our country.

  NEW

phaseI  

 FOUNDATION course:2months

1^st.year: 12 months

PHASEII:

2^nd.year : 12 months

elective : 2months

phase III :

3^rd.Year : 24 months

2^nd.elective : 2months.

Phase IV :

Internship : 12 months.

what & who are going to effect ?

• corporate ,multispeciality hospitals, district hospitals,PHC & CHCs will become training  institutes for medical students.
• Increase of medical seats and broader opportunities for students.
• Raise of retirement age for existing medical teachers.
• Opportunity for private doctors to include in faculty pool.
• Performance based financial incentives for medical teachers and medical colleges.
• Expanding learning opportunities and skill development for medical students.

What are the proposed changes in Post Graduate Medical Education?

Introduction of a 2 year Master of Medicine (M. Med) program as the first level of specialists with focus on skill development and providing care to community. This may be considered equivalent to existing Diplomas.

Example: M.MED IN DERMATOLOGY OR ENT OR EYE or surgery or medicine,etc…

After M Med, the students will have an option to pursue one of the five doctorate streams depending on the aptitude and professional aspirations.

Why the need for change in PG education ?

• to rapidly produce a number of specialists in the country not only to fulfill the needs of delivering quality care across the country but also to overcome shortage of faculty in existing and proposed medical colleges.
• The aim was also to give adequate opportunities to every graduate student to be able to pursue a postgraduate course,

What is the impact?

• Generation of  large number of socially committed competent specialists for community health care,
• ● Increase of availability of medical teachers
• ● Increase of the availability of qualified family physicians
• ● Increase the option of a research path and promote research in medical colleges.
• ● Provision  for multiple career options to the outgoing postgraduate student avoiding frustration in the career pathway
• ● Increase of the availability of sub-specialists to provide high quality care.

when will be 

National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Post Graduates (NEET-PG) for 2012 :

Candidates who have completed internship or those expecting to complete by March 31, 2012 will be eligible to take the examination.

It will be notified in August 2011 with applications collected by September end. The admit cards will be dispatched by middle of November 2011. The

examination will be online type conducted in the middle of January, 2012 and the number of sessions etc will be finalized after the feasibility is explored.

The MD/MS courses will commence from May 1, 2012.

The candidates aspiring for direct 5-year Neurosurgery and neurology super-specialty or similar courses will have to take this NEET-PG

examination for the courses commencing in August. There will be a common paper with180 MCQs at MBBS standard to be answered in 3 hours.

 National merit list will be used for admission to 15% all-India quota (whatever proportion is applicable from time to time) and state merit list will be used by respective state quota admissions.

NOTE :

 It may be noted that Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh are protected by

articles 371A and 371D of Constitution of India respectively (Presidential order). Accordingly, the two states will not be participating the national pool. The two states will be use the respective state merit list for admissions under their control.