National Medical Commission mandates strict scrutiny of ‘fake patients’ before sanctioning new medical colleges or enhancing seats
1 month ago

National Medical Commission mandates strict scrutiny of ‘fake patients’ before sanctioning new medical colleges or enhancing seats

The Hindu  

The National Medical Commission has ordered strict scrutiny of “fake patients” shown by the managements during physical assessment/inspection before sanctioning of new medical colleges or allowing increase in the number of Under Graduate and Post Graduate medical seats. NMC has invited applications for establishment of new medical colleges intending to offer undergraduate course and increase in the number of PG and UG seats for the academic year 2025-2026. It has released the Medical Assessment and Rating Board guidelines for evaluation of medical college/institutions 2024 What the guidelines say In the MARB guidelines, the NMC has stressed the need to curb the practice of showing “fake patients” in the medical colleges. Patients who are admitted without any evidence of investigations like X-ray, blood tests etc., or treatment which is generally done for admitted patients like intravenous fluid, injections, catheterisation, giving medicines etc should be noted.

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Medical institutes urged to submit applications for new PG qualifications
6 days, 7 hours ago

Medical institutes urged to submit applications for new PG qualifications

India Today  

The National Medical Commission has invited medical colleges and institutes to apply for the inclusion of new postgraduate medical qualifications. Eligible medical colleges or institutes planning to introduce new PG medical qualifications must submit their proposals to the NMC. They must also attach two key documents: Standard Assessment Form Part-A: Institutional details common across all PG specialities. Institutions offering undergraduate, …

NMC invites PG guides to aid in medical college inspections
1 month ago

NMC invites PG guides to aid in medical college inspections

India Today  

The National Medical Commission has recently issued an official notification inviting information from medical colleges regarding faculty members eligible to serve as PG guides for medical college assessments. "In view of the above, the Dean/Principals of all Government Medical Colleges are requested to share the below-mentioned Google form with each faculty who is eligible to become a PG Guide for …

NMC warns students against non-compliant foreign medical colleges
1 month, 1 week ago

NMC warns students against non-compliant foreign medical colleges

India Today  

The National Medical Commission has issued a notification urging medical aspirants to exercise caution while seeking admission to foreign medical colleges. The advisory emphasises that students must ensure the institution adheres to the guidelines outlined in the Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiates Regulations, 2021. Despite previous advisories, the NMC noted that some students continue to enroll in private medical institutions abroad …

NMC trains its guns on UG medical colleges, in a first seeks videos of internal examinations
2 months ago

NMC trains its guns on UG medical colleges, in a first seeks videos of internal examinations

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The country’s apex medical education regulator in its cleanup exercise has now trained its guns on all medical colleges and institutions offering undergraduate courses. After seeking a self-declaration from medical colleges offering postgraduate, the National Medical Commission has now sought an annual declaration from all UG medical schools for their annual renewal by 15 November. The submission of …

NMC asks medical colleges to submit details of first-year MBBS students for 2024-25 academic session, details here
2 months, 1 week ago

NMC asks medical colleges to submit details of first-year MBBS students for 2024-25 academic session, details here

Hindustan Times  

The National Medical Commission, NMC, has directed medical colleges to submit details of students admitted to the first year of MBBS degree for the 2024-25 academic session. NMC has asked medical colleges to submit details of first-year MBBS students for 2024-25 academic session. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The official notice dated October 29, 2024 mandates medical colleges and institutions to …

NMC appealed to allow admissions at 13 new medical colleges in U.P.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

NMC appealed to allow admissions at 13 new medical colleges in U.P.

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh has filed an appeal with the National Medical Commission to allow admissions at 13 new medical colleges that were earlier denied permission for the same owing to an inspection report that highlighted shortcomings at the institutions. The application for letter of permission for the new colleges were made to NMC in September 2023,” said Kinjal Singh, the director …

Medical students cannot change colleges from this year
8 months, 1 week ago

Medical students cannot change colleges from this year

The Hindu  

There will no more be an opportunity for migration for medical students to any other medical institution from this academic year. “No student designated to a medical institution, notwithstanding anything stating in these regulations, shall seek migration to any other medical institution,” the regulation said. However, restricting migration will cause problems for these students,” a medical student said. In some …

NMC issues notice, says no new medical college approved or seats increased so far; urges all to not fall for ‘fake news’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

NMC issues notice, says no new medical college approved or seats increased so far; urges all to not fall for ‘fake news’

Hindustan Times  

The National Medical Commission issued a public notice on Thursday clarifying that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board has not approved any New Medical College or increase of UG/PG Seats in various medical courses for the academic year 2024-25 so far. NMC has clarified that that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board has not approved any New Medical College or …

NMC lists medical colleges starting new PG courses and increase in intake
9 months, 3 weeks ago

NMC lists medical colleges starting new PG courses and increase in intake

Hindustan Times  

In an official notification, The National Medical Commission released a list of colleges that have applied to start a new post-graduation medical course or increase seats in PG Medical courses for the academic year 2024-25. 154 medical colleges will be offering new post-graduation medical courses, 50 colleges will be increasing the intake of PG Medical seats for the academic year …

Medical colleges instructed not to force PG students to live in hostels
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Medical colleges instructed not to force PG students to live in hostels

Hindustan Times  

The National Medical Commission has given strict instructions to all medical colleges not to force postgraduate students to live in a hostel. The instructions given to the medical colleges by the NMC state: “Provision of suitable residential accommodation to postgraduate students as per rule 5.6 of the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 is given and it shall be compulsory …

Medical Students Enrolled to Colleges Offline to Face Threat of Admission Cancellation
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Medical Students Enrolled to Colleges Offline to Face Threat of Admission Cancellation

News 18  

Medical candidates who were assigned MBBS seats for the current batch by individual colleges rather than the state or central authorities via online counselling in 2023 may have their admissions cancelled. The Commission mandated that even the remaining seats allotted during the last “stray vacancy or mop-up rounds” be allocated online using the centralised merit list. “It is informed that …

NMC stresses need for Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for faculties in medical colleges
1 year, 1 month ago

NMC stresses need for Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for faculties in medical colleges

The Hindu  

As part of efforts to weed out "ghost faculty" in medical colleges, the NMC has reiterated the importance of Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for faculty members before inspection. The Commission has come out with Medical Assessment and Rating Board guidelines aimed at standardising the application process to start new medical colleges or increase seats in existing institutions and dealing with …

NMC tightens rules for new medical colleges, aims to weed out ghost faculty
1 year, 1 month ago

NMC tightens rules for new medical colleges, aims to weed out ghost faculty

The Hindu  

India’s apex medical education regulator, the National Medical Commission, has released new rules aimed at standardising the application process to start new medical colleges or increase seats in existing institutions, dealing with ghost faculty, and ensuring the quality of undergraduate and postgraduate medical programmes. The guidelines, published this week, outline the procedure to establish new medical colleges and increase seats …

National Medical Commission limits MBBS seats in each state to 100 per million population
1 year, 2 months ago

National Medical Commission limits MBBS seats in each state to 100 per million population

Hindustan Times  

To improve the overall quality of education and to provide the right teaching environment to medical students, the National Medical Commission decided to limit the undergraduate seats in each state. According to the NMC, the decision has been applauded by various state branches of IMA, students’ associations, and the medical fraternity in general. According to a press release by the …

NMC inspection finds 246 medical colleges without adequate faculty; all fail to meet 50% attendance requirement
1 year, 3 months ago

NMC inspection finds 246 medical colleges without adequate faculty; all fail to meet 50% attendance requirement

The Hindu  

An assessment of 246 colleges by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission, found that no medical college had adequate faculty members or senior residents, and all colleges failed to meet the 50% attendance requirement. Recently, the NMC had introduced a monetary penalty of ₹1 crore, for medical colleges that fail to adhere to norms and standards …

Erring medical colleges to face monetary penalty soon
1 year, 3 months ago

Erring medical colleges to face monetary penalty soon

The Hindu  

The National Medical Commission’s latest announcement of introducing monetary penalty, for the first time in India, against medical colleges that fail to comply with statutory provisions, regulations, and minimum standards set by the commission could instantly reflect in an escalation to the fee structure in private medical colleges, warn experts, stating that any monetary punishment ultimately means that the student’s …

NMC withdraws Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023
1 year, 6 months ago

NMC withdraws Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023

The Hindu  

Creating confusion at the start of a new academic year, which is now just round the corner, for over one lakh prospective undergraduate students of medicine, the National Medical Commission has now withdrawn the recently issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 for MBBS admissions. On June 12, the Commission had issued the guidelines on MBBS course which included the new …

NExT exam scheduled for 2024, says Health Ministry
1 year, 7 months ago

NExT exam scheduled for 2024, says Health Ministry

The Hindu  

Ending months of speculation, the Health Ministry on Thursday announced that the National Exit Test will be held from 2024. NExT will be a single examination that would replace final-year MBBS examinations and the National Eligibility Entrance Test Postgraduate entrance exam thus acting as a qualifying test for granting registration to doctors as well as the basis for postgraduate seat …

States Should Follow NMC Standards While Setting Up Government Medical Colleges: Supreme Court
1 year, 10 months ago

States Should Follow NMC Standards While Setting Up Government Medical Colleges: Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court observed that Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh are bound to adhere to the standards prescribed by the regulatory authority, National Medical Council such as infrastructural facilities, faculty etc. In its order, the court added that the Centre as well as the NMC have ample powers to take steps, if there are deficiencies within the medical …

Compulsory Internships by Foreign Medical Graduates as per MCI List Valid as 'one-time measure': NMC
2 years ago

Compulsory Internships by Foreign Medical Graduates as per MCI List Valid as 'one-time measure': NMC

News 18  

The National Medical Commission on January 4 issued a notification, validating the compulsory rotatory medical internships in accordance with the old Medical Council of India list. The commission stated that any foreign medical graduates who completed or began their required rotatory internships in accredited medical universities, or hospitals as per the former MCI on or before October 21, 2022, shall …

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