NMC draft rules allow non-med grads to teach medical students
Hindustan Times: The National Medical Commission, in its draft “Teachers Eligibility Qualifications in Medical Institutions Regulations” for 2024 has retained a two-year-old provision allowing non-medical graduates with MSc and PhD degrees to teach medical students anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology. NMC draft rules allow non-med grads to teach medical students This provision has, however, sparked mixed reactions within the medical fraternity. Earlier in 2020, NMC had limited appointment of non-medical teachers in these three departments at 15% stating that the new Competency-Based Medical Education curriculum, which focuses on the development of specific competencies in medical students, has early clinical exposure from the first year of MBBS and requires persons with medical qualification to conduct these integrated teaching sessions. We are trying to address the shortage of faculties in medical colleges by allowing 15% MSc with PhD candidates from medical colleges in the absence of MD candidates to teach MBBS students.
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