NMC Proposes Norms for New Medical Colleges

by web developer | Oct 12, 2022 | Articles

Apart from speeding up the process the organization that have experience i. Running a medical colleges and 1000-bed multi-speciality hospital elsewhere in the country. Looking to ease the norms for establishing new medical colleges, the NMC National Medical Commission, has proposed doing away with the requirement of such Institutions having a full-fledged hospital that has been functional for a minimum of two years. This has been applied only to organisations that have experience in running a medical colleges with the multi-speciality facilities includes 1000-bed in the hospital elsewhere in the country.

According to the universities once the proposed amendment is adopted, can start medical colleges soon after setting up a hospital to be attached with it. Alos, the establishment of Medical College Regulations, the person setting up the college must “own and manage a fully functional minimum 300- bedded hospital with necessary infrastructural facilities that has been developed in a teaching institutions and the hospital should be fully functional for minimum period of two years.

NMC has draft the notification that the condition of fully functional hospital for a minimum period of two years will not apply on the private universities or deemed universities or running fully functional recognised medical colleges and hospitals of 1000 of bed or more for at least 2 years anywhere in India.

Now the move is being to see the attempt or to increase medical seats across the country. The number of MBBS seats in the country has been increased from just over 51000 in 2914 to almost 9200 for the 2022-23 batch. The government has also supported increase in the number of seats in existing colleges or setting up new colleges with district hospitals.

There are discussions about relaxing the number of medical places in the country. Generally, it was three-period, which was later reduced to two years. Now, senior official said that it takes time for any hospital to get established and see patients coming in. If the rules is not established then, how do you teach students in early years? Having both college and hospital in different parts of the country also doesn’t help much. This will rapidly increasing the number of medical colleges and also fulfill the vision of prime minister that having the medical college in every district of the country said by Dr. J.K.Passi  Dean of the world medical college, Rohtak.

FAQs

What is NMC bill 2022?

The NMC bill states that the fees of private medical colleges and deemed universities should be on par with government medical colleges also the MP has become the first state to implement the NMC.

Will MBBS be reduced to 4 years?

No, currently the MBBS course is 4.5 years and one year of internship training . Also the GOM suggest MBBS courses will be complt in 4.5 years that is 4 years of academic and 6 months of internship.

Rationale Behind setting up AYUSH University!

by web developer | Sep 30, 2022 | Articles

With a wide vision of practitioners of traditional medicines, the government has a plan to set up the Karnataka state AYUSH University at Sogane village near Shimoga officially known as Shivamogga which is the central part of the state of Karnataka. During the session, the bill is passed in the Legislative Council at SuvarnaVidhanaSoudha which is the legislature building of the state of Karnataka.

The Ministry of AYUSH has focused on Ayurveda courses, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy, and Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan Medicine) for medical practices. More and more research will take place on these courses, which first happened in South India said to Medical Education and Health minister Dr. K Sudhakar.

Now, the district started to emerge and engage in education, training, knowledge production, and Innovative initiatives by coming up on over 100 acres of land. The MP of Shivamogga B Y Raghavendra told that this provides employment to 500 people or indirect employment to over 5000. From all this, if the university starts drug production then local people get an opportunity to work in or contribute to all development of the Shivamogga district. Also, the state government has sanctioned Rs. 20 crores for its development.

According to D H Shankaramurthy’s initiative, a new dimension will be given to establishing an ayurvedic medical college in Shivamogga which was supported by former CM B S Yediuyurappa. But when talking to BJP leader D H Shankaramurthy he said from all over the globe people looking for alternate medicine. Nowadays, more and more colleges offer Ayurveda courses for good research and development that empower the body, mind, or soul of the natural elements.

There are 953 colleges under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences which includes 105 AYUSH Colleges and a huge workload on universities. Due to this, authorities are not able to focus more on Ayurveda medicines. There is a total of three doctors including two from allopathy and one from AYUSH will be recruited at primary health centers in the state said, Dr. Sudhakar.

However, a question arises what is the rationale behind another university although there is a dedicated university Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences for medical education, there is no need for another facility said MLC Marithibbegowda.

SDM Ayurveda College in Hassan gets 3D Anatomy & Virtual Dissection Platform

by web developer | Sep 30, 2022 | Articles

Hasan SDM College of Ayurveda has obtained an anatomage table, a virtual 3D dissection unit, for teaching anatomy subject to students. This equipment was given by Dr. VeerendraHeggade, president of SDM education society, on July 9 2022.

Principal of the college Dr. Prasanna N. Rao, told the media persons that the new tool is beneficial for teaching human anatomy to medical aspirants. This modern learning table costs about ₹3 crore. It would carry different 3-D images of human body of various health conditions. That tool anatomage table is such that by clicking on the screen, one can go deeper into the body step by step, to understand its better functioning. The college has procured this unit to communicate a modern touch to the study of AYUSH courses.

This amazing unit serves as a different tool for teaching human anatomy but would not replace the dissection of actual remains in medical colleges. Medical students will continue to dissect cadavers with proper methods. Meanwhile, this anatomage table gives aspirants a wide scope to understand better the status of human beings with various medical conditions said to Dr. Prasanna N. Rao.

However, the 25th graduation ceremony has been organized on the college campus on 9th July at 11 a.m. in which more than 230 students will receive their degrees. Registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, M.R. Ravi Kumar or chairperson of Board of Studies Dr. Ahalya Sharma, and others all participated, said Dr. Rao.

One Entrance for all: UGC plan to merge NEET, and JEE into CUET UG Exam

by web developer | Sep 30, 2022 | Articles

The UGC is planning to merge medical or engineering entrances into the Common University Entrance Test – Undergraduate (CUET- UG). As per the reports, this proposal would be to check the students on the same knowledge based on one test.

University Grants Commission vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said the idea is to unburden the students to appear in multiple exams. So, the new proposal will allow the students to appear for one entrance test only instead of appearing in four subjects – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and biology – in three entrance exams, but now students can appear in one exam and be eligible for or explore a different field of study.

This year CUET was launched for undergraduate students at 90 universities including 45 central universities. According to officials 1.05 million students have applied for CUET, making it the second biggest examination after NEET which received 1.8 million students’ applications.

Vice Chancellor Kumar said that National Education Policy NEP 2020 also foresees one entrance exam for all and this will reduce the burden on students by giving multiple exams for higher education.

While the NEET examination is conducted for taking admission in medical courses including MBBS and BDS, the joint entrance examination (Main) is designed for admission to various engineering courses including IITs and other technical colleges. Shortlisted students can appear for the JEE Advanced exam for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Also, the UGC will form a committee, including experts from different fields, to look at the recent entrances. Kumar said the committee will start preparing recommendations for the Integrated entrance exam. These recommendations will be shared with the stakeholders for consultation and feedback based on the ministry and UGC will decide the pattern of the examination.

He also said that the examination may be conducted twice a year to provide more opportunities to students. He decided to conduct the first session immediately after the board exams and other sessions can be conducted in November or December. Due to some technical glitches during the CUET exam for undergraduate students, Kumar said the NTA is working on handling the challenges.

The NTA can come up with its entrance examination centers in educational institutions across the country that can provide more than 300 to 400 students at a time. These institutions are used for the rest of the year.

According to him, there is no such difference between the assessment process of JEE, CUET, and NEET. The question paper of all the examinations are based on the NCERT syllabus and are objective based. The same criteria are followed for the special experts for preparing the question papers. But the NEET is the only one that is still OMR- based and not computer-based.

Although the entrance examination is based on both a logistical point of view and the interest of the students.

The UGC chancellor has clarified that the date is not finalized yet when the NTA National Testing Agency and all concerned stakeholders are well-prepared before the new common entrance test is launched for students.