Government’s eyes push the students, faculty for non-thinish courses in medical colleges. Mint

Even the government has claimed to increase the number of medical education seats in the country, these medical colleges and institutions a serious student enrollment crisis in post -graduate courses like Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Forensic, Microbiology and Pathology Have to face According to an official about the case on the condition of anonymity.

This has led to a lack of faculty for these courses as students are not keen to pursue them.

In this scenario, the National Medical Commission (NMC) is reducing a two-dimensional strategy to bridge the difference in demand for these courses.

First, NMC will open a third of vacant faculty posts for non-medical teachers, which will be with a doctorate in subject and with a graduate and master from science stream. The second part of the scheme is to make these courses more attractive to students through encouraging and including clinical activities.

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Allegedly, there are 1.3 million MBBS doctors (both private and government colleges) registered with the National Medical Commission, however, their expertise is not known.

Faculty

“There is a rapid decrease of postgraduate faculty mainly in pre-carry clinical subjects-in one-PAR clinical subjects-courtyard, physiology, bio chemistry, pharmacology, forensic, microbiology and pathology-because students option for such seats Do not want to choose Even though NMC has allowed zero percent (students with the lowest marks can get these seats) For such seats, seats remain vacant. Last year, about 600 PG seats remained vacant in 20-30 medical colleges, ”an official said about the case.

For example, a course with around 100 students should have at least three faculty members – a professor, an associate professor and an assistant professor. However, the shortage of teachers in many courses makes colleges difficult.

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“In fact, government medical colleges are finding it difficult to get faculty for some PG courses. We hope that NMC draft regulation on the eligibility qualification regulation (TEQ) 2024 of teachers attracts a good number of teachers as NMC has relaxed several qualifications criteria, ”the official said. “This is a temporary exercise. When we receive enough lecturers for these courses, the NMC will begin to phase up the system. This is being done so that the college is not closed. ,

Moving forward, the colleges will release public advertisements in two phases. In the first round, advertisements will be for faculty with a medical background in specified subject. However, if these posts remain incomplete, the second advertisement would open them for non-medical faculty teachers, specifies that the posts were opened because there were no suitable candidates with medical background.

“However, priority will always be given to medical backgrounds (MD and DNB) candidates. This is the only way to fill the shortage of faculty members in these courses, ”the official said.

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The AIIMS-Daley Forensic Department, a senior professor who does not want to name, said, “The selection of courses is a personal choice of the student. However, vacant seats for non-thinish subjects are found mostly in medical colleges. .

There is a misunderstanding among medical students that courses like anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, forensic, microbiology and pathology are non-clinical subjects and do not require any interaction with patients, which they do not require any interaction with these subjects in PG courses Discouragement from choosing for.

“, Therefore, in the future, NMC can plan to bring more attractive criteria to such non-ninth subjects such as offering encouragement to students, one year clinical courses, etc., etc. Said.

Questions sent to the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health remained unanswered till the press time.