FORDA invites feedback on PG regulations issued by NMC

NMC sought stakeholders' comments on the draft Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, published on September 6. Now, FORDA India also invited feedback on the draft.

The Post-graduate Medical Education Board of the National Medical Commission sought public comments for the draft Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023. Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) India has also invited stakeholders' suggestions, feedback, and points of contention against the PG regulations issued by NMC. Interested stakeholders can mail to FORDA at delhiforda@gmail.com. 

Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 Highlights

The draft regulations included the following statements:

• All post-graduate students will work as full-time resident doctors. They will work for reasonable working hours and will be provided reasonable time for rest in a day. 
• Every institution undertaking post-graduate training programmes shall set up an Academic Cell, under the chairmanship of a senior faculty member, which shall ensure and monitor the implementation of training programmes in each speciality. 
• The training programmes shall be updated as and when required while keeping in mind the curriculum requirement and other relevant requirements prescribed by NMC from time to time. The structured training programme shall be written and strictly followed, to enable the examiners to determine the training undergone by the candidates. 
• Without prejudice to anything stated in the present Regulations or other NMC Regulations, there shall be common counselling for admission to Post-graduate courses in medicine for all medical institutions in India solely based on the merit list of respective exams. Provided the common counselling may have multiple rounds as may be necessary. 

On stipend and leave of district residents, the Regulation draft said the District Residents shall continue to draw full stipend from their respective medical colleges for the duration of the rotation subject to the attendance record submitted by the appropriate district authorities to the parent medical college/institution, based on methods and system as prescribed. Subject to exigencies of work, the District Resident will be allowed one weekly holiday by rotation. They shall also be entitled to leave benefits as per the rules/ guidelines of the parent college / university. 

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