Medical postgraduate broad speciality courses 2021 to start from Feb 1, says NMC

National Medical Commission (NMC) has notified that postgraduate broad speciality courses will start from February 1.

The new session for the postgraduate medical broad speciality courses is all set to commence from February 1, as decided by the National Medical Commission (NMC).

NMC has also directed the colleges and institutions to complete the curriculum for the diploma and degree courses by December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2024, respectively.

NMC official notice reads, "There has been a delay in the starting of the Broad Speciality Courses on account of Covid pandemic in the year 2021. Therefore, the National Medical Commission has decided that academic session for the Broad Speciality Courses for the year 2021 shall start from Feb 1, 2022. The academic curriculum of the diploma and degree courses shall be completed by 31st December 2023 and 31st December 2024 respectively. However, the postgraduate Degree and Diplom student should complete the required period of 36 and 24 months respectively to complete the course."

Meanwhile, after much delay, the counselling process for admission to postgraduate medical courses has commenced on January 12 and is still undergoing. NEET PG Counselling 2021 got much delayed due to the pending case in Supreme Court regarding reservations. Now, after it has started, all the NEET PG 2021 qualified candidates can participate in the counselling at Medical Counselling Committee's (MCC) official website mcc.nic.in. The registration can be done for Round 1 latest by January 17. MCC will conduct four rounds of counselling for NEET PG 2021 for seats under the All India Quota (AIQ).

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