NMC announces Minimum Standard Requirement for Post Graduate Courses, 2023
PGMSR 2023: "An institution conducting both undergraduate and post-graduate teaching shall satisfy the minimum requirement for undergraduate training as prescribed by UGMEB in UG-MSR document and shall also fulfil additional requirements for post-graduate training," stated NMC.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released the Minimum Standard Requirement for Post Graduate Courses, 2023 (PGMSR 2023). The details can be seen on the official website - nmc.org.in.
Following are some of the criteria given by the Commission:
- 80 per cent of the hospital beds should be occupied throughout the year by patients requiring inpatient care.
- Minimum 15 per cent of the total beds in the Department imparting post-graduate training should be Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds/High Dependency Unit (HDU) beds exclusively of that Department.
- There shall be adequate space and sufficient number of examination cubicles available in the Out-Patient Department and one teaching room for each teaching department with a capacity to accommodate adequate number of students for clinical case discussions/demonstrations. Each such room shall have audio-visual facilities.
- There shall be digital data of records of investigations done in various Departments/Laboratories and a Departmental Library with essential books and journals as per curriculum requirements.
- Faculty shall be full-time and shall not engage in private practice during college hours. It shall be mandatory to have at least 75 per cent attendance of the total working days for the required number of faculties.
About Close Circuit Camera, NMC stated, "Every medical college shall have prescribed number of cameras at the prescribed locations of cameras with Close Circuit Cameras, as prescribed by the National Medical Commission."
"Every collage /institute shall have its own website which shall contain the details of Departments with available facilities, faculty with contact details, PG courses along with number of seats, details of the admitted students and details of the clinical workload (OPD, IPD and Surgeries) for each Department separately," added the Commission.
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