Consultants, Specialists Can Now become Medical Faculty: MCI Gazette Notification
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New Delhi: Suffering from the acute shortage of senior faculties required for setting up of Medical Colleges in the country, the Medical Council of India has now come out with a unique solution to enable the conversion of 300 + bedded government hospitals to be turned into medical colleges.
Through a recent gazette notification, the Medical Council of India with the previous sanction of the Central Government has made amendments the “Minimum Qualifications for Teachers in Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998”, thereby providing a unique opportunity to senior Post Graduate consultants/specialists in various fields to be eligible/equated for faculty posts at setting up of medical college at the respective hospitals
The apex medical body has specified that this opportunity to equating a Consultant or Specialist to corresponding faculty positions will be limited to a specialist/consultant working at a minimum 300 bedded non-teaching District Hospitals owned and managed by State Govt/Central Govt, which are going to be converted into medical colleges and shall be based on the number of work experience and research publications as specified.
Through a recent gazette notification, the Medical Council of India with the previous sanction of the Central Government has made amendments the “Minimum Qualifications for Teachers in Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998”, thereby providing a unique opportunity to senior Post Graduate consultants/specialists in various fields to be eligible/equated for faculty posts at setting up of medical college at the respective hospitals
The apex medical body has specified that this opportunity to equating a Consultant or Specialist to corresponding faculty positions will be limited to a specialist/consultant working at a minimum 300 bedded non-teaching District Hospitals owned and managed by State Govt/Central Govt, which are going to be converted into medical colleges and shall be based on the number of work experience and research publications as specified.
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