DNB to do 3 year SRship for Teaching posts: Medical Council of India

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The developments created hue and cry amoung medical fraternity with the disadvantaged DNB candidates demanding equivalence to MD/MS degrees.

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The National Board of Examinations also wrote to the PMO as well as the health Ministry, which recommended the MCI to amend its TEQ regulations, deleting 3 year junior residency and specifically mentioning DNB along with MD/MS in the academic qualifications for various faculty posts.

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WHAT NOW??

Following the directions from the Health Ministry, the matter with regard to Eligibility of DNB doctors for teaching post in Medical Colleges was discussed in Oversight Committee Meeting in the office of Director AIIMS New Delhi between office bearers/ officials of MCI and Supreme Court mandated oversight committee. held on 27.09.2017. The minutes of the same were considered by the MCI Postgraduate Committee in its last meeting which observed

From the minutes it appears that the oversight committee wants that candidates passing DNB from non- teaching hospitals should have some hands on practical experience to come at par with those trained in teaching institutions but at the same time they may be asked to work at a level higher than junior resident.

The PG committee also discussed the latest amendment dated 05/06/2017 in minimum qualification of teachers in medical institutions regulations 1998  and resolved the following recommendations

 

Interpretation

The recommendations indeed bring a sense of relief for many candidates as it removes the three year JR ship for DNB students. However, compared to the previous amendments, a DNB passout from a non teaching medical college  will now have to undergo three years of Senior Residency instead of earlier proposed two years in order to enter medical academia with the post of Assistant Professor.