1-year Senior residency exemption for Doctors with foreign PG medical qualifications- proposes NMC Draft TEQ
NMC Draft TEQ Rules 2024
New Delhi: In the recently released Draft Teachers Eligibility Qualifications (TEQ) 2024 Regulations, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed providing an exemption to doctors having pursued their postgraduate medical education from five English-speaking countries (United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) to undergo the mandatory Senior Residentship to join as faculties in medical colleges.
According to the existing norms, doctors must undergo one year of Senior Residency to be eligible to join the medical colleges as Assistant Professors. However, NMC has proposed granting an exemption in this regard to the PG medical graduates from UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
What Does the NMC Draft TEQ 2024 Regulations Say?
Specifying the norms regarding the Foreign Postgraduate Qualifications for Equivalence to become faculty, the National Medical Commission (NMC) said that as per the Draft TEQ 2024, a person who has acquired MBBS qualification in India and recognized qualification eligible for registration in India from any of the five Engligh-speaking countries (United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) shall be considered for teaching job in a Medical College in India as Senior Resident/Assistant Professor in the respective specialty and subsequent promotions as per "Teachers Eligibility Qualifications in Medical Institutions Regulations -2024", if he fulfills the criteria mentioned below.
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