Medical Shodhganga: NMC Develops a Thesis Topics Repository to Help PG Medicos

New Delhi: Bringing good news to the postgraduate medical students, the National Medical Commission (NMC) announced that it has developed a thesis topics repository for the Indian Medical Postgraduate theses.

The repository, named Medical Shodhganga, has been developed by the Commission in association with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to help postgraduate medical students in case they find it problematic to select thesis topics.

NMC has announced that the thesis topics, which have been included in the repository, were solicited from selected faculties and more than 1400 thesis topics in 24 specialties.

Such topics were included in the Medical Shodhganga repository after being refined by a team of subject experts and scientists from the ICMR. The interested postgraduate medical students can get access to the concerned repository using the web address: https://medshodh.icmr.org.in/

Issuing a circular in this regard, NMC IT Section mentioned, "The ICMR-Department of Health Research (DHR) in association with the National Medical Commission (NMC), has developed Medical Shodhganga, a thesis topics repository of Indian Medical Postgraduate theses to help prospective postgraduates in case of difficulties encountered while selecting thesis topics."

"The thesis topics included in the repository were solicited from the selected faculties & more than 1400 thesis topics in 24 specialties have been received and refined by a team of subject experts and ICMR scientists. The repository may be accessed at the following web address: https://medshodh.icmr.org.in/," it further added.

The circular has been sent to the Directors of all medical colleges or institutes. A copy of the same has also been sent to the Secretary of Health of all States.

Writing a thesis is an important part of the PG medical education course curriculum. As per the PG Medical Education Regulations 2000, M.D./M.S. examinations, in any subject shall consist of Thesis, Theory Papers, and clinical/Practical and Oral examinations.

In respect of the Thesis, these regulations mention that every candidate needs to carry out work on an assigned research project under the guidance of a recognised Postgraduate teacher.

Work for writing the Thesis is aimed at contributing to the development of a spirit of enquiry, besides exposing the candidate to the techniques of research, critical analysis, acquaintance with the latest advances in medical science and the manner of identifying and consulting available literature, NMC mentioned while clarifying that the thesis should be submitted at least six months before the theoretical and clinical/practical examination.

To view the NMC notice regarding the thesis repository, click on the link below:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/nmc-thesis-repository-226934.pdf

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