NMC to Constitute Speciality Expert Committee for PG specialisations, seeks faculty participation

New Delhi: Informing about the constitution of a Specialty Expert Committee (SEC) for each speciality, the National Medical Commission has asked willing faculties/ specialists to furnish their details by 15th February 2025.

Writing to the Principal/Dean of all PG medical colleges under NMC, the Executive Director of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), and the Dean/Principal of all Institutes of National Importance, NMC Secretary Dr. B Srinivas addressed the issue of constitution of speciality expert committee of various postgraduate specialties.

"Kindly find enclosed letter no. N-P050(20)/52/2024-PGMEB-NMC (e8312123) dated 14th January, 2025 w.r.t. decision of Post Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) to constitute a Specialty Expert Committee (SEC) for each specialty listed in PGMER-2023," NMC mentioned in the communication.

"All concerned stakeholders are requested to kindly take note of the same and willing faculties/ specialist may furnish their details by 15th Feb, 2025," the Commission added.

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In this regard, the Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of NMC had written to the PG medical college heads, Deans of INIs and NBEMS Executive Director on 14.01.2025. 

The PG Board of NMC had informed that the Specialty Expert Committees were being set up to enhance the quality and uniformity of postgraduate medical education. These committees will have the responsibility to prepare a model curriculum and develop speciality-specific Assessment forms for assessing institutes besides addressing other academic requirements of specialities.

Back then, the NMC PG Board had asked the willing faculties/specialists to furnish their details. "Post-Graduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB) of National Medical Commission (NMC), with a view to enhance the quality and uniformity of post-graduate medical education, has decided to constitute a Specialty Expert Committee (SEC) for each specialty as listed in the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations-2023. These committees will be responsible for preparing a model curriculum and developing specialty specific Assessment forms for assessing institutes besides addressing other academic requirements of specialties," the PG Board mentioned in the notice.

"The Faculty/Specialists of various specialties, who are willing to contribute towards this initiative, are requested to furnish their details within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice on the link given below (which may be copied and pasted on a new webpage)," it added.

The Commission had further mentioned that all the faculty/specialists working in Private/Government medical colleges, including Institutes of National Importance/NBEMS-recognized medical institutions, were eligible to contribute towards this initiative.

For this, the willing faculties/specialists were asked to furnish their details using the link mentioned in the notice.

To view the NMC notice, click on the link below:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/nmc-specialty-expert-committee-272435.pdf

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