9-year Cap to complete MBBS, Choice-based credit courses proposed in NMC draft

New Delhi: The students enrolled to the MBBS course must complete the same within 9 years, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed in its recently released Draft Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023.

Apart from this, the apex medical education regulatory body NMC has also specified that the students shall not be allowed more than four attempts for the first year.

Besides, for the first time, NMC has specified various choice-based credit courses limited to a maximum of one week, in addition to the MBBS curriculum.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that introducing changes in the undergraduate medical education system NMC recently released the draft of these regulations on public domain and invited comments in this regard from the public and the stakeholders.

"Provided under no circumstances the student shall be allowed more than 4 attempts for first year and no student shall be allowed to continue undergraduate medical course after nine (09) years from the date of admission into the course," it further added.

With this, NMC has reduced the time limit for clearing the MBBS examination. In the 2019 amendments to the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, NMC had mentioned that "A learner shall not be entitled to graduate later than ten (10) years of her/his joining the first MBBS course."

"No more than four attempts shall be allowed for a candidate to pass the first Professional examination. The total period for successful completion of first Professional course shall not exceed four (4) years. Partial attendance of examination in any subject shall be counted as an attempt," it further added.

However, in the recently released draft of Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, NMC mentioned that students will have to complete the MBBS course after nine (09) years from the date of admission into the course.

Choice-based credit courses:

Apart from this, NMC in the recent draft has also mentioned about the Choice-based credit courses for the first time. The Commission mentioned, "There shall be a variety of choice-based credit courses of duration limited to a maximum of one week, offered by the medical institutions in addition to the NMC curriculum and the curriculum prescribed by their respective University to their graduating students without hampering the medical graduate curriculum."

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https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/uemeb-regulations-203379.pdf

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