No revision of results, MP Medical University to Re-Conduct Surgery Practicals for 94 MGM Indore Medicos

Indore: The final-year MBBS students at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College will not get revised marks for the surgery practical examination as the Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University (MPMSU) has decided to re-conduct the surgery practical exam for 94 students.

MPMSU Board of Examination took this decision recently and the exam will be held in a few days in the presence of internal and external examiners.

The University decided to re-conduct the examination after the medical college requested the University to revise the result of the surgery practical exam of MBBS final year students after the examiner wrongly evaluated the students. Because of this alleged goof-up, altogether 41 students failed in the exam.

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that after so many students failed the surgery practical exams, the Dean of the Institute had earlier written to the Head of the Department of Surgery to look into the matter.

The list of students who became unsuccessful in the final year practical exam also included some of the meritorious students as well. The students had alleged that they were being failed 'unnecessarily' in the practical exam even though they secured good marks in the practical and theory exams of other subjects including surgery.

They blamed the evaluation process terming it faulty and also accused the college administration of delay in rectifying the results highlighting the impact of the results on their careers and the mandatory internships.

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Expressing frustration over the alleged goof-up, the final year MBBS students at the institute had stated a protest and threatened to commit mass suicide "if corrections were not made". Following this, the surgery department of the medical college sent a representative, a post-graduate medico, to two external examiners of the surgery's practical exam, to get the revised result signed by them and then send the same to Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University, Jabalpur to fix the alleged blunder.

MGM Medical College recently fixed the error in awarding surgery practical marks to the final-year MBBS students and sent the revised result to the MP Medical University for new results. Thereafter, the matter came up for consideration by the University's Board of Examination.\

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As per the latest media report by Free Press Journal, the University's Board of Examination has decided to re-conduct the surgery practical exam of 94 MBBS final year students. Commenting on the matter, a university official told the Daily on the condition of anonymity, "During the meeting of Board of Examination, university officials discussed ways to revise the results but couldn’t find a way for the same. After discussing various options, consensus was reached on re-exam."

However, the University has not made it mandatory for students to take the exam and decided to keep the marks same of those who do not want to retake the exam. 

MPMSU Vice Chancellor Dr Ashok Khandelwal informed FPJ that the Board of Examination has decided to re-conduct the exam. "We have asked the college to re-conduct the exam and it is the college's responsibility to make it happen properly. However, we will act against the examiners and also write to the government to act against those responsible for the blunder," Dr Khandelwal.

However, the students are upset with the University's decision to re-conduct the exam. Alleging that the University was punishing them for the mistake conducted by the college authorities, the students said, "We had already passed the exam but were marked fail due to examiner’s error. Now, we will have to retake the exam and have to prepare for it in seven days. We will knock on the doors of MPMSU to reconsider the decision."

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