MCI proposes to amend feeder qualifications of 12 DM, Mch courses, invites comments
The comments/suggestions should reach Council office by email/post on or before 15 February 2020 on Email ID:- pg@mciindia.or. or at postal address: Secretary-General, Medical Council of India, Pocket-14, Sector-8, Dwarka Phase-I, New Delhi -110077;
New Delhi: With the rising trend of super-specialisation in modern medicine, the Medical Council of India's decision on various feeder qualification play a very important role in determining the future path and career discipline of various specialists. Off lately, there has been a major debate on MCI's feeder qualification for various new upcoming super-specialisations
While the apex medical regulator constantly makes updates in feeder qualifications to keep them in line with upcoming clinical advancements, recently the council made amendments in the Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, with regard to prior qualifications/feeder qualifications for 12 relatively new kinds of Super-Speciality Courses. These included the subjects Medical Genetics, Organ Transplant Anaesthesia & Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine, Paediatric Hepatology, Neuro Anaesthesia, Paediatrics Nephrology, Virology, Paediatric Oncology, Geriatric Mental Health, Paediatrics & Neonatal Anaesthesia, Clinical Haematology and Hand Surgery and the said amendments were forwarded to the Central Govt., Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi vide Council letter dated 06.06.2019 for approval. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suggested that the drafts be placed in public domain for consultation.
Meanwhile the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide order dated 06.12.2019. in W.P. No. 12829/2019 Mr. Manthan Kathrotiya & Others vs. National Medical Commission & others has directed to consider the writ petition as a representation for change in feeder qualification for the Super-speciality course, which is DM (Clinical Haematology). The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has also asked Board of Governors for Public consultation in this regard.
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