NBE revises accreditation criteria for 8 DNB, DrNB, FNB courses, Details

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

The following fresh criteria have been added for the FNB Pain Medicine course-

i The hospital should be a minimum 100-bedded hospital.

ii Having an operational Anaesthesiology department accredited by NBEMS.

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

A Faculty with super/sub specialisation (medicine branch) serving as a full-time faculty in the General Medicine department will be considered, provided-

i Only one faculty member with a sub/superspecialization (medicine branch) will be considered in the General Medicine department for the purpose of applying for the DNB General Medicine program.

ii Such faculty should not have overlapping responsibilities with any running DrNB/DM super speciality program. An undertaking to this effect must be obtained from the concerned faculty members.

iii There should not be any conflict of interest, and the faculty member must be a full-time member of the General Medicine department.

B Minimum requirement of MICU beds: 06

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

A. Essential surgeries performed by the department-

• Myringotomy with grommet insertion

• Cortical mastoidectomy

• Modified radical mastoidectomy

• Tympanoplasty

• Stapedotomy

• Septoplasty

• FESS

• Endoscopic polypectomy

• Lateral rhinotomy

• Maxillectomy exposure

• Tonsillectomy

• Adenoidectomy

• Direct laryngoscopy with biopsy

• Tracheostomy

• Micro laryngeal surgery

• Laryngectomy

• FNAC related to ENT

• Thyroidectomy

• Superficial parotidectomy

• Neck dissection

B Case mix/spectrum of Diagnosis in the department required:

Ear

• Chronic Otitis Media (Mucosal and Squamosal type)

• Cholesteatoma

• Otitis externa, otomycosis

• Traumatic tympanic membrane perforation

• Otosclerosis

• Hearing loss (conductive, sensorineural, mixed)

• Vertigo (BPPV, Meniere’s disease, vestibular neuritis)

• Facial nerve palsy (ENT causes)

• Mastoiditis and intracranial complications of ear disease.

Nose & Paranasal Sinuses

• Deviated nasal septum

• Nasal polyposis

• Chronic rhinosinusitis

• Allergic rhinitis

• Epistaxis

• Acute & chronic sinusitis

• Sinonasal tumours (benign & malignant – common ones)

• CSF rhinorrhea

• Facial Fractures.

Throat/Pharynx/Larynx.

• Acute tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess

• Chronic tonsillitis

• Adenoid hypertrophy

• Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in ENT causes

• Acute epiglottitis, laryngotracheobronchitis

• Laryngopharyngeal reflux disease

• Benign laryngeal lesions (vocal cord nodules, cysts, polyps)

• Malignancies of the larynx, hypopharynx

• Vocal cord paralysis, Head & Neck

• Neck swellings (thyroid, lymph node, salivary gland).

• Thyroid nodules & goiter (benign & malignant)

• Oral cavity cancers

• Salivary gland diseases (parotid, submandibular)

• Cervical lymphadenopathy

• Trauma neck, foreign bodies (aero-digestive tract)

• Deep neck space infections.

Emergencies

• Airway obstruction (foreign body, trauma, infections, edema)

• Stridor – diagnosis & management

• Epistaxis (anterior & posterior packing, cautery)

• Tracheostomy (elective & emergency) • Quinsy, Ludwig’s angina Foreign body nose, ear, throat, oesophagus, bronchus

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

A. Minimum departmental Beds:

Increased from the existing 25 to 30 beds, with at least 30% general beds.

B. Spectrum of essential Surgical Procedures in the department required:

i. Trauma

• Closed reduction/cast application

• Long bones nailing/plating

• Intra-articular/peri-articular fracture

• Pelvi-acetabular fracture fixation

• Spinal stabilization

• Debridement & external fixation

• Paediatric trauma

• Hip fractures fixation

ii. Spine

• Operative treatment for spinal infections

• Discectomies- open/endoscopic/microscopic

• Operative treatment for degenerative spine disease

• Spinal biopsy

iii. Arthroplasty

• Hip & Knee

iv. Cold Orthopaedics

• Orthopaedics Infections

• Orthopaedics Tumours

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

A. Revision of minimum existing accreditation criteria for Rotation Posting of trainees:

Rotation of trainees in either Obstetrics or Gynaecology (both being core areas of DNB Anaesthesiology) will be permitted at another NMC/NBEMS recognised centres.

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria for rotation posting of trainees will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

2D-RT is not mandatory to be in-house facility, if 3D-RT is available. However, 2 weeks externship for 2D-RT is necessary for exposure.

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

A. Revision of Rotation Posting Duration:

The existing rotational posting for the DrNB Paediatric Surgery course is available & can be downloaded from the “Download” link of the NBEMS accreditation website. Click the “Download” link and select the option “Rotational Posting” from the “Category-wise filter” drop-down menu, then scroll down for the speciality name.

The above rotational posting is applicable for both 3 years & Direct 6 years DrNB Paediatric Surgery courses.

In addition to the above, following inclusion in the rotational posting, exclusively for DrNB Paediatric Surgery, a direct 6-year course has been approved:

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DEPARTMENT FOR ROTATION

DURATION OF ROTATIONAL POSTING

1

General Surgery

12 Months

2

Other Surgical Specialities

3 Months

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

1

Please refer to the NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (January - May 2026 Application Cycle).

Revised Case Mix

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CLINICAL/SURGICAL PROCEDURES

REVISED (MIN. REQUIREMENT PER YEAR

GROUP

1

Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

75

CAD

2

Coronary Angiography

900

CAD

3

Elective Coronary Angioplasty

300

CAD

4

Renal Angioplasty

Desirable

5

Peripheral Angioplasty and Stenting

24

Vascular

6

Coarctoplasty

12

Vascular

7

AAA stenting

12

Vascular

8

Aortopulmonary Collateral Closure/coiling cases

15

Vascular

9

Congenital (ASD/VSD/PDA)

60

Congenital

10

Pericardiocentesis

12

Misc.

11

IABP

24

Vascular

12

Rota/IVUS/OCT/FFR

24

CAD

13

Temporary Pacing

50

Arrhythmia

14

Permanent Pacing

50

Arrhythmia

15

Electro physiology and radiofrequency ablation

24

Arrhythmia

16

Cardiac resynchronisation therapy

12

Arrhythmia

17

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

24

Arrhythmia

The other existing requirements / minimum accreditation criteria will remain unchanged.