No promotions to medical teachers who do not indulge in Research: DME
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Chennai: Promotions are not going to come the way for medical teachers who do not indulge in research and have the requisite number of publications as laid down by the Medical Council of India. With this background, the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Medical Eduction (DME) was recently seen denying promotions to 30 doctors out of 300 stating that they do not have the required number of research publications
MCI rules state that for promotion to the post Associate Professor in broad specialities, a doctor must have experience as Assistant Professor in the subject for 4 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/institution with 2 Research Publication in Indexed Journals as Ist Author or as corresponding author.
For promotion to the position of a professor, a medical teacher must have served as an associate Professor in the subject for 3 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/institution with 4 Research Publications in Indexed Journal on Cumulative basis with minimum of 2 Research Publication during the tenure of Associate Professor as Ist Author or as corresponding author.
MCI rules state that for promotion to the post Associate Professor in broad specialities, a doctor must have experience as Assistant Professor in the subject for 4 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/institution with 2 Research Publication in Indexed Journals as Ist Author or as corresponding author.
For promotion to the position of a professor, a medical teacher must have served as an associate Professor in the subject for 3 years in a permitted/approved/recognized medical college/institution with 4 Research Publications in Indexed Journal on Cumulative basis with minimum of 2 Research Publication during the tenure of Associate Professor as Ist Author or as corresponding author.
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