Externship only in exceptional situations: NMC releases guidelines for MBBS internship posting
New Delhi: Clarifying on its allowance to the medical colleges permitting MBBS students to do their internship in other institutes (externship), the National Medical Commission (NMC) has recently issued guidelines for internship posting wherein the now externship has been restricted to exceptional events.
The clarification issued under the authority of Dr Aruna V. Vanikar, President, Under Graduate Medical Education Board at NMC, comes in view of several queries received by the apex medical regulator with respect to the March 31st order wherein the NMC allowed that the medicos can do their internship (popularly known as externship) at other NMC recognised medical colleges.
Following the earlier order, the MBBS graduates had already started the procedure to register themselves with colleges. However, the recent advisory restraining externship is expected to set confusion among them.
Via its advisory dated May 10, the NMC clarified, "Internship is the responsibility of the medical college that has trained the medical graduate. Every intern has to approach the corresponding medical colleges with regards to internship related issues."
Further, on the matter of externship, the NMC internship guidelines stated MBBS graduates are required to complete their internship in medical colleges where the students graduated. Additionally, they said that mutual transfer of internship is possible under exceptional circumstances only between government medical colleges or only between private institutes. Moreover, no interns can exchange between private and government institutions.
The advisory clearly stated:
1. Internship should be completed in the medical colleges where the medical graduates completed final MBBS.
2. Mutual transfer of internship is possible only under exceptional situations. Mutual transfer will be only between government medical colleges or only between private medical colleges. No intern can exchange between private and government colleges or vice versa.
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