MBBS Curriculum: NMC Releases CBME Guidelines 2024, Details
New Delhi: Laying down the latest guidelines for the MBBS course, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has now published the final Competency-Based Medical Education Regulations 2024.
These new guidelines include objectives of the Indian Graduate Medical Training Programme, National Goals with respect to Indian Medical Graduates, Institutional Goals, Goals for the Learner, the Competency-Based Training Programme for Indian Medical Graduates, the roles of leader and member of the healthcare team, system and the role of the communicator with patients, families, colleagues and community, the role of lifelong learner committed to continuous improvement of skills and knowledge, and of a professional who is committed to excellence, is ethical, responsive and accountable to patients, the profession and community etc.
Apart from these, the Curriculum at length discussed the subject goals of Phase 1 subjects including Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry, Phase 2 subjects including Pathology, Microbiology, and Pharmacology, Phase III Part 1 subjects including Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Community Medicine, Oto-Rhinolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Phase III Part II subjects including General Medicine, Pediatrics, Dermatology, Venereology, Psychiatry, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Anaesthesiology, and Radiodiagnosis.
Further, the final CBME Curriculum has also discussed the phase-wise training and time distribution for professional development. It includes training period and time distribution, the distribution of 4.5 years period, and phase-wise distribution of teaching hours. It also discussed the new teaching/learning elements including the foundation course, early clinical exposure, electives, Professional Development including Attitude, Ethics and Communication Module (AETCOM), Alignment and integration (AIT) teaching, Learner-doctor method of clinical training (Clinical Clerkship), Assessment etc.
The duration of 4.5 years of the MBBS course has been divided into three phases. The tenure of Phase I or the First Professional phase is 12 months including a Foundation Course of two weeks and university exams. Similarly, the 12-month-long Phase II or Second Professional phase includes university examinations. In the case of Phase III, the tenure is 30 months long and it is divided in Third Professional Part I and Part II. Among these, Third Professional Part I is 12 months long and it includes university exams. Phase III Part II is 18 months long and it includes University exams.
Regarding the Assessment and eligibility to appear for Professional examinations, the new CBME curriculum discussed attendance, internal assessment, certifiable competence achieved, university examinations, the appointment of examiners, etc.
The regulations also include AETCOM Modules for teaching and assessment, the time distribution of MBBS Teaching & Examination schedule, proposed time distribution of MBBS teaching and Examination schedule, distribution of subjects in each Professional Phase, teaching hours during Foundation Course, Distribution of subject-wise teaching hours for Phase I, Phase II and Phase III (Part I and II) MBBS, clinical posting schedules in weeks, learner-doctor programme (clinical clerkship), marks distribution for various subjects for University Annual Examinations, suggested format for a theory paper, and Phase I and Phase II alignment.
The new regulations also contain the curriculum for the Family Adoption Programme. The curriculum discussed in detail about targets to be achieved by the MBBS students in their first, second, and third professional year of the course, Phase wise competencies to be achieved through the FAP, Log Book for Family Adoption Programme. This log book includes the name of the college, university, name of the student, roll number, address of community for FAP, number of adopted families, names of head of household of adopted families, dates of screening camp, name of faculty guide/mentor, names of PGs/SRs Guide/Mentor, and names of para-clinical staff guide/mentor.
The regulations also include the guidelines for manpower requirement for research facilities in a medical college, and the guidelines regarding admission of students with "specified disabilities" under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 with respect to admission in MBBS course.
To view the CBME 2024 Guidelines, click on the link below:
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/cbme-guidelines-2024-250434.pdf
Also Read: Final regulations on MBBS Curriculum released by NMC
