NO MBBS Admissions beyond specified dates: NMC warns universities, students
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has warned to take action against students and institutes if admissions are made beyond the dates specified for each academic year.
In this regard, the Apex Medical Commission specified in the recently released Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Curriculum 2024 that the Universities shall not register any student to MBBS course admitted beyond the last date declared in the MCC (Medical Counselling Committee) portal.
"Universities shall organize admission timing and admission process in such a way that teaching in the phase I commences with induction through the Foundation Course at the beginning of academic year. There shall be no admission of students in respect of any academic session beyond dates specified for each academic year," the CBME 2024 guidelines mentioned.
It further clarified that "The Universities shall not register any student (in MBBS course) admitted beyond the said date."
Action against Students and Institutes for Violating these Rules:
The CBME 2024 guidelines, released by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of NMC, further specified that the Commission would discharge students if they are admitted after the last date of admission and their qualification would also not be recognized by NMC.
Apart from this, the Apex Medical Commission shall also take action against the institute, which grants admission to any student after the last date specified.
"Any student identified as having obtained admission after the last date for closure of admission shall be discharged from the course of study, or any medical qualification granted to such a student shall not be a recognized qualification by National Medical Commission," mentioned the CBME 2024 Curriculum.
"The institution which grants admission to any student after the last date specified from the same shall also be liable to face such action as may be prescribed by National Medical Commission," it further added.
Further, the CBME 2024 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, 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 regulations also include AETCOM Modules for teaching and assessment, 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 include 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.
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.
