Adopting NMC faculty regulations, NBE revises accreditation criteria

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

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Please refer to NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (July-November 2025 Application Cycle)

Revision of existing minimum accreditation criteria for essential modalities in Radio Diagnosis-

1 Mandatory departments in the hospital are as follows-

i General Medicine.

ii General Surgery.

iii Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

iv Paediatrics.

v Orthopaedics.

2 Essential Modalities-

i CR/DR.

ii Ultrasound including colour Doppler.

iii Spiral/Multi Slice CT.

iv MRI Facilities.

v Cath-Lab/Interventional Radiology Facilities.

3 Desirable Modalities-

i Fluoroscopy.

ii Mammography.

4 For imaging modalities installed in campus under PPP (Public – Private Partnership) mode, an undertaking must be obtained from the outsourced agency to ensure to provide full access of the facilities to the trainees.

5 Full Access to be further defined as follows-

i Trainees to be provided opportunity to prepare draft Radio diagnosis reports, which should be finalized by consultant radiologists.

ii Trainees should be given opportunity for being involved in patient care services.

6 Joint Accreditation Scheme-

In Joint Accreditation scheme, the period of Rotational Posting in Secondary hospital to be for 04 months/per year and during rotational posting in hospital, trainees should be involved mainly in learning “How to manage Radiological Emergencies and Trauma patients”.

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

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

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Please refer to NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (July-November 2025 Application Cycle)

Revision of minimum accreditation criteria for DNB – Emergency Medicine-

1 Departments- The mandatory departments in the hospital are as follows-

a) General Medicine.

b) General Surgery.

c) Orthopaedics.

d) Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

e) Paediatrics.

2 Faculty

i At least one faculty with DNB/MD Emergency Medicine qualification is a must for DNB Emergency Medicine programme.

The above criteria will be applicable for the applications seeking fresh accreditation with NBEMS in DNB Emergency Medicine. This criterion will not be applicable to ongoing / renewal accreditation. However, in case, any of the existing faculty leaves the accredited department, the hospital is advised to appoint a faculty with DNB/MD Emergency Medicine qualification if none of the remaining faculty have the required DNB/MD Emergency Medicine qualification.

ii The minimum post-PG experience required for DNB/MD/MS holders in General Medicine, Anaesthesiology, and General Surgery has been revised. For the position of Senior Consultant (S.C.), the minimum post-PG experience has been reduced from the existing 8 years to 5 years. Similarly, for Junior Consultant (J.C.), it has been reduced from the existing 5 years to 2 years.

iii Faculty with the following specialties can also be included in the minimum eligible qualification criteria for faculty in the department of Emergency Medicine, in addition to the existing MD/MS/DNB Anaesthesiology, General Surgery and General Medicine-

a) MD/DNB Respiratory Medicine or equivalent (Minimum Post-PG experience of 5 years for S.C. & 2 years for J.C.)

OR

b) MS Traumatology & Surgery/DNB Trauma & Acute care Surgery or equivalent (Minimum Post-PG experience of 5 years for S.C. & 2 years for J.C.)

OR

c) MS/DNB Orthopaedics or equivalent (Minimum Post-PG experience of 5 years for S.C. & 2 years for J.C.)

OR

d) DM Pulmonary Medicine or equivalent (Minimum Post-PG experience of 3 years for S.C. & 1 years for J.C.)

OR

e) DM/DrNB Critical Care Medicine or equivalent (Minimum Post-PG experience of 3 years for S.C. & 1 years for J.C.)

OR

f) DM Pulmonology & Critical Care & Sleep Medicine or equivalent (Minimum Post-PG experience of 3 years for S.C. & 1 years for J.C.)

3 ER Visits

The following minimum accreditation criteria for DNB Emergency Medicine in a 100 bedded hospital having 11 beds in the Emergency Department, 2 Consultants (out of which 01 should be Senior Consultant) and 2 DNB seats-

i Total 6,000 ER Visits/year.

ii For every additional one DNB seat, there should be a corresponding 10% increase in total ER Visits/year.

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EXISTING CRITERIA

REVISED CRITERIA

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Please refer to NBEMS Accreditation Information Bulletin (July-November 2025 Application Cycle)

Revision of minimum existing accreditation criteria for Diploma in Family Medicine

1 The number of beds required for the applicant hospital for the diploma in Family Medicine courses have been lowered from the existing 100 to 60.

2 However, the exiting minimum number of beds required for General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology i.e. 10 for each of these core departments will continue.

3 The existing minimum number of OPD and IPD should also be maintained as follows-

i Total OPD: 5000.

ii Total IPD: 1000 (This is inclusive of OPD & IPD load in General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology).

4 At least one of the Faculty (Senior/Junior Consultant) for the DNB as well as the Diploma course in Family Medicine should be from the family medicine background (DNB/MD Family Medicine). This is applicable for all the prospective applications.