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NMC asks States, UTs to do away with seat leaving bond in medical colleges

The National Medical Commission (NMC) has urged the states and UTs to do away with the seat leaving bond policy in medical colleges to create a supportive environment for students and help address their mental health concerns. The NMC's Anti Ragging Committee recently recommended that instead of imposing a heavy seat leaving bond, states may consider debarring students who wish to leave the seat from admission in their state the next one year. In a letter addressed to the Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education of all states and UTs, president of the Under Graduate Medical Education Board of the NMC, Dr Aruna V Vanikar said the Commission has received grievances pertaining to the "alarming levels of stress, anxiety, and depression" faced by medical students specially PG students across various institutions. These mental health challenges are primarily due to inability of the individual to acclimatise with a different environment prevailing within their new ...

Medical students can take NET Step 1 multiple times to improve score

Medical students can appear in the National Exit Test Step 1 multiple times to improve their scores provided they have passed NExT Step 2 and complete the entire process within 10 years of MBBS admission, according to the regulations issued by the National Medical Commission on Friday. However, the score obtained in the last attempt in NExT Step-1 will be considered for determination of the rank for admission in postgraduate courses in broad specialties, it stated. The National Medical Commission (NMC) on Friday issued the National Exit Test Regulations 2023 and stated it will be held in two phases with NExT Step 1 and NExT Step 2 being held twice a year starting next year. According to the NMC Act, the National Exit Test will serve as a common qualifying final-year MBBS exam, a licentiate exam to practise modern medicine and for merit-based admission to postgraduate courses and a screening exam for foreign medical graduates who want to practise in India. After clearing NExT Step 1

Clear final MBBS exam in 2 attempts: SC to foreign return medical students

The exams will be in accordance with the existing National Medical Council (NMC) syllabus and guidelines

Govt working to level number of medical UG and PG seats in 4 yrs: Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said the government is working to equal the number of undergraduate and postgraduate medical seats within four years so that all MBBS graduates can pursue PG courses. Speaking at the 13th annual conference of the Global Association of Physicians of Indian origin (GAPIO) here on Saturday, Mandaviya also invited healthcare professionals from the Indian diaspora to invest in research and open hospital chains in the country with "assured business." More than 70 countries will sign hospital-to-hospital, country-to-country and country-to-hospital MoUs at the 'Heal In India, Heal By India' expo to be held in April-May this year, he said. "When we open a dispensary, we also need doctors. Eight years ago, India had 51,000 MBBS seats. Today, we have 1,00,226 under-graduate seats, and post-graduate seats grew from 34,000 to 64,000," the minister said. "We have set a target to make the number of MBBS UG and PG seats equal so that all our doctors get

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NEET PG Counselling 2022: Round 1 seat resignation facility starts

The candidates, who resign the seat on or before October 10, will be considered for the second round of NEET PG counselling

UP NEET PG counselling registration 2022 begins; check details here

UP NEET PG counselling registration 2022 commences from today. Eligible candidates can register themselves on the official website- upneet.gov.in

Delhi University admissions 2022: Here's how you can apply this year

The entire admission process will be online and registering on CSAS is mandatory for all candidates seeking admission to Delhi University colleges

Maharashtra education society cheated medical aspirants of Rs 65 cr: ED

The money collected from 350 medical aspirants was used for purchasing properties or for personal use by the accused, ED alleged in the charge-sheet recently filed in the money laundering case

1,456 seats vacant: SC asks why Centre is playing with med students' lives

The bench asked the MCC to fill the seats, failing which an order might be passed to compensate the students affected by the vacancies.

SC asks NMC to frame scheme for MBBS students hit by Covid and Ukraine war

The top court took note of the plight of the student who could not complete the clinical training physically in the Chinese institute due to the pandemic situation

Ukraine-returned medical students admitted to Bengal colleges, says Mamata

Banerjee had on March 16 wrote to PM Narendra Modi requesting him to accommodate the medical students who returned from Ukraine in Indian colleges shortly after interacting with them in the city

SC allows Tamil Nadu to allocate 50% medical seats to in-service candidates

In a major victory for Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court refused to stay its decision allocating 50 per cent super-specialty seats in government medical colleges to NEET-qualified in-service candidates.

HC says students forced to go to Ukraine, points out vacant PG seats

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday remarked that students are forced to go to places such as Ukraine, pointing out the vacant seats in PG medical courses.

What will it take to bring down cost of medical education in India?

What made Indian students travel to Ukraine for studying medicine? The answer is access to quality education at affordable fee. What can be done to bring down the cost of medical education in India?

Govt gave nod to 157 new medical colleges since 2014: Health Ministry

"On completion, nearly 16,000 undergraduate medical seats would be added" said the Union Health Ministry.

NEET-SS: Centre defends syllabus change, proposes to defer exam to Jan 2022

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has decided that NEET Super Speciality exam for 2021 can be deferred by a period of two months and be held on January 10-11, 2022

Medical admission: HC asks Centre to make known stand on OBC quota

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Centre to make known its stand on implementation of OBC reservation under the All India Quota (AIQ)

PIL challenges additional medical seats for management quota in Gujarat

A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court against the allocation of 677 additional seats to management quota in the ongoing medical college admission process.

230 additional MBBS seats in four Rajasthan medical colleges approved

The National Medical Science Commission has also approved the commencement of Srikalyan Government Medical College, Sikar in the session 2020-21