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MCI proposes apex body to improve medical edu

Published On: 09th March 2010

By Pallavi Kulkarni

When Indian government is applying various reforms in education sector for the development of education, medical education is also not an exception. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has proposed an idea to create a new apex body. The primary purpose behind setting up such body is to improve and develop medical education in India.

Related Tags: Medical Education Apex Body, Medical Education

MCI’s U-turn on rural healthcare course irks medical community

Published On: 04th February 2010

By Praveen Singh

A U-turn by India’s apex medical education regulator over the issue of solving the problem of the absence of doctors in villages has raised concerns and voices among the sections of India’s medical community itself. The U-turn by the MCI where it pledges support to a government plan to create rural healthcare providers is baffling many experts and community members alike.  

Related Tags: Village Doctors, Rural Healthcare, Health Ministry, BRMS

Need for more medical colleges in India

Published On: 16th December 2009

By Meenakshi Narang

It is an irony that despite housing almost 14% of the world’s total number of medical colleges, rural areas in India are left without even the basic healthcare facilities. As many as 300 medical colleges dot the country, producing approximately 23,000 doctors annually. Yet, the rural population of the country has to go to the nearby city for even minor ailments like cough and cold.

Related Tags: Rural Healthcare, National Rural Health Mission, Medical Council of India (MCI)

Health ministry expedites formation of NCHRH

Published On: 13th October 2009

By Staff Writer

The health ministry is reported to have expedited its efforts for setting up National Council for Human Resources in Health (NCHRH) as reported earlier here.

Related Tags: NCHRH, Ministry of Health

New regulatory body to train doctors, paramedics

Published On: 30th July 2009

By Staff Writer

The Union Ministry of Health is planning an overarching regulatory body to train doctors and paramedics. It has constituted a task force that will meet tomorrow to present the action plan and concept for the body termed as the National Council for Human Resources in Health Sector (NCHRH).
 
The taskforce includes some well-known names like Dr. Devi Shetty, Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhary , Dr K S Reddy, etc.

Related Tags: National Council for Human Resources in Health Sector, NCHRH, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ministry of Health

National entrance test for MBBS mooted

Published On: 20th July 2009

By Staff Writer

The Medical Council of India’s (MCI) recommendation for common entrance test (National CET) for the MBBS seats in all the colleges across the nation is not a new idea. The Supreme Court had propounded the concept of "admissions based on inter se merit" in PA Inamdar case four years ago. 

Related Tags: National CET, MCI, Yash Pal Committee, Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997

Next round of Couselling for 600 more MBBS seats in Karnataka

Published On: 15th July 2009

By Staff Writer

There is good news for those students who are aspiring for medical career but left out in the counseling in Karnataka. They now can bank on the next round of counseling to try their luck. 

Related Tags: MCI, CET Counselling, Government Medical Colleges

Yash Pal panel wants UGC, MCI scrapped

Published On: 24th June 2009

Yash Pal panel wants UGC, MCI scrapped By Staff Writer

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the standards of the deemed universities, a high-level committee headed by noted educationist Prof. Yash Pal that had been set up to restructure higher education in the country, has recommended that education regulatory bodies  like the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Medical Council of India.

Related Tags: Yash Pal Committee, Prof Yash Pal, National Commission for Higher Education and Research

635 more seats for Gujarat medical, dental colleges

Published On: 23rd June 2009

By Staff Writer

With the Director of Medical Education giving approval to establish three more medical and a dental college in Gujarat, the state is set to have 635 more seats, 500 medical and 135 dental. The chapter of Medical Council of India (MCI) had proposed the new medical colleges. 

Related Tags: MCI, Medical, Dental Seats

A dental college for Jamia Millia Islamia

Published On: 23rd June 2009

A dental college for Jamia Millia Islamia By Staff Writer

 A dental college, styled as the Faculty of Dentistry, is coming up in Jamia Milia Islamia. The faculty, the ninth department in the university, offers cutting edge degree courses in the field of dentistry.

Related Tags: MCI, Jamia, Dental College, BDS

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