Post Graduate Medical Education

APost Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2000
MEDICAL COUNCIL OF INDIA
SALIENT FEATURES OF
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
REGULATIONS, 2000
1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT:-
1. These regulations may be called "The Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations 2000.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
3. GENERAL CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY POSTGRADUATE TEACHING INSTITUTIONS:
i. Postgraduate Medical Education in broad specialities shall be of three years duration in the case of degree course and two years in the case of Diploma course after MBBS and in the case of super specialities the duration shall be of three years after MD/MS with the exceptions wherever indicated.
ii. Postgraduate curriculum shall be competency based.
iii. Learning in postgraduate programme shall be essentially autonomous and self directed.
iv. A combination of both formative and summative assessment is vital for the successful completion of the PG programme.
v. A modular approach to the course curriculum is essential for achieving a systematic exposure to the various sub-specialities concerned with a discipline.
vi. The training of PG students shall involve learning experience ‘derived from’ or ‘targeted to’ the needs of the community. It shall, therefore, be necessary to expose the students to community based activities.
GOALS AND GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME TO BE OBSERVED BY POSTGRADUATE TEACHING INSTITUTION.
3.1 GOAL
The goal of postgraduate medical education shall be to produce competent specialists and/or Medical teachers.
i. who shall recognize the health needs of the community, and carry out professional obligations ethically and in keeping with the objectives of the national health policy
ii. who shall have mastered most of the competencies, pertaining to the speciality, that are required to be practiced at the secondary and the tertiary levels of the health care delivery...