The National Medical Commission (NMC) on June 02, 2023, issued the Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023.
The Institutions imparting graduate medical education shall continually work to synchronize the institutional goals with the national goals to produce the kind of trained manpower with higher knowledge, appropriate skills, and impeccable ethical standards required.
It shall be the duty of all concerned medical institutions/Deemed to be Universities to partner with the National Medical Commission to –
• Implement an appropriate curriculum to provide high-quality and affordable undergraduate medical education to the student to make him a complete Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, and a competent Physician of the first contact.
• To provide training in clinical and practical skills along with theoretical knowledge, an emphasis upon attitude, ethics, and communication skills to ensure imparting competency-based medical education.
• Encourage students towards self-directed learning, which will impart an adequate basic knowledge of human health, including knowledge from indigenous systems of healthcare in India; Yoga and healthy living aspects are introduced during their training to develop harmony, and peace, relieve stress, and alleviate depression amongst students.
• Encourage students to take up skill training in the subjects and areas of their choice, which shall stimulate their logical and scientific thinking, and problem-solving at the community level and individual levels.
• Encourage the students to achieve and maintain the highest ethical standards in training and profession.
• Provide periodic and transparent assessment of medical education being imparted by Medical Institutions across the nation to meet with highest global standards.
• Inspire confidence in the students to handle emergencies and calamities at all levels.
These Regulations shall come into force from June 02, 2023.
[Notification No. U-14021-8-2023-UGMEB]
