New MCI governing body to meet on Wednesday
New Delhi: The newly constituted governing body of the Medical Council of India (MCI), headed by noted cardiologist Dr. K.K. Talwar, will be meeting for the first time on Wednesday.
The tenure of the previous board of governors had ended on May 15. The biggest challenge that is currently being faced by the new board is the implementation of the Common Entrance Test (CET) fro undergraduate medical aspirants and the new medical curriculum.
Members of the previous board of governors are under the fear that the moves that they had introduced during their tenure, the CET being the biggest one, could get thwarted by the new board.
An ex-member of the board said that they had submitted all documents to the health ministry. These included the revised curriculum for undergraduate medical education, CET, regulations for postgraduate medical education, codes on medical ethics accreditation and the concept of the "Indian Medical Graduate."
The member said that they had hope that at least some of these suggestions will be implemented to fruition.
The member further added that a lot of work had gone into developing the country's medical curriculum and syllabi, with around 250 people having worked on it as well as seven working groups.
The health ministry had, on last Friday, named Dr. K.K. Talwar as the chairman of the new board of governors of the MCI.
Other members nominated on the board subsequent to the promulgation of the ordinance extending the supersession of the MCI by another year are Prof. K.S. Sharma from Tata Memorial Hospital, Prof Harbhajan Singh Rassam from Max Hospital, Dr. Rajiv Chintaman Yeravdekar from Symbiosis International University and Dr. Purushotham Lal, chairman of Metro Hospital.
It has been alleged that the health ministry had been miffed with the earlier MCI governing board led by Dr. S.K. Sarin because it had failed to increase the number of postgraduate medical seats in India to the desired level in the current academic session.
An MCI official said that it had come as a surprise that not even a single member from the earlier board of governors was retained into the new one.
Union Minister of Health Ghulam Nabi Azad had also been upset with the unilateral announcement made by the earlier board regarding the medical CET. This had caused the board and the ministry to be at loggerheads over the issue, with the ministry declaring the board's notification regarding the test to be invalid.
The notification had been seeking a single entrance test for MBBS and MD course at all 271 medical colleges in the country, including the ones that are under private management. Several states had then pressurized the health ministry to do away with the CET.
The tenure of the previous board of governors had ended on May 15. The biggest challenge that is currently being faced by the new board is the implementation of the Common Entrance Test (CET) fro undergraduate medical aspirants and the new medical curriculum.
Members of the previous board of governors are under the fear that the moves that they had introduced during their tenure, the CET being the biggest one, could get thwarted by the new board.
An ex-member of the board said that they had submitted all documents to the health ministry. These included the revised curriculum for undergraduate medical education, CET, regulations for postgraduate medical education, codes on medical ethics accreditation and the concept of the "Indian Medical Graduate."
The member said that they had hope that at least some of these suggestions will be implemented to fruition.
The member further added that a lot of work had gone into developing the country's medical curriculum and syllabi, with around 250 people having worked on it as well as seven working groups.
The health ministry had, on last Friday, named Dr. K.K. Talwar as the chairman of the new board of governors of the MCI.
Other members nominated on the board subsequent to the promulgation of the ordinance extending the supersession of the MCI by another year are Prof. K.S. Sharma from Tata Memorial Hospital, Prof Harbhajan Singh Rassam from Max Hospital, Dr. Rajiv Chintaman Yeravdekar from Symbiosis International University and Dr. Purushotham Lal, chairman of Metro Hospital.
It has been alleged that the health ministry had been miffed with the earlier MCI governing board led by Dr. S.K. Sarin because it had failed to increase the number of postgraduate medical seats in India to the desired level in the current academic session.
An MCI official said that it had come as a surprise that not even a single member from the earlier board of governors was retained into the new one.
Union Minister of Health Ghulam Nabi Azad had also been upset with the unilateral announcement made by the earlier board regarding the medical CET. This had caused the board and the ministry to be at loggerheads over the issue, with the ministry declaring the board's notification regarding the test to be invalid.
The notification had been seeking a single entrance test for MBBS and MD course at all 271 medical colleges in the country, including the ones that are under private management. Several states had then pressurized the health ministry to do away with the CET.
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