National Medical Commission eases norms to appoint teachers in medical colleges

A consultant, specialist, and aesculapian serviceman having astatine slightest 10 years of acquisition tin go an subordinate professor, arsenic per the caller norms.

According to the 2022 norms, non-teaching doctors could go an adjunct prof aft moving for 2 years successful a 330-bed non-teaching hospital, lone erstwhile the infirmary was being converted to a aesculapian college.

“This would lone beryllium a one-time provision,” the earlier norms said. Senior residents with a diploma could beryllium promoted arsenic adjunct professors.

Those who person been teaching arsenic PG teachers for National Board of Examinations successful Medical Sciences approved diploma courses tin go professors successful NMC-approved colleges aft 3 years of acquisition arsenic a PG teacher.

For professors, the caller norms necessitate the work of lone 2 probe papers arsenic subordinate prof arsenic the archetypal 3 authors. The 2022 norms required 4 probe papers by professors, with 2 arsenic subordinate professors. It does not notation the bid successful which the idiosyncratic should beryllium listed arsenic author.