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Medical Council asks students to Intern in their Own Colleges

Medical students cannot apply for internships outside their colleges without completing at least three months in their own institution. On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu State Medical Council decided not to allow transfers of students from their colleges starting this academic year. The council also resolved not to allow students of medical colleges, which are yet to receive approval from the Medical Council of India, to do their year-long internships.
The move comes as the council feels that colleges will have an incentive to improve the infrastructure and patient base if the students continue with them. A no-objection certificate from the medical council is required for a new college to admit these students. As many as 50% of students from some colleges have applied for transfer to government colleges. The students say they would have a better learning experience as they will be seeing more patients in government colleges. They also argue that their colleges don’t have adequate infrastructure. If students work there, the college will be forced to upgrade infrastructure, said Dr. K. Prakasam.
The council says that these medical students will have to be given temporary registration numbers before they start doing their internships. Every time they come with a transfer, we will have to issue another registration number. Our staff-starved council can’t afford to do this for hundreds of candidates every year, Dr. Prakasam said.
Students of medical colleges, which are yet to receive approval from the Medical Council of India, will not able to start their year-long internships. This year, two private colleges Chettinad Medical College in Chennai and Thai Mookambikai Medical College in Kanyakumari are still awaiting MCI recognition for their final-year batch. Without the approval, students will not be allowed to start their internships, Dr. Prakasam said.
Both colleges said they were confident of getting the MCI nod in the next few weeks. We are requesting the council to allow students to do the internships now. Else they will be losing time and will not be qualified to apply for their post-graduate courses soon after they complete their MBBS, said a senior professor at Chettinad medical college.

Courtesy: Times of India