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MBBS students need to complete course within 9 years from date of admission: NMC

According to the newly issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 (GMER-23) by the National Medical Commission (NMC), students pursuing MBBS must complete the course within nine years from the date of admission.
 
Students pursuing MBBS need to complete the course within nine years from the date of admission, while they will get only four attempts to clear the first year, according to the new regulations issued by the National Medical Commission. In the newly issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 or GMER-23, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has stated there shall be common counselling for admissions to graduate courses at all medical institutions in the country on the basis of the NEET-UG merit list. “Under no circumstances, the student shall be allowed more than four attempts for first year (MBBS) and no student shall be allowed to continue undergraduate medical course after nine years from the date of admission into the course,” the NMC in a gazette notification on June 2 said. The student admitted into a Graduate Medical Education Programme shall not be deemed to have completed his graduation until he completes his rotating medical internship as per Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship Regulations, 2021. “Without prejudice to anything stated in the present regulations or other NMC regulations, there shall be common counselling for admission to graduate courses in medicine for all medical institutions in India based on the merit list of the NEET-UG,” the gazette said.   Counselling shall entirely be based on the seat matrix provided by NMC, provided the common counselling may have multiple rounds as may be necessary, it stated. The Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) shall publish guidelines for the conduct of common counselling, and the designated authority under section 17 shall conduct the counselling in conformity with the published guidelines.   The government will appoint a designated authority for the counselling and decide and notify its agency and method for all undergraduate seats. No medical institute shall admit any candidate to the Graduate Medical Education (GME) course in contravention of these regulations, the regulations added.

According to the newly issued Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023 (GMER-23) by the National Medical Commission (NMC), students pursuing MBBS must complete the course within nine years from the date of admission. Additionally, they will only have four attempts to clear the first year.

The NMC has implemented a common counseling system for admissions to graduate courses in all medical institutions across the country. This counseling will be based on the NEET-UG merit list. The NMC emphasized that no student will be allowed more than four attempts to clear the first year of MBBS. Furthermore, no student can continue their undergraduate medical course after nine years from the date of admission.

It is important to note that a student admitted into a Graduate Medical Education Program will not be considered a graduate until they complete their rotating medical internship, as per the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship Regulations of 2021.

The gazette notification issued by the NMC also states that common counseling for admission to graduate courses in medicine will be based on the NEET-UG merit list. The counseling process will follow the seat matrix provided by the NMC and may consist of multiple rounds as necessary. The Under-Graduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) will publish guidelines for the conduct of common counseling, and a designated authority will be appointed by the government to oversee the counseling process.

It is imperative for medical institutes to adhere to these regulations and not admit any candidate to the Graduate Medical Education (GME) course in violation of these rules.