Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2000

(AMENDED UPTO 10th AUGUST 2016)

These regulations may be called “The Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations 2000.
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.

GENERAL CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY POSTGRADUATE TEACHING INSTITUTIONS:
1. Postgraduate Medical Education in broad specialities shall be of three years duration in the case of degree course and two years in the case of Diploma course after MBBS and in the case of super specialities the duration shall be of three years after MD/MS with the exceptions wherever indicated.
2. Postgraduate curriculum shall be competency based.
3. Learning in postgraduate programme shall be essentially autonomous and self directed.
4. A combination of both formative and summative assessment is vital for the successful completion of the PG programme.
5. A modular approach to the course curriculum is essential for achieving a systematic exposure to the various sub-specialities concerned with a discipline.
6. The training of PG students shall involve learning experience ‘derived from’ or ‘targeted to’ the needs of the community. It shall, therefore, be necessary to expose the students to community based activities.