Agreement to be signed within next few days: Officials
Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, Mar 18: In a move that is going to boost the academics at the Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu, its Psychiatry Department has been able to secure accreditation from the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to start the DNB Psychiatry programme.
Excelsior has learnt that all the prerequisites in this regard have been carried out and within few days the Principal, GMC Jammu will sign an agreement with the NBEMS to give it a final shape and only after which the DNB Psychiatry programme will be started in the department.
As per documents, the NBEMS has granted Provisional Accreditation to the Department of Psychiatry at Govt. Medical College for a period of up to five years which is, from January 2021 to December 2025 to provide Post Graduate training facilities for up to 2 DNB- Post MBBS and 2 DNB- Post Diploma Seats each year in the speciality, and for that, an agreement has been sent to the GMC, Jammu.
As per the agreement, a copy of which is lying with Excelsior, accreditation so granted shall be reviewed annually through Annual Reviews conducted by NBEMS during the accredited period to reaffirm that minimum standards, as prescribed by NBEMS, are maintained by the accredited hospital.
The consultants in the Department of Psychiatry who have been approved as faculty for DNB – Psychiatry Programme are Sr. Consultant, Dr Manu Arora, MBBS (1999); MD Psychiatry (2004), Sr. Consultant, Dr Rakesh Banal, MBBS (2002); MD Psychiatry (2008), Sr. Consultant, Dr Rajinder Kumar, MBBS (2006); MD Psychiatry (2012), Jr. Consultant Dr Rameshwar Singh Manhas, MBBS (2009); MD Psychiatry (2014).
“There has been no deficiency identified whatsoever and that it has come down to at the end is the signing of the agreement which will be signed within the next 10 days. The DNB Psychiatry programme will be started by this session after the NEET is conducted,” an official in the know-how of the development told Excelsior.
The last formality is to be carried out by signing the agreement and submission of the Certificate of Adherence NBEMS by the concerned at the GMC, Jammu.
Senior Consultants, as per the agreement, working on a full-time basis with the accredited hospital can be guide/co-guide of NBEMS trainees in the respective department.
“All Senior Consultants… in the accredited department are eligible as PG teachers as per NBEMS criteria and can be Guide for a maximum of two NBEMS trainees in an academic year and can be Co-Guide to other NBEMS trainees in the department,” the agreement reads.
Also, the Junior Faculty can only co-guide an NBEMS trainee in the applicant department. Senior and Junior Faculty can only be co-guides to NBEMS trainees of other departments. “Junior Faculty, Senior Residents and Adjunct/Part-time/Visiting Consultants cannot be assigned as thesis guides,” it said.
The officials said that the accredited department is required to maintain the minimum required staff position at all times.
It is to be mentioned here that no changes in the faculty can be made within the period of accreditation. However, under extreme circumstances, if the Faculty/Guide present at the time of assessment is to be replaced, the same be carried out within 3 months under intimation to the NBEMS.
Also, in case of any change in faculty during the accredited period, it shall be required to induct only eligible faculty as a replacement of faculty who has left or introduced a new faculty altogether.
While the accreditation granted to the department is purely provisional and is at the discretion of the NBEMS, the agreement states that the same may be withdrawn, if, at any time, it is found that, the hospital is not complying with the accreditation criteria, not maintaining the minimum required faculty, training facilities & infrastructure.
The agreement further states that if at any stage it came to the notice of NBEMS that the accredited department has resorted to submission of false information or fabricated records to seek accreditation, “this may lead to the withdrawal of accreditation and debarment from seeking accreditation in future as well.”
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