India’s apex regulator of medical education today unveiled an alternative health education course to create rural healthcare providers who will remain tied to villages for at least five years after they graduate.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) said the Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BRHC) — a shift from an earlier proposal for a Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS) — would involve three-and-a-half years of study and six months of internship. (See chart)
Senior MCI officials said the BRHC course would be open only to candidates from notified rural areas, and that its graduates would be allowed to deliver health services only in rural areas, at least for the first five years.
“They will receive a one-year licence that will be renewed every year for five years on condition that they remain in the rural area of their states,” said Ved Prakash Mishra, chairman of the MCI’s academic cell.
What happens after five years has been left undefined, though it’s unlikely they will ever be allowed to work in urban areas.
“After five years, an individual state may decide whether it wants to retain their services in rural areas. I expect the earliest BRHC course to begin by August 2011 for the academic year 2011-12,” Mishra said.
The BRHC graduates will be entitled to provide limited diagnostic and treatment services, less than what an MBBS doctor is authorised to provide, said Mishra. “Their skills would cover only 60 per cent of those of an MBBS doctor.”
Source : http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100206/jsp/nation/story_12073932.jsp
The Medical Council of India (MCI) said the Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BRHC) — a shift from an earlier proposal for a Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS) — would involve three-and-a-half years of study and six months of internship. (See chart)
Senior MCI officials said the BRHC course would be open only to candidates from notified rural areas, and that its graduates would be allowed to deliver health services only in rural areas, at least for the first five years.
“They will receive a one-year licence that will be renewed every year for five years on condition that they remain in the rural area of their states,” said Ved Prakash Mishra, chairman of the MCI’s academic cell.
What happens after five years has been left undefined, though it’s unlikely they will ever be allowed to work in urban areas.
“After five years, an individual state may decide whether it wants to retain their services in rural areas. I expect the earliest BRHC course to begin by August 2011 for the academic year 2011-12,” Mishra said.
The BRHC graduates will be entitled to provide limited diagnostic and treatment services, less than what an MBBS doctor is authorised to provide, said Mishra. “Their skills would cover only 60 per cent of those of an MBBS doctor.”
Source : http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100206/jsp/nation/story_12073932.jsp
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