The National Medical Commission on 7th June 2022, has issued a clarification regarding the eligibility criteria for final year postgraduate (PG) students without completing the ‘Online course in Research Methods’ for appearing in the final examination 2022 of PG programmes.
Based on the representations from various medical colleges and PG students seeking exemption from completing the ‘Online Course in Research Methods’ which was earlier stipulated, NMC has decided the following:
The ‘Online Course in Research Methods’ is applicable for the students of super specialty courses also.
Students who have not completed the course shall be allowed to appear in the final PG exams however, such students have to complete the course within six months for which Dean will facilitate in registration of the course and the result of such students may be declared after completion of the Online Course in Research Methods.
Further, in case of non-availability of slots in ICMR, the respective institute may itself conduct the course and the Dean should issue a certificate for having completed the course, for the present batch only. The Board has decided that the Inspector/Assessor will verify whether the students have completed the course or not.
