Harsh Vardhan emphasised on the significance of understanding duties of medical doctors
New Delhi:
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday expressed deep gratitude to medical doctors for his or her selfless service through the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “they are our real heroes”.
On National Doctors’ Day, Mr Vardhan additionally launched Good Clinical Practice Guidelines Handbook and Prospectus for Fellowship Programme for International Students (FPIS) of National Board of Examinations (NBE).
Exhorting the medical neighborhood to pledge to observe moral behaviour of their career, he stated, “Good Clinical Practice Guidelines Handbook is an attempt to provide guiding points to all Diplomates of National Board (DNB) residents to follow the principles of ethical and professional conduct expected from a medical professional. The exercise is aimed at the safety of doctors and patients alike.”
He emphasised on the significance of understanding their roles and duties as a ”Good Clinical Practitioner” through the adolescence of DNB resident coaching life, the Union well being ministry stated in an announcement.
The National Board of Examinations got here into existence in 1975, as a wing of the National Academy of Medical Sciences and has been conducting postgraduate medical examinations on the national-level since 1976, the ministry stated.
Mr Vardhan additionally launched Fellowship Programme for International Students (FPIS), prospectus for 2020-2021, in 11 specialties of 42 establishments, the ministry stated.
“This is the first time that International Fellowship Programme is being launched for international students from all countries, including SAARC nations, at Post MD or MS level through common fellowship entrance test and would go a long way in enhancing the prestige of the country in the international medical sphere,” he stated.
Congratulating medical doctors, Mr Vardhan paid tributes to Dr B C Roy, in whose honour the nation celebrates July 1 because the National Doctors’ Day.
“Becoming a doctor is a personal achievement, becoming a good doctor is a continuous challenge. It is the only profession where one can earn their daily bread and serve the entire humanity at the same time,” he stated.
The minister additionally expressed deep gratitude to medical doctors for his or her selfless service through the COVID-19 pandemic. “They are our real heroes,” Mr Vardhan stated.
On the course construction, he stated National Board of Examinations (NBE) flagship DNB programmes are supplied in 82 disciplines and sub-specialties of contemporary drugs, which incorporates DNB Programme in 29 broad, 30 tremendous specialties and fellowship programme in 23 sub-specialties throughout 703 personal and authorities establishments.
“The NBE is encouraging government, PSU, municipal, private sector hospitals across the country to start the DNB programme to bridge the specialist gap in the country by increasing the number of post graduate seats using existing infrastructure and clinical resources,” Mr Vardhan was quoted as saying in an announcement.
The Board was registered as an autonomous organisation below the Union well being ministry in 1982 with the target of conducting excessive commonplace post-graduate examinations within the discipline of contemporary drugs on all India foundation, formulating fundamental coaching necessities for eligibility, growing curriculum for submit graduate coaching and accreditation of establishments the place this coaching is imparted.
The college students enrolled are referred to as Diplomates of National Board (DNB).
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