Nagaland Medical Council (NMC) has resolved to institute the Continuing Medical Education (CME) and made it mandatory for all doctors practicing in to follow the guidelines as recommended by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The decision was made during the NMC general body meeting on January 15, convener CME committee NMC said in a press note.
According to the guidelines, every practicing doctor in the state would need to acquire 30 CME credit points in 5 years in order to have their legal registration renewed.
This amounts to 6 credit points per year and each credit point is equal to 2 CME hours. If a doctor does not have CME credits at the end of 5 years, he or she would not be eligible for renewal of registration.
“Continuing medical education is a must for doctors so that they are well equipped with the latest information and trends in medical knowledge and do justice to the trust that is placed on them by patients who come to them”, NMC stated.
Considering the difficulty of terrain and accessibility in Nagaland for doctors in far flung remote districts, NMC said due processes are being designed in order to ensure that all doctors are given a fair chance to acquire these credits.
A leniency period of three months is being provided to doctors and their respective associations to develop the mechanisms to conduct CMEs according to the guidelines and plan for their yearly CME points, it said.
NMC said that the guidelines would be mailed to all registered doctors, For clarifications/ suggestions, the office of the Registrar of the council at the Paramedical training Institute, Kohima can be contacted it added.