Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Dec 31: While Union Health Ministry has proposed an exit examination for doctors to practise medicine, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today has opposed the move as it would belittle the scope of MBBS examination.
The DAK president Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that the exit examination would devalue five-and-a-half year long MBBS course. “The centre has proposed a mandatory National Exit Test (NEXT) for all MBBS students passing out of Government as well as private medical colleges, which will allow them to practise medicine in any part of the country,” he said.
Also, this test would be essential to take the entrance examination for the postgraduate course. We are against the move as it will be unfair to make students to appear for their final examination as well as an exit test. It will pose an unnecessary burden on our medical students.
Under existing rules, once MBBS students have cleared their final year exam at the end of the course, they can register with MCI for a license and practise,” Dr Nisar said.
He further said: ” Our Medical Colleges conduct final year exam based on syllabus by MCI that is uniform across the country. Only MCI can decide what students should study and how to certify them. What is the need of an additional test when all Medical Colleges function under the regulations of, and are approved by the MCI?
By insisting that medical graduates take a licentiate exam, the Government is sending a signal that it does not have faith in Medical Colleges it has approved, the DAK president said, adding that the medical graduates are awarded MBBS degree after attaining certain set of skills and clearing all exams during the course.
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