NEW DELHI, May 1: Union Health Minister J P Nadda today inaugurated the first-ever induction training programme for the newly appointed General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) of the Central Health Service Cadre at National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW), here.
Noting that this was the first time such a foundation training programme was being undertaken, he hoped the course would orient them to their roles and responsibilities about healthcare delivery systems in the country, legal ethical issues, and schemes programme of the Ministry, OPD, emergencies, pharmacies, administration AYUSH and yoga.
He said the course provided an opportunity to expand ones horizons, learn the philosophy and depth of life. “Trainings provide a platform to further know your strengths, weaknesses and be dedicated to your service.”
Faggan Singh Kulaste and Ms Anupriya Patel, both Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare, were present, an official statement said.
In his motivational address, Mr Nadda congratulated NIHFW and the Ministry for designing the nine-week training module for new recruits.
Mr Kulaste said these trainings would provide an opportunity to enhance the existing potential and skills for being more effective medical officers. “The nine week course especially designed for the new recruits will enable the medical officers to broaden their knowledge base, confidence level and experience in public health facilities,” he said.
For Ms Patel, along with technical skills, soft skills too were important as doctors dealt with lives and well being of patients. Encouraging the participants, she stated that understanding administrative procedures, enhancing inter-personal behavioural skills and better knowledge of healthcare schemes/programme would improve their capacity for higher efficiency.
Central Health Service (CHS) Cadre is a cadre governed by the Health Ministry and its doctors are working all over the country providing health care services to a large number of people. CHS has four sub-cadres, namely, GDMOs, Teaching, Non-Teaching Specialists and Public Health, with a sanctioned strength of more than 4000 of which the GDMOs constitute the largest chunk, more than 2000.
On an average, every year around 400 to 600 doctors are recruited through UPSC. Incidentally, throughout the under-graduate and post-graduate education and thereafter, these doctors are not been trained in the areas of management, supervision, leadership, communication, conduction of office procedures, etc.
The training module is designed to fill this gap so that they can look after the administration of the organisation and implementation of various national health programmes for which they have very limited exposure. (UNI)
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