Final Yr Indian Medical Students Enrolled In Ukraine Can Take FMG Exam
Mumbai: Indian students, who were in the final year of their undergraduate courses in foreign medical colleges but had to return due to either COVID-19 or the Russia-Ukraine war, will be permitted to take the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE).
This has come as a major leeway for students whose education was affected, especially those enrolled in China, Ukraine and the Philippines, as most of them were not able to resume their education.
The National Medical Commission (NMC) in an official notice said, “Indian students who were in the last year of their undergraduate medicine course and have subsequently completed their studies as also have been granted a certificate of completion of the course/degree by their respective institute, on or before June 30, 2022, shall be permitted to appear in FMG exam, such foreign medical graduates are required to undergo compulsory rotating medical internship (CRMI) for a period of two years to make up for clinical training which could not be physically attended by them during the undergraduate medicine course in the foreign institute as also familiarise them with the practice of medicine under Indian conditions.”
The compulsory rotating medical internship for the remaining students will continue for one year. The NMC said that the duration of the internship has been doubled for clinical training in which foreign medical graduates cannot physically participate during their courses in institutions abroad and they are allowed to practice medicine in Indian conditions. will be given. can be introduced to.
As per the rules of NMC, foreign medical graduates will be eligible to obtain registration only after completing CRMI for two years. The NMC said the relaxation given to foreign medical students is a “one-time measure” and should not be treated as a priority in future.
The Supreme Court on April 29 asked the regulatory body to prepare a plan in two months to enable MBBS students affected by the Russo-Ukraine war and pandemic to complete their clinical training in medical colleges here as a one-time measure. be enabled. was instructed to do.
A total of 20,672 Indian students are enrolled in various medical colleges and universities in Ukraine, all of which are offering online classes to them. The NMC said in its affidavit that Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science has instructed the heads of educational institutions to resume the educational process while ensuring the most favourable learning conditions, and placement of staff and students. keeping in mind.
The Kazakhstan embassy has told the MEA that it was open to allowing the students evacuated from Ukraine to continue their studies in their country. The Kyrgyz National University has also communicated to MEA that they are willing to offer help to Indian students evacuated from Ukraine and also offered to waive the tuition fee of around 100 students enrolled in the September 2021 batch who have paid fees in Ukraine, the NMC said.
The NMC told the Supreme Court that Indian students now have several options available to them to complete their studies.
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