NMC Releases Draft Framework For Accreditation And Ranking Of Medical Colleges
The draft framework featuring 11 broad criteria and 78 parameters has been put in public domain to invite suggestions from all stakeholders
NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has announced plans to conduct accreditation and ranking of all medical colleges under its jurisdiction through an independent third-party agency.
In line with this, it has released a draft framework outlining the criteria and parameters that will form the basis for these ratings.
Developed by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) of the NMC, the draft framework features 11 broad criteria and 78 parameters. It has been made available in the public domain to invite suggestions from all stakeholders, said a notification issued by the NMC recently.
To view the detailed notification, click here.
This draft comes a year after the NMC, in collaboration with the Quality Council of India (QCI), prepared a framework for medical college accreditation and ranking. It signed an MoU with QCI in 2023 to facilitate the assessment process.
In an update, the new draft has omitted certain parameters previously included in its 2023 version — such as stipends provided to interns and residents, and ratio of full-time or regular professors within the total faculty strength — from its evaluation criteria for medical colleges.
The number of parameters from 92 in the previous draft have been reduced to 78. Under the research output and impact criterion, the specific mention of publication of high quartile category journals has been removed.
Further, parameters such as number of research papers published in indexed journals, number of citations published research papers, impact factors of journals in which research papers are published, number and type of funded research projects completed/ongoing in college, number of patent filed/granted etc. are subsumed.
“This is the first time that medical colleges will be assessed based on the set parameters and rated. The aim is to bring in accountability and adherence to high standards,” media reports quoted Dr. BN Gangadhar, Chairman of the NMC, as saying.
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