New Delhi: The students of MBBS course will have to mandatorily undergo internship training in AYUSH — ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homeopathy — and sowa rigpa, according to Draft Regulations for Compulsory Rotating Internship 2021 issued by the National Medical Commission 2021 on July 7.
A student will be given a year to complete this training, along with postings in 17 other specialities.
The draft regulation for Compulsory Rotating Internship, 2021 says that the rotational schedule should include a week’s training in any of the Indian systems of medicine as an elective, reported NDTV.
The NMC said that interns can choose any elective from ayurveda, yoga, unani, homeopathy and Siddha Sowa Rigpa for AYUSH.
The medical colleges were asked by the NMC to conduct the final year postgraduate broad specialty and super specialty exams at the earliest in view of the local COVID situation.
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