Diplomate of National Boards (DNB) degree holders will find themselves at loss in looking for a teaching post and perusing academics because of the implications of the recent MCI Notification of June 5, 2017, that defines the candidate's qualification for the post of Senior Resident/ Assistant professor in medical college. Through a gazette notification, MCI was seen amending Minimum Qualifications for Teachers in Medical Institutions Regulations, 1998 calling the new regulations as “Minimum Qualifications for Teachers in Medical Institutions (Amendment) Regulations, 2017. Through the said notice, new rules on the eligibility as well as the promotion of medical college teachers were defined.
As per the rules, there is a straight forward hierarchy in the field of medical education, that initiated from the point of senior residency, going up till professorship. The notice while, on one…
