June 2026, Volume 4, Issue 6

Author

Minu Bajpai and Abhijat C. Sheth

Abstract

Over the past decade, India's healthcare reforms have increasingly recognised that expanding medical education capacity and improving healthcare access are interdependent goals. The policy ecosystem led by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has created favourable conditions for the expansion of accreditation by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, thereby strengthening both postgraduate medical education and healthcare service delivery. NBEMS accreditation has emerged as a strategic mechanism for converting service-delivery hospitals into training institutions, particularly in underserved regions.