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olstered by the huge support received from of knowledge and acquire new skills, certain seats Table 1: Increase in NBEMS
the executive of the government and a firm have been set apart for them to take benefit of this accredited seats over the years
Bpolitical will, driven by a proactive target- thought. Year Number of Post
Graduate Seats
oriented governing body which has eminent Let’s take a closer look at these developments
stalwarts on board, led by an efficient and which seed the landscape of higher medical 2016 6,621
effective leadership, which has a strong backing of education in India with huge possibilities while 2017 6,837
7,207
2018
hard-working devoted officers and staff members, eliminating the current divide that separates the 2019 8,394
run on well thought out standard operating larger cities and towns from the countryside. 2020 9,678
procedures, and fuelled by the very nature of its 2021 11,935
funding basis, wherein it is self-sustaining in its Enhancement of postgrad seats in 2022 12,228
finances, the National Board of Examination in accredited hospitals
Medical Sciences has scaled many Himalayan National Board of Examination in Medical
peaks during the past five years, transforming the Sciences has taken a number of active measures Ringing in new academic programmes
postgraduate medical education landscape in a big to facilitate accreditation of new government and During the last few years, the Board has
way. privately run hospitals for setting up academic introduced a number of new academic
In this rapid metamorphic process, the Board hubs and commencing postgraduate and post- programmes with the objective of fulfilling the
has opened new vistas of hope for the young doctoral programmes. felt needs of the community as well as bridging
doctors wishing to take wings and fly. The This has been done without compromising the the hopes of the doctors wishing to undergo
number of postgraduate and postdoctoral seats standards of infrastructure and human resource further advancement of knowledge and skills.
has nearly doubled, new well calibrated academic necessary for learning and training of those Table 2: New NBEMS-accredited
programmes have been incepted, new diploma wishing to pursue higher education. Adequate Academic Programmes
programmes have been set up, new fellowship safeguards have been taken to ensure that Diplomate in Palliative Medicine
programmes initiated which encourage doctors minimum accreditation criteria are met in the Fellowship in Breast imaging
from other lands to come to India and train, accredited hospitals. Fellowship in Arthroplasty
curricula of all existing programmes have been Between 2016 and 2022, this has resulted in Fellowship in Pain Medicine
revised to match with the times, good clinical an increase of postgraduate and post-doctoral Fellowship in Neuro Vascular Intervention
practice guidelines have been laid down, and to seats from under five thousand to more than Doctorate in Neuro Anaesthesia
inspire the service doctors to deepen their depth twelve thousand (Table 1). Doctorate in Gynaecological Oncology
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