Common eligibility test to practice after MBBS

Updated on: Monday, September 20, 2010

Soon those intending to become doctors and treat patients in India may have to clear a common exit test after getting the MBBS degree from medical colleges.

The regulating body, Medical Council of India (MCI), has given a statutory recommendation for a mandatory exit test, which is under active consideration of the health ministry, the Supreme Court was informed on Sept 17.

Considering the sensitive nature of the profession -- dealing with life and death -- and keeping in mind varying standards of education in medical colleges, MCI has proposed a common exit examination for MBBS pass-outs intending to become doctors and treat patients, Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told a Bench of Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale.

This recommendation of the MCI was to standardise the skills of doctors, said the regulatory body's counsel senior advocate Amarendra Saran supplementing the arguments of the health ministry advanced through the SG.

Common eligibility test to practice after MBBS

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