Int Medical, Dental Councils Accredite PMDC House Job Regulation

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has received an overwhelming recognition on its credit for implementing new regulations regarding house job and internship in hospitals

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 05th Dec, 2017 ) :The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has received an overwhelming recognition on its credit for implementing new regulations regarding house job and internship in hospitals.

The Irish Medical Council Ireland and General Medical Council U.K have appreciated the new implemented house job regulation in PM&DC through an SRO-2016. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, President PM&DC Prof Dr.Shabir Lehri said the GMC, UK and Irish medical Council had accredited the PM&DC house job regulations which would consist of residential, full time and structured and based on 4 modules of 3 months each.

He added the 1st module would be done in medicine, 2nd in medical allied departments, 3rd shall be done in general surgery and 4th Module in surgical Allied departments. President PM&DC informed that the GMC and Irish medical Council had also agreed to accept the Pakistani doctors house job trainings equivalent to internship in Ireland and U.K.

Those doctors who have already completed their house jobs in Pakistan under the 2016 regulation shall not have to repeat house job in UK and Ireland.

Dr Lehri stated that with the efforts of the Council, PM&DC has managed to bring betterment and progress in medical dental profession in Pakistan nationally and internationally.

He said that the Council is leaving no stone unturned to make Pakistani doctors known worldwide. He said Our new regulations are in line with international standards and practices regulating in well trained, skillful 7 star doctor.

Keeping in view the improving standards of medical dental practitioners globally PM&DC is trying to make Pakistani doctors at par with the standards of foreign medical dental practitioner in developed countries.

Several innovative steps have been taken by the Council including improving the standards of medical and dental colleges, he said and added that surprise visits and monitoring were being conducted to ensure implementations of PM&DC regulations and penalties are being imposed on medical and dental colleges who are violating PM&DC rules.