DMER launches recruitment drive to fill faculty & dean posts in state med colleges
The medical colleges, especially the newer ones, are without regular or full-time faculty teachers, and the DMER has been paying penalties to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to retain the sanctioned MBBS seats.New medical colleges in Vidarbha have also been reeling under an acute shortage of faculty. Over the years, the DMER strategically reshuffled senior teachers or showed one faculty member at two colleges during NMC inspections.Last year, the NMC permitted the renewal of MBBS seats for the academic year 2024-25, subject to the deposit of penalties in view of teaching staff deficiencies. At least 10 medical colleges, including Akola, Chandrapur, and Gondia in Maharashtra, were asked to deposit the fine.The Class II recruitments for assistant professors mainly include Anesthesiology, radiology, anatomy, general medicine, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, microbiology, forensic medicine, pathology, community medicine, and general surgery.GMC officials said the drive might not help avoid penalties levied by the NMC over the staff crunch this year too. "Recruitment is being done through MPSC. The application process stretches until late May. Then the final shortlisting and selection process will take another four months. So this has come late," they said.Some posts being filled upAnesthesiology | 67Radiology | 78Anatomy | 46General Medicine | 50Ophthalmology | 26Obstetrics & gynaecology | 83Microbiology | 23Forensic medicine | 29Pathology | 48Community medicine | 31General surgery | 64Nagpur: The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has initiated a massive recruitment drive to fill up 792 faculty and 10 dean posts across medical colleges in Maharashtra. The medical colleges, especially the newer ones, are without regular or full-time faculty teachers, and the DMER has been paying penalties to the National Medical Commission (NMC) to retain the sanctioned MBBS seats.New medical colleges in Vidarbha have also been reeling under an acute shortage of faculty. Over the years, the DMER strategically reshuffled senior teachers or showed one faculty member at two colleges during NMC inspections.Last year, the NMC permitted the renewal of MBBS seats for the academic year 2024-25, subject to the deposit of penalties in view of teaching staff deficiencies. At least 10 medical colleges, including Akola, Chandrapur, and Gondia in Maharashtra, were asked to deposit the fine.The Class II recruitments for assistant professors mainly include Anesthesiology, radiology, anatomy, general medicine, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, microbiology, forensic medicine, pathology, community medicine, and general surgery.GMC officials said the drive might not help avoid penalties levied by the NMC over the staff crunch this year too. "Recruitment is being done through MPSC. The application process stretches until late May. Then the final shortlisting and selection process will take another four months. So this has come late," they said.Some posts being filled upAnesthesiology | 67Radiology | 78Anatomy | 46General Medicine | 50Ophthalmology | 26Obstetrics & gynaecology | 83Microbiology | 23Forensic medicine | 29Pathology | 48Community medicine | 31General surgery | 64
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