BioVoice News March 2017 Issue 10 Volume 1 | Page 73

stage . The country has about 18,000 PG medical seats in clinical subjects . Assuming 100 new medical colleges are set up in the next 4-5 years , additional faculty members numbering six to ten thousand will be required .
At the behest of the Central Government , the MCI has revised the teacher student ratio to increase PG seats in clinical subjects . As per the notification dated January 31 , 2017 , issued by MCI under its PG Regulations , the teacher student ratio shall be 1:3 for Professor and 1:2 for Associate Professor , who is a unit head . The relaxation shall be available only to public funded Medical Colleges in all clinical subjects .
The measure is expected to yield about 5000 additional PG seats in clinical subjects in the coming years . A meeting was convened with all States / UTs on January 24 , 2017 and they have been advised to take action for starting / increase of seats in PG courses in Government Medical
Colleges immediately .
Expect students to take up healthcare entrepreneurship : Zoya Brar , MD , Core Diagnostics
Ms Zoya Brar , Co-founder and Managing Director of Core Diagnostics , delivered an address to 60 select students of Apeejay Stya University , Sohna Palwal Road , Sohna . The students , from the School of Pharmacy , were handpicked for their promising leadership skills and academic excellence . They were able to identify with Ms Brar and ask questions pertinent to the discussion .

Besides doing a short presentation on breast and lung cancer , Ms Brar laid stress on communication : “ If you know what you should do about early detection , spread the word . For instance , if one of you knows how to do a breast self-examination , show your friends how to . Ask your mums to go get a check-up . Breast cancer is the leading killer of women in our country , and it ’ s also the cancer that can be cured if detected early . We live in an age of communication , and health communication should form our major priority — whether you do it one on one , or education

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