All postgraduate (MD/MS) programmes at B. J. Medical College are governed by the National Medical Commission’s Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023 (PGMER-23), notified in the Official Gazette on 29 December 2023 and published on the NMC website on 4 January 2024.

The minimum duration for a broad specialty degree (MD/MS) is three years, and for a postgraduate diploma, two years.

All postgraduate students work as full-time resident doctors.

A minimum attendance of 80% is required to be eligible to appear in the final university examination. Should a student avail leave in excess of the permitted number of days, the course tenure is extended by the equivalent period.

Each student must complete mandatory online courses in Research Methodology (BCBR), Good Clinical Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, and Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (BCLS/ACLS) in the first year.

Students must also complete a three-month District Residency Programme (DRP) in a government hospital of not less than 50 beds, undertaken during the third, fourth, or fifth semester.

Leave entitlement includes a minimum of 20 days of paid casual leave per year, one weekly holiday, and five days of academic paid leave per year, in addition to maternity and paternity leave as per government rules.

All broad-specialty students are required to undertake thesis-related research and submit a dissertation; five per cent of the total clinical and practical examination marks — equivalent to 20 marks — are allocated to the dissertation, evaluated by an external examiner from outside the state.

Admission to all MD/MS programmes is through NEET-PG, conducted nationally, followed by centralised counselling by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

For the complete text of PGMER-23, please visit www.nmc.org.in.