Post Graduate (PG) Medical Sciences and Research Center (VIMS), Bangalore had zero entry for Post Graduate (PG) Medical Pre-Clinical Courses, including anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, forensic medicine, microbiology and pharmacology till the second round of PG-NEET consultation.
The institute then informed the Consultation Authority of the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA), the Consultation Authority in the state that it would waive the tuition fees for the candidates selected for these courses, after which, all the pharmacology seats were filled during consultation after consultation, the president of the institute Kalpaja DA said.
This is a status of PG Medical Pre-Clinical Courses in Karnataka, as candidates hesitate to take them due to lack of job opportunities. Even in government medical colleges, only 15% to 20% seats are filled in these courses. The situation in private medical colleges is very poor, who have resorted to a guarantee of job guarantee as a promise to attract students to the fees, free hostel facilities, government guidelines, and to attract students towards pre-noddic and para-ninth courses.
Like the VIMS, the Oxford Medical College, Hospital and Research Center has also waived tuition fees, while the BGS Institute of Medical Sciences has promised jobs to candidates soon after completing the courses.
“For PG medical courses, students prefer to join clinical courses due to job prospects. Consequently, despite measures such as fee reduction, free hostel facility and stipend, enrollment has deteriorated. It is very difficult to find candidates for courses such as Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Forensic Medicine and Microbiology. Therefore, many seats in PG Medical Course have remained vacant this year. KAA has announced that it will organize a special stray vacancy round for the second time. We hope all the vacant seats will be filled, ”Kalpaj explained.
“This time, many private medical colleges have announced several facilities, including a reduction in fee and free hostel facilities and other students to attract pre-granular and para-nidi-nadanic courses. There is no other way to attract students, ”said MK Ramesh, former Vice Chancellor of RGUHS of Rajiv Gandhi University.
Vacancies limit
A large number of postgraduate medical seats remained vacant in the state this year due to lack of students selecting for pre-nervous courses. A total of 3,864 postgraduate medical seats were available for 2024-25 in the state. Of these, 3,379 seats are filled, and 485 seats remain vacant. Of these, there are 471 PG medical courses, while the remaining 14 are diplomacy of the National Board (DNB) course for doctors.
Most of these seats are in clinical courses, while most of the vacant seats are in pre-nodddi courses.
This year, out of the total 104 seats available in MD Anatomy course, only six seats have been filled, which has vacated 98 seats; Out of 97 seats in physiology, 10 have been filled, making 87 vacant. Of the 99 bio -chemical slots, 12 seats are filled, and 87 are vacant. Out of 114 seats in pharmacology, only 46 seats are filled, which has vacated 68 seats.
In addition, out of 116 seats in microbiology, 48 are filled, and 68 are vacant, and out of 58 seats in forensic medicine, only 10 are filled and 48 are vacant.
On the other hand, almost all seats have been filled in other clinical courses including MD General Medicine, Radiotherapy, Dermatology, Psychiatry, General Surgeon.
The figures of students of KAA show are also showing indifference to clinical courses in the past. In 2023–24, only two students were nominated in MD Anatomy Course across the state. Physiology was nominated 12 students, 7 in biochemistry, 29 in pharmacology, 15 in microbiology and 22 in forensic medicine.
In 2022–23, only one student was nominated in MD Anatomy, and no student was enrolled in physiology, which made all seats vacant. Only two students were nominated in biochemistry, 20 in pharmacology, 8 in microbiology 8, and two in forensic medicine.
Consultation for fifth time
KEA is a counseling authority to fill the PG medical seats of the state on the basis of PGNEET rankings. This year, a large number of PG medical seats, including clinical, pre-Neddi and Para-Nadanik, remained vacant in Karnataka and the country after the MOP-up round.
Therefore, NMC reduced the PGNEET cut-off percentage by 15% and allocated seats in the stray vacancy. However, during this period, more than 600 PG medical seats remained vacant in Karnataka. In this context, NMC has again reduced the NEET cut-off percentage by 5% and has ordered the ‘Special Stay Representation Round’ counseling for the fifth time to allocate the remaining PG medical seats.
“This year, pre-granular seats are the largest number of unfolded seats among PG medical courses, and NMC has reduced the PGNEET cut-off percentage and asked us to make another round of consultation to allocate seats. It has been four months for PGNEET counseling to start, and now NMC has reduced the cut-off percentage by 5%. Earlier, NMC had reduced the cut-off percentage to zero. If the PGNEET cut-off percentage was reduced by 5% earlier, it would have been more beneficial for the candidates, and more people would have opted for courses. As soon as the NMC admission schedule is released, we will start option entry and allocate all these seats, ”Prasanna said. Executive Director of KEA.
Rear reason
But will it be enough? “I have decided to study clinical courses in PG. I did not get any clinical course seat in the last four rounds of counseling due to my PGNEET rankings. Recently, cut-off percentage for special stray vacancy rounds has been reduced to 5%. So, there is a possibility of getting a seat. If I do not get a PG Clinical Course seat this time, I will also write the PGNEET exam next year, ”Abhijeet said, Interested in a PG Medical seat in Bengaluru.
Experts believe that the candidates who have completed MBBS are hesitant to carry forward pre-nidhik courses in their postgraduate degrees due to lack of future opportunities.
Students who have followed these courses cannot do clinical practice. Instead, they have to work in laboratories or clinical centers. However, laboratories and diagnostic centers are low in numbers, due to which there is a shortage of jobs. At the top of it, the salary is also low, the experts said, the clinical centers require huge capital to start. The second option is to work as a faculty member. Meanwhile, candidates who have performed clinical courses can work as doctors anywhere in the world.
Deficiency of faculty
Precious-Nidanic courses such as Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Forensic Medicine and Microbiology are foundations for medical courses. But experts said that due to lack of students, there will be a shortage of teaching faculty to teach these courses in future, which will also affect medical education.
“Students’ apathy in pre-nidthi courses will be the main reason for the lack of faculty for these courses in the future. We have already heard that many states have a lack of faculty to teach pre-granular courses. So far there has been no discussion on this at the government level. However, this is a serious issue, and its professionals and opposition will be discussed at the government level, “BL Sujath Rathod, Director, Director, Director, Director, Director of Medical Education, Karnataka said.
Make them attractive
There is also increasing demand from stakeholders to make these courses more attractive with job availability, better wages and advanced technology.
“Clinical courses are not available to all candidates who have appeared for the PGNEET exam. Instead, a large number of pre-granular courses remain vacant every year. If the job is guaranteed, students will be attracted to these courses. Candidates of pre-nidthi courses who are self-employed are lack of original capital to implement high technology. If the government helps in implementing advanced technology at low cost, these courses will be demanded more, ”said Paramesh Doddamani, a parents.
“We have a good salary for doctors who have studied clinical courses. However, the salaries of those who study the former Nadanik are low. Therefore, good salary should be available for those who study those courses. In addition, the number of clinical centers should also increase. I hope it will be achieved in the coming days, ”said Kalpaj of VIMS.
Talking to Hindu, Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil said, “This is a cycle. Everyone likes clinical courses. This is a job market-powered issue, and only time can answer it. Therefore, there may be a good demand for pre-nervous courses in the coming days. If the number of employees in these courses comes in medical colleges, then the demand of candidates for these courses will increase. These courses may demand in the next few years. ,
Published – March 07, 2025 07:21 AM IST
