Medical graduates from this academic year (2023–24) will have to adopt a family and become their first point of contact for all of their medical requirements as part of an innovative project to interact with the community and for a better understanding of the value of fairness in healthcare services. And that's not all!

Until they finish their MBBS degree in four years, the young medical student must monitor and take care of the family's medical requirements. The National Medical Commission (NMC) proposed and is implementing the unique Family Adoption Programme (FAP) as part of the recently introduced Competency-Based Medical education (CBME) for Under-Graduate course curriculum.

The family adoption initiative will be implemented for the MBBS batch accepted in 2023–2024, according to a notification issued just a few days ago by the NMC, the organization responsible for regulating medical education. The NMC has made it clear that all colleges must adhere to the rules outlined in the family adoption scheme.

"Family adoption campaign through rural outreach is required starting with the MBBS class enrolled in 2023–2024. students in those batches that have implemented FAP will be evaluated in accordance with the website's assessment module. All colleges are required to abide by the rules outlined in the family adoption plan.

The goal is to have medical students adopt a family from a community that is economically disadvantaged, ideally from a hamlet or even a slum settlement. New medical graduates are urged to adopt such families that live a little bit out of the way or outside the reach of the local primary or urban health center. The adopted families' homes will get weekend visits from medical students who will chat with them and learn about their healthcare requirements.

Additionally, the youngsters must keep accurate records of their communications with their adoptive families. Senior physicians who are familiar with the adoption process said that family adoption has its own difficulties since it is challenging to carry out the scheme. Allocating families to each medical student is anticipated to present challenges for both students and college administration, who will subsequently face greater challenges in maintaining the project throughout the whole undergraduate degree.
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SIBY JEYYA

15/09/2023 06:22 AM