A Presentation By Dr. Azmat Karim MD (PFU), FCCS (USA), PGDHHM (Pune) Consultant Physician

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A Presentation By Dr. Azmat Karim MD (PFU),
FCCS (USA), PGDHHM (Pune) Consultant Physician
CardiologistMetro Hospital Heart
InstituteDelhi (India)

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Preparation of Doctors for India in foreign
countries and problems of the recognition of
Russian Diplomas of Medical Education of various
levels

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India An overview with respect to Healthcare

• Demographic status India accounts for a meagre
  2.4 of the worlds surface area yet, it
  supports and sustains a whooping 16.7 of the
  world population (1139.96 million as per latest
  estimate)
• Number of Doctors available in India The
  availability of physicians in India is 6 per
  10,000 population which is not sufficient to
  ensure better health (117th position in terms of
  density of doctors out of 192 countries).
• There is a considerable gap in the actual number
  of Physicians in India and the no. which is
  desired as per the WHO norms

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Possible ways to bridge the gap / shortfall in
the desired number of Doctors in India

• Increase the no. of medical colleges
• Increase the seats in the existing medical
  colleges
• Making use of Foreign Medical Colleges by
  encouraging Indian students to take admissions
  in those colleges.

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Historical Background of Medical Education for
Indians at Russia/PFU

• Pre 1990 era Admissions were based on merits
  with full scholarship under Indo-Russian exchange
  program through Indian Government.
• During 1991-99 It was a mix of Indo-Russian
  exchange programme and open admission without any
  merit criteria through private agents
• Post 2000 era The Indo-Russian exchange program
  was scrapped and admissions were opened for those
  who were able to pay the fees.

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Problems in India in respect of recognition of
Russian Medical Degree at various level

• It is a myth that the Russian degrees per
  se, ever had any exclusive problem of recognition
  in India IN Pre 1990 era
• In fact the process adopted by the Indian
  government to standardize the level of medical
  professionals have culminated in various
  challenges for foreign medical graduates
  irrespective of the country.

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Factors which distinguish PFU from its peer
colleges in Russia but could not come to its
rescue

• The academic standard of PFU used to be exceeding
  well, enabling all the graduates from this
  university to show excellent performance in India
  and abroad.
• Graduates from PFU have also faired well in the
  exams like FMGE/PLAB/USMLE
• Students from PFU who could not qualify FMGE were
  by and large those one who were transferred from
  different unrecognized colleges in Russia in
  their mid academic session which was not in tune
  with MCI guidelines.

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Contributory factors leading to drastic
reduction in the no. of admissions at Russian
Colleges

• Softening of admission criteria/Inter-university
  migrations in Russian Medical Schools
• Introduction of FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate
  Examination) to standardize the level of Medical
  Professionals in India before granting license to
  practice.
• Negative publicity with regard to the academic
  standard and security problem during 1993-99 at
  Russia
• Higher failure rate of Russian Medical graduates
  in FMGE
• Emergence of new avenues for education at
  different countries such as Nepal, China,
  Australia etc

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How to revive the reputation of Russian Colleges
and increase the student intake in PFU

• Enhancing the brand image of PFU
• Conducting seminars / CME in coordination with
  reputed Hospitals and Medical colleges in India
  (Alumni of PFU in India may play a vital role for
  this cause)
• Rationalization of admission criteria

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How to revive the reputation of Russian Colleges
and increase the student intake in PFU

• Offering full scholarship for meritorious
  students based on some competitive test
  preferably under the aegis of MCI /FMGE/DNBE
• Exploring long term collaboration/tie ups with
  Indian universities in consonance with the
  guidelines of MCI.
• Creating a visibility for PFU in different media
  and medical journals being published in India.

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