Responding to the memorandum submitted by the National M.Sc Medical Teachers’ Association (NMMTA), the Union Health Ministry on 27th May has written to the Principal Secretaries of Health/Medical Education of all the states and union territories clarifying that in case of ‘non-medical’ teachers working in medical colleges, Ph.D is required only for the post of Associate Professor and above. This move came following the memorandum submitted by Dr. Sridhar Rao (President) and Mr. Arjun Maitra (General Secretary) to the Health Ministry.
“Several medical colleges and the Department of Medical Education (DME) of the state governments were denying appointment or promotion as Assistant Professor to the non-medical teachers who did not possess Ph.D”, said Dr. Sridhar Rao. “In a written reply to the Lok Sabha in December 2018, MoHFW had stated the same, yet it was not being honored by some medical colleges and DMEs because of disparity between the qualifications mentioned in the schedule-I and Table-I of the TEQ guidelines”, said Mr. Arjun Maitra. “We had requested the ministry to put an end to this confusion by editing the Table-I of the TEQ guidelines via a gazette notification or letters to the concerned”, he added.
Non-medical teachers are clinical scientists possessing medical M.Sc/Ph.D degree in the subjects of Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology and Microbiology. These 3-year courses are imparted to the science graduates mostly in the medical colleges based on similar curriculum and syllabus as MD courses, and the degrees are awarded under the faculty of medicine by the health universities.
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