Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) shifts training focus from time served to demonstrated competencies. In India the National Medical Commission notified CBME for MBBS in 2019 and postgraduate CBME under PGMER-2023, defining core, specialty and sub-specialty competencies each resident must achieve before exit.
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NMC (National Medical Commission)
India's statutory regulator for medical education, replacing the MCI in 2020.
PGMER 2023
Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, notified by the NMC.
MSR (Minimum Standard Requirements)
The NMC's college inspection standard for infrastructure, faculty and training.
Logbook (PG Medical)
Mandatory record of a resident's clinical work, procedures and academic activity.
IEC (Institutional Ethics Committee)
Body that approves research protocols involving human participants.
DNB (Diplomate of National Board)
PG qualification awarded by NBEMS, equivalent to MD/MS.