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Faculty of Homoeopathy

 

 

Compulsory Rotational Internship Training Programme for Undergraduates who have passed Final BHMS/Graded BHMS Examination.

 

 

 

INDEX

 

Sr. No.

Topic

Page No.

1

Preliminaries and Aims

4

2.

Objectives

4

3.

General Rules

5

4.

Transfer Rules

7-9

5.

CCH Guidelines

10-13

I) General

10

II) Guidelines for Training

11-13

III) Rotation of batches and Maintenance of records

13

6.

Schedule of Training

14

7.

Pre-Internship Orientation Programme

15

8.

Guidelines for training programme in each department

16-19

9.

Proforma for work record in each department

20

10.

Evaluation

21

11.

Proforma for skill evaluation and grading

23

12.

PHC visit form

24

13.

Final record form

25

14.

Completion Certificate

26

15.

Application form for joining internship

27

16.

Application form for provisional registration

28

17.

Application form for transfer of internship

29

 

 

MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, NASHIK

 

 


Rules Governing Internship Training Programme  for Final Year pass out B.H.M.S. Candidates under the Faculty of Homoeopathy.

 

 

 

            The Homoeopathic education should aim at producing competent Homoeopathic physicians of profound knowledge having extensive practical training based on Homoeopathic fundamentals with scientific knowledge of modern advances who can take up responsibilities in the medical and health services and can be actively involved in Family welfare and National Health Programmes.

 

PRE-DEGREE COMPULSORY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME FOR B.H.M.S. COURSE

 

AIMS :

 

After passing final B.H.M.S. examination, every student will be required to undergo the compulsory and rotational internship up to the satisfaction of the head of the Institution. A graduate of Homoeopathic medicine and surgery thoroughly studied the science of Homoeopathy, is expected to work as clinical observer and conduct actual clinical procedures of medical and health sciences under the close and direct supervision of their teachers as to acquire the optimum skill of dexterity. The period and scheme of internship is specifically designed to establish these professional skills of medical graduates, in Homoeopathy faculty.

OBJECTIVES :-

 

1.         Training of the Internees during the period of Internship shall be regulated by the Principal and the Superintendent or In charge of the Hospital where an intern undertake her/his internship and acquire skills under supervision, so that she/he becomes capable of functioning independantly

2.         The Internee shall be entrusted with the clinical responsibilities under the control and supervision of Senior Medical Officers only.

3.         The internee should be given as much as possible clinical work in each department.

4.         The training in the Hospital shall include case taking, analysis of the case, evaluation of symptomatology, investigations, provisional and differential diagnosis, arriving at clinical diagnosis and thus building up of portrait of the disease and the management through Homoeopathy.

 

GENERAL RULES :-

 

1)      A student passing final B.H.M.S. examination will not be entitled to receive the degree without completion of the internship.

2)    The Dean/Principal of concerned Homoeopathy College shall be responsible for proper implementation of Internship programme as per ‘Appendix-A’. The Principal/Dean of the college shall have to monitor Internship Training Programme in collaboration with superintendent/Deputy superintendent/R.M.O. of attached hospital alongwith all head of concerned departments. The Principal/Dean of college may appoint a Teacher, to monitor the work of interns only at Primary Health Centres.

3)      This scheme of Internship shall be implemented by all Homoeopathy colleges affiliated to the MUHS, Nashik meticulously from the first batch which passes the final B.H.M.S. examination Oct./Nov.2002.

4)      Immediately after the declaration of the results of Final year B.H.M.S. Examination by University, the successful students should submit their application alongwith passport-size photograph for the purpose of Identity card to the Dean/Principal of College.

5)           The Internship Training Programme should be declared within 10 days after the declaration of result by University.

6)           Before issuing appointment letter the Dean/Principal shall conduct 5 day’s orientation workshop to orient the internees to get acquainted with the details and rules of internship training programme. This orientation workshop shall cover the process of Registration, medico- legal issues, Ethical-issues, public relation issues, Health programme and National Health Policy, patient’s management alongwith emergency care.  It shall be mandatory for Internees to attend the pre internship orientation workshop for the period of 5 days before the actual posting commences.  In workshop copy of ‘Intern work-book’/Log-book duly certified by Dean/Principal should be distributed to interns. The interns shall have to pay the cost of workbook/Log-book towards Principal office. The cost of workbook will be such as may be prescribed by college.

7)           After joining the internship within 15 days every interne should get himself provisionally Registered from Maharashtra Council of Homoeopathy, Mumbai and submit the Xerox copy of certificate to Dean/Principal office.

8)            A muster roll must be kept for attendance of internees by Hospital  Authority and monthly record of attendance along with leave record should be forwarded to Dean/Principal of college at the end of every month.

9)           Every internee shall be under administrative and disciplinary control of the hospital where he is appointed.  He shall obey the rules, regulations, conversions and practice of hospital in force and code of conduct laid down by Govt/ University/C.C.H./M.C.H from time to time. 

            In case of breach of code of conduct /rules by a intern, concerned authority of hospital shall take any disciplinary action including disqualification to continue further internship programme or any other lesser punishment which may he thinks fit.

10)      No intern shall remain absent from his/her hospital duties without prior      permission from HODS/RMO/Chief M.O./Superintendent of the hospital.

11)       No kind of leave of absence is permitted to an intern except 12 days of causal leave(not more than 3 days at a time) during 12 months period of internship.  Any leave in excess of above rule the intern shall have to complete the required attendance as a repeat day. However in case of leave on medical ground the internship programme for such candidate may be extended corresponding to the period of absence at the end of the training.

12)      Working hours for interns are to be not less than 8 hours per day.  He can avails weekly off/Sunday and national/Govt. holidays permissible to hospital with prior permission of Hospital Authority.  As per the requirement of hospital the concerned authorities may allot shift rotation duties along with night duties to interns. 

13)       The intern shall be entrusted for clinical responsibilities under direct supervision of Teacher/Registrar/H.O.D./ M.O. of hospital, they shall not work independently as a medical practitioner, they shall not issue nor sign any certificate or medico-legal document, but the internee will be required to carry out any selective assignment if given to him by teacher/HOD/ M.O.

14)       It shall be compulsory for intern to maintain the record of procedures done/observed/assisted by him / her on day-to-day basis in prescribed work book.  After completion of internship the work book dully filled in all respect and certified from concerned authority should be submitted to Dean/Principal.  Failure to produce work book may result in cancellation of his/her performance in any or all disciplines of Internship.

15) On satisfactory completion of internship programme, the Dean/Principal, of concerned college shall forward a certificate of Internship Completion  to the University.  The University in turn will issue the ‘Final Internship Completion Certificate’ to the intern.  After obtaining this certificate the intern may apply for  the degree certificate to University and for permanent Registration Certificate to M.C.H. Mumbai.

16)Transfer of internee to other colleges :-

       The student desirous of transfer to another college for doing internship training programme may apply within 15 days from the date of declaration of final year result to the University in the prescribed form alongwith the fee prescribed by the University from time to time.

 

 

(A)            Colleges affiliated to MUHS:

1.         As per CCH Regulation of BHMS, Internee shall be permitted to complete all parts of internship at approved/ recognised Homoeopathy college.

 

2.         The student will have to apply for NOC to parent college and also where he/ she wants to get internship transferred.

 

3.         As per the Academic Council Resolution No. 446/2008 dated 28/12/2007:

A)   There shall be a reservation of 2% for regular batch and 1% for odd batch (fraction more than or equal to 0.5 be rounded to next higher integer) to the following cases, taking into consideration the merit in that category.

(1)  Serious and/or illness of prolonged nature of the student.

(2)   Serious and/or illness of prolonged nature of mother and / or father (in case of married candidate, the case of husband / wife shall be considered).

The candidate has to submit all medical records (all prescription and investigation reports, any other relevant documents) duly attested and medical certificates from Civil Surgeon / Medical Superintendents / Dean of Govt. Medical College.

However, if concerned committee does not found eligible candidate under this category, then all the transfers will be considered on the basis of merit and total vacancy (i.e. 15% of total students, appearing for the final year examination for both Odd and Regular Batch).

B)    After cut-off date and within three months following the date of declaration of result, if the candidate apply on the ground mentioned in Resolution Number 1 para – a (1), (2) and death of mother and / or father, (in case of married candidate, the death of husband / wife shall be considered), then one seat per College (Relieving and Receiving) per batch to be considered. In view of the medical documents and the certificate issued from the Civil Surgeon / Medical Superintendant / Dean of Govt. Medical College submitted by the candidate, the decision in this regards shall be taken by the same internship transfer committee.

C)    No applications shall be considered after three months following the date of declaration of result.

D)   The candidate has to complete current posting in the parent College before joining the receiving College

E)    The validity of NOCs submitted by the applicant will remain valid for that batch up to 03 months from the date of declaration of result.

F)     Internship transfer is allowed only one time for a candidate.

G)   However, in addition to above all categories, the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor will have power of granting internship transfer to deserving candidate in special circumstances.

 

4.         The parent college will forward the application with NOC to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik and the University authority will finalize the cases strictly on the basis of the merit.

 

5.         The college in which the internee is transferred will have to complete the programme as per the guidelines  including skill test/ performance.

 

6.         The parent institution will then receive the Internship Completion Certificate from that college and will forward the same to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences for the award of degree.

(B)             Colleges outside the jurisdiction of MUHS :

 

1.         NOC from both relieving and receiving colleges shall be obtained by the candidate.

2.         The application alongwith the NOC’s will be forwarded to MUHS for getting permission to allow the internship completion at colleges outside the jurisdiction of  this University.

3.         The concerned college will issue Internship Attendance Certificate mentioning the quantum of work done departmentwise as per proforma of MUHS and it will be submitted by the internee to parent college.

4.         The parent college will assess the skills by conducting skill performance tests as per the guidelines of internship.

5.         After successful completion of skill tests, internship completion certificate will be issued by the parent college and it will be forwarded to MUHS for award of degree.

 

(C)       Merit to be considered  :

The applications for transfer of internees shall be considered and decided strictly on the basis of merits as follows  :

1)         Aggregate marks obtained at Final B.H.M.S. Examination.

2)         Number of attempts at Final B.H.M.S. Examination.

1 %  marks will be deducted  per  attempt from aggregate marks of final B.H.M.S.

3)         In case of tie, combined marks of I, II & III B.H.M. S. to be considered.

4)                  Elder to be preferred  over younger.

 

17)        Notwithstanding any thing contained in this scheme the University reserves the right to alter the rules or to make amendment in rules/ Scheme or to take any action as may think fit in this respect without assigning any reason or justification for it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appendix ‘A’

 

Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik :

Internship Training Programme

 

As per the guidelines given by Central Council of Homoeopathy for compulsory Internship.