Knowledge of National Medical Commission Guidelines among Faculty Members of Various Medical Colleges in India

Objective: National Medical Commission (NMC) has introduced several guidelines to ensure quality medicaleducation. To implement the guidelines the faculties should be aware of the same and should take active part inrollout of these guidelines. The current study was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge of medical faculties inIndia about the guidelines by NMC.Material and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among faculties and Senior Residents (SR’s)of various medical colleges in India, using a predesigned pretested self-administered structured questionnaire(Google form) as a data collection tool for data collection.Results: A total of 120 responses were obtained from Professors (36.66%) followed by Associate Professors(33.34%), Assistant Professors (24.16%) and Senior Residents (5.84%) in our study. Maximum faculty werefrom Government medical colleges (50.84%) followed by Autonomous (28.33%) and Private (20.8%). Nearlyhalf of faculty (50.84%) showed excellent knowledge regarding NMC guidelines but (12.5%) faculty showedpoor knowledge.Conclusion: There is need to conduct periodic faculty awareness program to uplift the medical education.