Orange City Hospital and Research Institute (OCHRI) has become the first private hospital in the city to get the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) accreditation to conduct continuing medical education (CME) programmes and conferences. These programmes give the mandatory CME credit hours to practicing doctors in various fields. Earning these credit hours from MMC accredited organisations is compulsory for every practicing doctor to be able to renew the license every five years.
Speaking to TOI about the accreditation, Uday Bhaskar Nair, chairman, Ravi Nair Hospitals Private Limited, which runs OCHRI, said that the MMC recognition has added a feather in the hospital's cap, which has always been striving to provide quality patient care. "We were always capable of organising multi speciality medical conventions. But with MMC recognition, the creditability of the organization has been enhanced," he said.
OCHRI had already launched a separate division, Central India Health Academy, with Dr Anup Marar as director and Dr Deepak Dongre as convener, for this purpose. Dr Marar claims that though doctors already have an opportunity to earn credit hours by attending CMEs and conferences organised by government medical colleges and professional bodies like Indian Medical Association, his hospital was the first private hospital in Central India to get MMC recognition. "Recognition reflects the academic sincerity of our institution," said Dr Marar.
The MMC recognition will be valid for a period of five years only. Every doctor attending all CME programs, workshops, seminars and conferences can earn credit points depending on the rating assigned to the hospital by the council. Dr Usha Nair, RNPHL director, said that OCHRI had laid the foundation of Siddhi series of academic conferences with the aim of upgrading the academic standards of its doctors.
Dr Jay Deshmukh, another RNPHL director, says that the Union government of India has notified the new ethics regulations in the Gazette of India on April 16, 2002. According to this, every physician should participate in professional meetings as part of CMEs for at least 30 hours every five years. These should have been organised by reputed professional academic bodies or any other authorised organisations. But it was only last year that the state government too adopted the regulations and began identifying organisations so that certificate of attendance at CME issued by them could be held valid. MMC reviews the quality content and credentials of speakers before awarding credit points.
This recognition is a step ahead for bigger conferences. In city, besides IMA, Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) and other professional bodies, only RST Regional Cancer Hospital and Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) have MMC accreditation.
Speaking to TOI about the accreditation, Uday Bhaskar Nair, chairman, Ravi Nair Hospitals Private Limited, which runs OCHRI, said that the MMC recognition has added a feather in the hospital's cap, which has always been striving to provide quality patient care. "We were always capable of organising multi speciality medical conventions. But with MMC recognition, the creditability of the organization has been enhanced," he said.
OCHRI had already launched a separate division, Central India Health Academy, with Dr Anup Marar as director and Dr Deepak Dongre as convener, for this purpose. Dr Marar claims that though doctors already have an opportunity to earn credit hours by attending CMEs and conferences organised by government medical colleges and professional bodies like Indian Medical Association, his hospital was the first private hospital in Central India to get MMC recognition. "Recognition reflects the academic sincerity of our institution," said Dr Marar.
The MMC recognition will be valid for a period of five years only. Every doctor attending all CME programs, workshops, seminars and conferences can earn credit points depending on the rating assigned to the hospital by the council. Dr Usha Nair, RNPHL director, said that OCHRI had laid the foundation of Siddhi series of academic conferences with the aim of upgrading the academic standards of its doctors.
Dr Jay Deshmukh, another RNPHL director, says that the Union government of India has notified the new ethics regulations in the Gazette of India on April 16, 2002. According to this, every physician should participate in professional meetings as part of CMEs for at least 30 hours every five years. These should have been organised by reputed professional academic bodies or any other authorised organisations. But it was only last year that the state government too adopted the regulations and began identifying organisations so that certificate of attendance at CME issued by them could be held valid. MMC reviews the quality content and credentials of speakers before awarding credit points.
This recognition is a step ahead for bigger conferences. In city, besides IMA, Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) and other professional bodies, only RST Regional Cancer Hospital and Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) have MMC accreditation.
0 comments:
Post a Comment