Registration of Foreign Medical & Dental Graduates from - Bangladesh

By: Career Marg Team | on October 7, 2022

NMC gazette for MBBS in Bangladesh: Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC) would like to inform you that, Foreign students who are being admitted to MBBS and/or BDS courses in Bangladesh require to undergo 5 years of regular academic courses and a one-year rotatory Internship (Total 6 years duration) in the same Medical College & Hospital where they get admitted to obtaining MBBS and/or BDS degree.
Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM&DC) provides full registration to foreign graduates like native graduates of Bangladesh. Registered foreign physicians may be allowed to "Practice in Bangladesh Subject to Work Permit."

More such important clauses about the NMC gazette 2021 are mentioned in the points below.

Duration

• When talking about higher medical education, comprises 2 different aspects namely the “course” and the “internship”. Therefore, the NMC gazette consists of clauses pertaining to the duration of both these aspects.
• As far as the “classes” of the course are concerned (practical and theoretical), only those degrees that have a duration of at least 54 months will be considered valid in India.
• Students need to compulsorily complete a 12-month internship from the same university abroad in order to be valid to study and/or practice in India.

Mandatory Aspects

This head of the NMC Gazette notification 2021 consists of several important clauses of said gazette to keep in mind: -

• ENGLISH: First and foremost, the degrees of only those universities will be considered valid that have offered the entire program in the English language. This means that bilingual courses will no longer be accepted in India.
• NEXT EXAM: Though it was already a compulsion for foreign graduates, this gazette has once again reiterated this clause. This clause is that those who’ve completed MBBS abroad need to mandatorily give the NEXT Exam (replacing the FMGE Exam from 2023) in order to be eligible for further studies and/or medical practice.
• NO COLLEGE CHANGE: It’s also equally important that students complete their program in its entirety (course + internship) from the same university. What this means is that they’re not allowed to change a college mid-program/mid-semester/mid-year.
• VALIDITY OF DEGREE: The last thing to remember is that the university offering you the MBBS abroad degree should be registered and certified with the requisite authorities of that country. This is because only if the medical degree is valid in that country’s jurisdiction, will it be in India.

Necessary Subjects in Curriculum

The NMC 2021 Regulations for MBBS Abroad Students also state that if students seek to return to India after completion of their higher medical education abroad need to fulfill this important criterion.

These criteria are that their degrees/courses must cover all the 19 important medical disciplines that have been mentioned below: -

1. Anatomy
2. Psychiatry
3. Radiology
4. Ophthalmology
5. Surgery and Allied Subjects
6. Obstetrics and Gynecology
7. Pediatrics
8. Pharmacology
9. Microbiology
10. Pathology
11. Forensic Medicine
12. Community Medicine
13. Clinical Postings
14. Anesthesiology
15. Dermatology
16. Physiology
17. Biochemistry
18. OPDs
19. Medicine and Allied Subjects

Related Topic:

• MBBS in India vs Mbbs in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Medical Colleges FMGE Passing result 2021
• Bangladesh MBBS Curriculum 2021

Who won’t be affected?

• The NMC Gazette notification 2021 may come as a shock and/or surprise for many. It may even generate tension in the minds of many, especially those who’ve already enrolled in universities abroad.
• However, the latter doesn’t need to worry about the clauses mentioned in the said gazette as according to a government order, these DO NOT apply to those who’ve sought admissions before 18 Nov 2021.
• To sum up, all that’s been said above regarding the clauses of the NMC gazette, students need to pursue their MBBS abroad entirely from 1 single university (certified and recognized by the authorities of that region), and that too in the English language. The course needs to be at least 54 months long and the internship at least 12 months. After that, they need to pass the Indian licentiate exam i.e. the NEXT Exam to practice in India.

Finally, the NMC gazette notification 2021 only applies to those taking admission AFTER 18th November 2021.