Compulsory Rural Internship for MBBS Students

Thiruvananthapuram: The Union Health Ministry is contemplating the introduction of Compulsory Rotational Internship of two years for MBBS students, out of which one year will have to be served in a rural station of the student’s choice in any State.

At present, MBBS students in medical colleges in the country undergo four-and-a-half years training plus one year of internship in a teaching institution. The current proposal is to add another year of compulsory rural internship to the existing five-and-a-half-year course.

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