The MHT-CET-2008,for admission to Medical(MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/B.Pth)courses in Maharashtra will will be conducted on Thursday 8th May 2008.Updates regading issuance of application form and information brochure will be added soon.
About MHT-CET exam
The entrance examination for the selection to all Health Science Courses Pharmacy degree courses in state of Maharashtra for the academic year 2008-2009 shall be conducted by the competent Authority appointed by Government of Maharashtra. The entrance –examination shall be conducted for the seat at all Government /Municipal corporation and Government aided Health Science institutions.
Date of Form and Place of Purchase:
The single Application form and three information Brochures for MHT-CET 2008 (Health Sciences, Engineering and Pharmacy) will be available at Junior College/High school where student has given his/her requisition.
Prescribed application forms as per the requirement shall be obtained by Head Master/ Principal of the college where candidate is studying.Duly filled application form should be submitted by the candidate to the same Junior College/ School on or before prescribed date.
Important Date of MHT CET exam:
Form Issue and Submission Date : 20th Feb 2008 to 1st March 2008
Exam Date : 8th May 2008
Nature of Exam
Subjects for MHT-CET (200 Marks)
Paper 1 :- Physics & Chemistry (50 marks each)
Paper 2:- Biology 100 marks (Botany and zoology -50 marks each)
Total :- 200 Marks
Duration: one and half hours for each paper
Syllabus
Syllabus of Physics , Chemistry, Biology for the MHT-CET -2008 will be the same as for the current year for HSC Examination of HSC Boards of Maharashtra.
Examination Centres: The MHT – CET – 2008 will be conducted at all the district head quarters of the State of Maharashtra. The MHT-CET examination center will be within the same district from where the candidate has passed/ is appearing at the qualifying examination i.e. HSC/12th Standard examination.
Eligibility:
Passed the SSC (Std. X) & HSC (Std. XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry and Biology as the compulsory subjects.
A candidate belonging to open Category must have obtained not less than 50% (i.e. 150 out of 300) marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the HSC Examination. A candidate belonging to backward class must have obtained not less than 40 % (i.e. 120 out of 300) marks in physics. Chemistry and Biology taken together at the HSC (or equivalent) Examination.
Age Limit: The candidate must be an Indian National , born on before 1st January 1992 to be eligible to appear for MHT-CET-2008.
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Friday, November 30, 2007
MBBS will be of six-and-a-half years
The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has approved the proposal for compulsory rural posting for doctors. One year posting in rural and inaccessible areas will now be made part of the curriculum.
Once approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), this would mean that the MBBS course would now be of six and a half years instead of the present five and a half years.
The proposal requires an amendment to the MCI Act that needs to be approved by Parliament. The new curriculum will be applicable from the 2008-09 academic year, after being passed by Parliament.
Applicable to all medical colleges
According to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the proposal, if approved, will be applicable to both the government and private medical colleges.
India churns out 29,500 medical graduates annually but even then there are few healthcare facilities in the rural and far-flung areas.
The one-year rural posting will include serving at the district headquarters for four months, community health centres for another four months and the primary health centres for the remaining four months.
The doctors will be given a monthly stipend of Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 10,000 as an incentive to work in these areas, Dr. Ramadoss said.
They will be based at the district headquarters and will serve under the District Health Officer.
Earlier there was a proposal to make rural postings compulsory after the MBBS course and a doctor will have to serve in the rural areas for at least one year before he applied for a post-graduation course.
However, this proposal was dropped.
The proposal was mooted keeping in mind the poor healthcare facilities in the rural areas, particularly the shortage of doctors as even the government doctors are reluctant to serve in these regions and would rather join the private sector for better salaries and an urban posting.
Update:
The Health ministry has agreed to revise its decision in view of opposition from students all over INDIA.
(Source)
Once approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI), this would mean that the MBBS course would now be of six and a half years instead of the present five and a half years.
The proposal requires an amendment to the MCI Act that needs to be approved by Parliament. The new curriculum will be applicable from the 2008-09 academic year, after being passed by Parliament.
Applicable to all medical colleges
According to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the proposal, if approved, will be applicable to both the government and private medical colleges.
India churns out 29,500 medical graduates annually but even then there are few healthcare facilities in the rural and far-flung areas.
The one-year rural posting will include serving at the district headquarters for four months, community health centres for another four months and the primary health centres for the remaining four months.
The doctors will be given a monthly stipend of Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 10,000 as an incentive to work in these areas, Dr. Ramadoss said.
They will be based at the district headquarters and will serve under the District Health Officer.
Earlier there was a proposal to make rural postings compulsory after the MBBS course and a doctor will have to serve in the rural areas for at least one year before he applied for a post-graduation course.
However, this proposal was dropped.
The proposal was mooted keeping in mind the poor healthcare facilities in the rural areas, particularly the shortage of doctors as even the government doctors are reluctant to serve in these regions and would rather join the private sector for better salaries and an urban posting.
Update:
The Health ministry has agreed to revise its decision in view of opposition from students all over INDIA.
(Source)
Friday, November 23, 2007
Medicos oppose Rural posting
Medical teachers and students in the state have strongly opposed a move by Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss to extend the five-and-a-half-year MBBS course by a year, with the last year as mandatory rural posting. They have said that the move will be counter-productive since fresh medical graduates will not be able to deliver the desired results.
“A fresh MBBS graduate is too inexperienced to handle crisis situations in a rural set-up, which will be unfair to the rural population,’’ a senior professor said.
Ramadoss is considering extending the course following recommendations by the National Rural Health Mission. A month ago, he had set up a high-level committee headed by additional director general of health services R Samba Siva Rao to ascertain the views of undergraduate and post-graduate teachers, medical teachers, parents and associated groups before implementation of the rural posting for medical graduates.
Accordingly Rao, on Wednesday, held a marathon meeting with medical teachers and students from 42 medical colleges across the state, senior officials of the medical education department and the directorate of medical education and research at JJ Hospital. Rao explained the proposal and said, “Our rural health care system is weak and we want it to strengthen in a time-bound period. Hence Ramadoss, on the recommendation of the rural health mission, has mooted the new concept.’’
However, medical teachers opposed the move and also raised the following objections. Students who want to continue post-graduate studies will be affected as a gap of one year in a non-academic environment will have an adverse effect on their studies.
The course is already long and adding a year is unfair. Making it compulsory with a meagre pay or stipend amounts to exploitation. It is likely that if this scheme is implemented, the number of posts in rural areas may be insufficient to accommodate all the graduates. In its report, NHRM has said that public health centres across India are poorly managed owing to acute shortage of manpower. In Maharashtra, out of the 6,000 public health centres, there are no doctors at at least 1,600 centres, while at 2,000 centres, the medical officers are appointed on adhoc basis for 11 months.
(Source)
“A fresh MBBS graduate is too inexperienced to handle crisis situations in a rural set-up, which will be unfair to the rural population,’’ a senior professor said.
Ramadoss is considering extending the course following recommendations by the National Rural Health Mission. A month ago, he had set up a high-level committee headed by additional director general of health services R Samba Siva Rao to ascertain the views of undergraduate and post-graduate teachers, medical teachers, parents and associated groups before implementation of the rural posting for medical graduates.
Accordingly Rao, on Wednesday, held a marathon meeting with medical teachers and students from 42 medical colleges across the state, senior officials of the medical education department and the directorate of medical education and research at JJ Hospital. Rao explained the proposal and said, “Our rural health care system is weak and we want it to strengthen in a time-bound period. Hence Ramadoss, on the recommendation of the rural health mission, has mooted the new concept.’’
However, medical teachers opposed the move and also raised the following objections. Students who want to continue post-graduate studies will be affected as a gap of one year in a non-academic environment will have an adverse effect on their studies.
The course is already long and adding a year is unfair. Making it compulsory with a meagre pay or stipend amounts to exploitation. It is likely that if this scheme is implemented, the number of posts in rural areas may be insufficient to accommodate all the graduates. In its report, NHRM has said that public health centres across India are poorly managed owing to acute shortage of manpower. In Maharashtra, out of the 6,000 public health centres, there are no doctors at at least 1,600 centres, while at 2,000 centres, the medical officers are appointed on adhoc basis for 11 months.
(Source)
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Aids Pill
The US government approved a novel anti-AIDS pill on Friday, offering a new option for hard-to-treat patients.
Manufacturer Merck & Co. said Isentress should be on pharmacy shelves within two weeks.
The AIDS virus uses three different enzymes to reproduce and infect cells. Numerous drugs are available that target two of those enzymes, called protease and reverse transcriptase.
Isentress is the first in a new class of medicines that blocks the third enzyme, called integrase. Added to "cocktails" of other HIV medicines, the drug can lower the amount of HIV in the blood and help infection-fighting immune cells rebound.
HIV mutates rapidly to resist various treatments, and the Food and Drug Administration approved use of Isentress in patients over age 16 whose blood tests show they are resistant to common older medications.
Side effects include diarrhea, nausea, headache and itching.
Patients take Isentress, also known as raltegravir, twice a day. A Merck spokeswoman said the drug would cost $27 a day, or $9,855 a year _ in the range of other competitors.
It is the second novel HIV drug to win FDA approval in two months. Pfizer Inc.'s Selzentry works by yet another method, blocking a passage that HIV often uses to enter white blood cells.
Manufacturer Merck & Co. said Isentress should be on pharmacy shelves within two weeks.
The AIDS virus uses three different enzymes to reproduce and infect cells. Numerous drugs are available that target two of those enzymes, called protease and reverse transcriptase.
Isentress is the first in a new class of medicines that blocks the third enzyme, called integrase. Added to "cocktails" of other HIV medicines, the drug can lower the amount of HIV in the blood and help infection-fighting immune cells rebound.
HIV mutates rapidly to resist various treatments, and the Food and Drug Administration approved use of Isentress in patients over age 16 whose blood tests show they are resistant to common older medications.
Side effects include diarrhea, nausea, headache and itching.
Patients take Isentress, also known as raltegravir, twice a day. A Merck spokeswoman said the drug would cost $27 a day, or $9,855 a year _ in the range of other competitors.
It is the second novel HIV drug to win FDA approval in two months. Pfizer Inc.'s Selzentry works by yet another method, blocking a passage that HIV often uses to enter white blood cells.
Friday, September 07, 2007
Lead India..letter from Times of India
Dear 'Doctors For You' Volunteer,
Sub: Doctors For You-TOI partnership for Lead India
It is my privilege, on behalf of The Times of India, to seek your participation in Lead India, the biggest search for India’s future leaders. Doctors For You has joined hands with The Times of India in this unique movement to positively impact this country’s political landscape.
Lead India seeks concerned and action-oriented people like you to nominate the best names for India’s next generation of leaders. If you have it in you, please come forward and rise. Spread over three phases, Lead India is seeking nominations in the first phase that ends on Sep 7, 2007. All entries will be screened to arrive at city-wise representatives. Eight candidates will be short-listed from each city, in the second phase, followed by the final national round to elect the Lead India winner.
The process of selection will entail a 360-degree evaluation of candidates on political leadership – like the ability to conceive goals for the nation, a sense of social responsibility, the capability to translate the vision for the nation into specific, pragmatic action points, the ability to rally people around ideas, the ability to execute, and resilience. The public at large, and an eminent jury, will judge each candidate’s performance.
What awaits the eventual Leader will be a handsome corpus of Rs 50 lakh for funding a public project of his choice and an entry into the Leadership Development Programme at the John F Kennedy School of Political Leadership. This is besides the once-in-a-lifetime chance to short-circuit the arduous political route and be pitched right in the arena.
To find out more about Lead India, please visit www.lead.timesofindia.com. You can also browse through related Times news stories and interactive features at the website.
Sub: Doctors For You-TOI partnership for Lead India
It is my privilege, on behalf of The Times of India, to seek your participation in Lead India, the biggest search for India’s future leaders. Doctors For You has joined hands with The Times of India in this unique movement to positively impact this country’s political landscape.
Lead India seeks concerned and action-oriented people like you to nominate the best names for India’s next generation of leaders. If you have it in you, please come forward and rise. Spread over three phases, Lead India is seeking nominations in the first phase that ends on Sep 7, 2007. All entries will be screened to arrive at city-wise representatives. Eight candidates will be short-listed from each city, in the second phase, followed by the final national round to elect the Lead India winner.
The process of selection will entail a 360-degree evaluation of candidates on political leadership – like the ability to conceive goals for the nation, a sense of social responsibility, the capability to translate the vision for the nation into specific, pragmatic action points, the ability to rally people around ideas, the ability to execute, and resilience. The public at large, and an eminent jury, will judge each candidate’s performance.
What awaits the eventual Leader will be a handsome corpus of Rs 50 lakh for funding a public project of his choice and an entry into the Leadership Development Programme at the John F Kennedy School of Political Leadership. This is besides the once-in-a-lifetime chance to short-circuit the arduous political route and be pitched right in the arena.
To find out more about Lead India, please visit www.lead.timesofindia.com. You can also browse through related Times news stories and interactive features at the website.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Top Medical Colleges (MBBS) in India
1)AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi 2) CMC - Christian Medical College,Vellore 3)AFMC -Armed Forces Medical College,Pune 4)JIPMER, Pondicherry
5)Seth G.S. Medical College,Mumbai 6)Maulana Azad Medical College,Delhi 7)Grants Medical College Mumbai 8)St John’s,Bangalore 9)Kasturba Medical College Manipal
10)B.J. Medical College Pune 11)King George’s Medical College,Lucknow 12)Calcutta Medical College,Calcutta 13)Bangalore Medical College,Bangalore 14Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad 15)Christian Medical College,Ludhiana 16)Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad 17)Madras Medical College Chennai 18)Institute of Medical Science, BHU,Varanasi 19)B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad 20)Government Medical College,Nagpur 21)Government Medical College,Mysore 22)Sri Ramachandra Medical College,Chennai
23)Stanley Medical College, Chennai 24)L.T.M. Medical College Mumbai 25)Lady Hardings,Delhi .
(Source): As per Outlook July 17, 2006 issue. The Survey was carried out taking into consideration - Intellectual Capital, Infrastructure and facilities, pedagogic systems and processes, and placements. This survey was for for Undergraduate MBBS Programs.
5)Seth G.S. Medical College,Mumbai 6)Maulana Azad Medical College,Delhi 7)Grants Medical College Mumbai 8)St John’s,Bangalore 9)Kasturba Medical College Manipal
10)B.J. Medical College Pune 11)King George’s Medical College,Lucknow 12)Calcutta Medical College,Calcutta 13)Bangalore Medical College,Bangalore 14Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad 15)Christian Medical College,Ludhiana 16)Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad 17)Madras Medical College Chennai 18)Institute of Medical Science, BHU,Varanasi 19)B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad 20)Government Medical College,Nagpur 21)Government Medical College,Mysore 22)Sri Ramachandra Medical College,Chennai
23)Stanley Medical College, Chennai 24)L.T.M. Medical College Mumbai 25)Lady Hardings,Delhi .
(Source): As per Outlook July 17, 2006 issue. The Survey was carried out taking into consideration - Intellectual Capital, Infrastructure and facilities, pedagogic systems and processes, and placements. This survey was for for Undergraduate MBBS Programs.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Result of ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007
As ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007 exams for admissions to Medical colleges(MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/B.Pharm) in Maharashtra are over,students must be busy in finding Model answers to Multiple Choices Questions(MCQ'S) asked in those exams.
The result of ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007 is expected to be declared on 15th June 2007.Till then keep your fingers crossed.
You will updates regarding the results on this site.
The result of ASSO-CET-2007 and MHT-CET-2007 is expected to be declared on 15th June 2007.Till then keep your fingers crossed.
You will updates regarding the results on this site.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Pune Doctors pledge eyes!
Although there is a need for an estimated two lakh corneas annually to restore vision of the corneal blind, barely 24,000 corneas are collected through eye donation in the country.
In an exemplary initiative to address this shortfall, 90 doctors from Pune have now pledged their eyes after death.
The doctors have also decided to strengthen the eye donation campaign in Pune by encouraging patients to pledge their eyes and by guiding them.
In an exemplary initiative to address this shortfall, 90 doctors from Pune have now pledged their eyes after death.
The doctors have also decided to strengthen the eye donation campaign in Pune by encouraging patients to pledge their eyes and by guiding them.
Friday, April 06, 2007
ASSO-CET-2007
Common Entrance Test (Asso-CET-2007) will be held on Sunday 6th May 2007 for the academic year 2007-2008 for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BPTh, BOTh & BSc-Nursing courses.
Application forms and information brochure for Asso CET-2007 for admission to 1st year MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BPTh, BOTh and BSc-Nursing courses will be available at all the Private Medical and Dental Colleges and other notified centers given below from 12th March 2007 to 12th April 2007 on payment of Rs. 500/- by DD. Application forms will also be available from AMUPMDC office by post with an additional DD of Rs. 100/- for postal charges. Application Forms will also be available from selected centres of Punjab National Bank on Paymant of Rs 500/- in Cash. The Fee for Examination is Rs. 1,500/- payable by DD. All DD's are to be drawn in favour of "AMUPMDC" and payable at Mumbai.
All the health Science Colleges are affiliated to Maharastra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. All the Medical Colleges are approved by Medical Council of India, Dental Colleges by Dental Council of India and other Helth Science Colleges by their respective Central Councils.
Examination Center: Asso CET-2007 will be conducted at 18 centres in Maharashtra (viz. Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Latur, Akola, Nanded, Amravati and Nagpur), 7 Centres outside Maharashtra state (viz. Delhi, Noida, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad).
The rights to increase or delete Examination Centres rest with the Competent Authority.
Eligiblity Criteria: (1) Candidate must be born on or before 1st Jan. 1991, (2) Candidate must have passed HSC (10+2 or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English, (3) Candidates appearing for HSC (10+2)/equivalent examination in March 2007 are also eligible to appear for Asso CET-2007, however, the candidate must fulfill the eligibility conditions.
Important Dates
Availability of forms : 12/03/2007 – 12/04/2007
Last Date of forms submission : 12/04/2007
Date of Asso CET-2007 : Sunday 15/05/2007
Examination Pattern: ¨Asso-CET-2007 will consist of 200 MCQs comprising of Physics (50), Chemistry(50) and Biology (100)
Every correct answer will be awarded 1 mark No negative marking.The medium of examination will be English.
Application forms and information brochure for Asso CET-2007 for admission to 1st year MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BPTh, BOTh and BSc-Nursing courses will be available at all the Private Medical and Dental Colleges and other notified centers given below from 12th March 2007 to 12th April 2007 on payment of Rs. 500/- by DD. Application forms will also be available from AMUPMDC office by post with an additional DD of Rs. 100/- for postal charges. Application Forms will also be available from selected centres of Punjab National Bank on Paymant of Rs 500/- in Cash. The Fee for Examination is Rs. 1,500/- payable by DD. All DD's are to be drawn in favour of "AMUPMDC" and payable at Mumbai.
All the health Science Colleges are affiliated to Maharastra University of Health Sciences, Nashik. All the Medical Colleges are approved by Medical Council of India, Dental Colleges by Dental Council of India and other Helth Science Colleges by their respective Central Councils.
Examination Center: Asso CET-2007 will be conducted at 18 centres in Maharashtra (viz. Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur, Latur, Akola, Nanded, Amravati and Nagpur), 7 Centres outside Maharashtra state (viz. Delhi, Noida, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad).
The rights to increase or delete Examination Centres rest with the Competent Authority.
Eligiblity Criteria: (1) Candidate must be born on or before 1st Jan. 1991, (2) Candidate must have passed HSC (10+2 or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English, (3) Candidates appearing for HSC (10+2)/equivalent examination in March 2007 are also eligible to appear for Asso CET-2007, however, the candidate must fulfill the eligibility conditions.
Important Dates
Availability of forms : 12/03/2007 – 12/04/2007
Last Date of forms submission : 12/04/2007
Date of Asso CET-2007 : Sunday 15/05/2007
Examination Pattern: ¨Asso-CET-2007 will consist of 200 MCQs comprising of Physics (50), Chemistry(50) and Biology (100)
Every correct answer will be awarded 1 mark No negative marking.The medium of examination will be English.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
MHT-CET-2007/MH-CET-2007
MHT-CET-2007 EXAMINATION for admission to all Health Sciences,i.e. medical(MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BHMS/BUMS),Engineering and Pharmacy degree courses for the academic year 2007-08 will be held on Thursday 17th May 2007 by DMER.You will find updates regarding this examination as well ASSO-CET-2007(Conducted for admission to private medical colleges)in next posts on this site.You will also find a link for Website dedicated to MHT-CET-2007 in the side bar on right side of this page.So you can post your queries regarding MHT-CET-2007 and get answers from experts and readers of this site.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Facts about Diabetes!
In a significant breakthrough that is expected to radically change the line of diabetes treatment, Pune-based diabetologist CS Yajnik and evolutionary ecologist Milind Watve have linked onset of diabetes to high population density, highly competitive social environment, greater rich-poor divide, sedentary life and reducing immune challenges to the body besides diet and lack of exercise.
They have prepared a behavioural therapy and are finalising a treatment protocol, clinical trials of which will commence in Pune within six months.
They have prepared a behavioural therapy and are finalising a treatment protocol, clinical trials of which will commence in Pune within six months.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
MH-SSET-2007
Common Entrance Examination "MH-SSET-2007" for DM / MCh
Medical Postgraduate Superspeciality courses in the State of Maharashtra
for the academic year 2007-2008. The said CET will be held on Sunday, 3rd
June, 2007. Detailed programme regarding issue of application forms and
information brochures will be announced later.
Medical Postgraduate Superspeciality courses in the State of Maharashtra
for the academic year 2007-2008. The said CET will be held on Sunday, 3rd
June, 2007. Detailed programme regarding issue of application forms and
information brochures will be announced later.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Please Vote
This January month is crucial for PG aspirant medicos of Maharashtra.Already they are done with All India PG Entrance and they are preparing for PGM-CET-2007 and they will start their residency in May 2007.
We will have a poll here regarding the PG subject which will have better prospects in future clincal practice.All medicos are requested to vote for poll which you will find on right side bar of this page.
Results of this poll will reflect a common opinion of Medicos.
All the best to PG aspirants!
We will have a poll here regarding the PG subject which will have better prospects in future clincal practice.All medicos are requested to vote for poll which you will find on right side bar of this page.
Results of this poll will reflect a common opinion of Medicos.
All the best to PG aspirants!
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