District resident programme – opportunities or malapropos

Pravesh S. Bhadoria

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20260726

Authors

Pravesh S. Bhadoria Department of Community Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20260726

Keywords:

District resident programme, Opportunities, Malapropos

Abstract

District resident programme shortly known as DRP, is a training programme introduce by National Medical Council in 2020 for post graduate students pursuing MD/MS degree from medical colleges of all type (government/private/deemed). Programme is introduced with the objective to familiarize with the health care services provided by District health system and to learn about planning, implementation, monitoring and assessment of the outcomes of the National Health programmes in district level. For the purpose of this programme, a district hospital shall be a functional public sector/government-funded hospital of not less than 50 beds with facilities/staff for the designated specialties at that level/facility

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