National Commission for Homoeopathy notifies BHMS regulations
The National Commission for Homoeopathy has prepared a regulation defining a structure to the Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) course with changes including incorporation of a methodology to supplement modern advancement, research and technology in Homoeopathy (SMART-Homoeopathy). The regulation has come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.The regulation, titled National Commission for Homoeopathy [Homoeopathy Graduate Degree Course – Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS)] Regulations – 2022, lays regulation for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for all Homoeopathy Medical Institutions for admission to under-graduate course in medical institution in each academic year.No candidate obtaining less than marks at 50th percentile in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduate course conducted for the said academic year shall be considered for such admission.An All-India common merit list as well as State-wise merit list of the eligible candidate shall be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test conducted for the academic year and the candidate within the respective category shall be considered for admission to undergraduate course from the said merit list.The duration of the BHMS Course shall be five years and six months, including a 12 month compulsory rotatory internship. The Regulation also lays down the curriculum and related schedules in place.To accomplish the supplementation of modern advancement, scientific and technological developments in Homoeopathy System of Medicine, all the thirteen departments under the regulation shall be supplemented, enriched and updated with relevant and appropriate advancement or development in the area of diagnostic tools, conceptual advancement and emerging areas. These include innovations or advancement or new development in basic sciences like Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Molecular biology etc.; diagnostic advancements; pharmaceutical technology including quality and standardization of drugs, drug development etc; teaching, training methods and technology; research methods, parameters, equipment and scales etc.; technological automation, software, artificial Intelligence, digitalisation, documentation etc.; biomedical advancements; medical equipment; and any other innovations, advancement, technologies and development useful for understanding, validating, teaching, investigation, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, documentation, standardisation and conduction of research in Homoeopathy.According to the regulation, there shall be a multidisciplinary Core Committee constituted by the Commission for the purpose of supplementation of modern advancement, scientific and technological developments in Homoeopathy, that identify the advancement and developments that are suitable and appropriate to include in anyone or multiple departments. There shall also be an Expert Committee for each department constituted by Commission, to define and suggest the method of adaptation and incorporation of the said advancement and developments and also specify the inclusion of the same at undergraduate or postgraduate level and the expert committee shall develop detailed methodology for usage, standard operating procedure and interpretation as required.Teaching staff, practitioner, researcher, student and innovator etc. may send his suggestions through a portal specified by National Commission for Homoeopathy regarding supplementation of modern advancement, scientific and technological development in Homoeopathy and suggestion shall be placed by Homoeopathy Education Board before core committee for consideration. The modern advancement shall be incorporated with due interpretation of the said advancement based on the principles of Homoeopathy, supported by the studies and after five years of inclusion of such advancement in syllabus, they shall be considered as part of Homoeopathy syllabus.
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