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Impact of integrated / direct 6 years DNB CVTS residency in the filling of CVTS seats at
the national board counseling? Review of 6 years Indian data. Is it time for medical
council of India to follow suit
S Sanathkumar
Apollo Speciality Hospitals, India
I
n developing countries, the Cardiothoracic training
courses have intensified over the last decade and
continues to do so with revamped protocols.
The 6 year integrated superspeciality courses is making
inroads nowadays for the right and several reasons. It
takes in applicants into the long rigorous module who
are confident about their ambition straightaway after the
undergraduation.
There is no wastage of time involong the bridge between
speciality and superspeciality which may take months-
years.
There is no deviation as grads come out in flying colours
as a superspecialist in contrary to the 3 + 3 years where
people often get carried away,confused and diverted away
from their dream after the 3 year surgical course.
We aim to find out whether it has inspired more
prospective applicants into the stream in terms of choice
at counseling over the last 6 years and compare it with the
conventional 3 years model. Final data was compared with
the recently concluded superspecialty counseling results.
National board of education website was accessed
and counseling data from year 2012 through 2017
was taken for both DNB(Diplomate of National Board)
CVTS(Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery) 3 and 6 years
residency seats. Filling rate for the above mentioned years
was taken for DNB CVTS 3, 6 years stream and compared.
Average filling rate for both streams was compared again
with MCh(Master of Chirurgiae) CVTS course vacancy rate
obtained from NEET superspecialty counseling held in
2017.
The average filling rate for DNB 6 years course was 98.2%
while it was 22.28% for DNB 3 years course from 2012 till
2017. As for MCh CVTS course, filling rate was 29.37% for
the year 2017.
The reception for direct 6 years DNB CVTS course is
better among prospective applicants when compared
with conventional 3 years model and MCI can consider
introduction of direct 6 years MCh CVTS course.
e:
sanathkumar1983@gmail.com