| Cost |
Information not available. |
| Place |
Maharashtra. (It is also common in other countries for medical students to do two years medical ' national service') |
| Time to set up |
Twelve months. |
| Advantages |
Increases coverage: Almost all medical vacancies can be quickly filled and future shortages prevented.
Education: Graduates benefit from development of public health skills.
|
| Challenges |
Motivation: Medical officers are less motivated if they feel they are just working out their time. |
| Prerequisites |
A state government order. |
Who needs to
be consulted |
State government, government medical colleges. |
| PROD links |
*Post graduate training as an incentive for medical officers to work in remote areas, Rajasthan
*Mandatory rural service prior to post-graduate training, Orissa
|
| Sustainability |
Good. |
| Chances of Replication |
Good. |
| Comments |
None. |
| References |
Links to Images |
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No Images Found |
| Links to Documents |
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No Documents Found |
| Further material available on request |
Click here to request the item(s) below through email/ post
Weblink: Government of Maharashtra www.maharashtra.gov.in |
| Contact for further information |
Dr S.R. Salunke,
Director General of Health Services,
Government Dental College Building
St George's Hospital Compound
4th Floor
P D' Mello Road
Mumbai - 400 001
Maharashtra.
Ph: 022 22621006 (P) 22621031-35
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| Submitted by |
ECTA PROD team, New Delhi. July 2002. |
