Health Department to create four Regional Director of Medical Education posts
The Tamil Nadu Health Department has proposed creating four new Regional Director of Medical Education posts to decentralize administration. The plan also includes an Additional DME (Research) role to bolster research activities across state medical colleges.
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Administrative restructuring in medical education can significantly impact the quality of training and research output in public health systems.
Health Department to create four Regional Director of Medical Education posts The creation of an Additional DME (Research) post at the directorate in Chennai has also also been proposed for coordinating and strengthening research activities, says a recent official communication from the Directorate of Medical Education and Research CHENNAI The Health Department has proposed to create four new posts of Regional Directors of Medical Education (DME) and Research. The posts will be co-located at the Government Chengalpattu Medical College, Government Coimbatore Medical College, KAP Viswanatham Government Medical College in Tiruchi, and Madurai Medical College. Additionally, the creation of an Additional DME (Research) post at the directorate in Chennai has also been proposed for coordinating and strengthening research activities, a recent official communication from the Directorate of Medical Education and Research said. Till now, there has been one DME in Chennai.
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