official survey results on 1 year additional rural service posting for indian pg aspirants

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OFFICIAL SURVEY RESULTSONE YEAR COMPULSARY RURAL POSTING FOR PG ASPIRANTS

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Ref: MSA/2013/ON/718

Medical Students Association of India on July 6th 2013 after attending a joint

meeting at Delhi Medical Association (DMA) have launched a nationwide survey to

understand the students point of view on the one year compulsory rural posting for

PG Aspirants proposed by Medical Council of India & Government of India. The

report of the survey is as following:

Timeline : July 6th to July 12th 2013

Survey Mode : Online

Total Entries : 10940

Survey Data

Q1 Who are you?

Q2 Gender?


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Q3 Age?

Mean Age: 18 24

Q4 Where are you from?

Q5 Which year are you in?


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Q6 - Do you agree with the proposal of Medical Council of India and Ministry of

Health & Family Welfare to add 1 year of Rural Service Posting for PG

aspirants?

Q7 - This 1 year Rural Service Posting could enable healthcare access to almost

500 million citizens who are living in rural India. Do you still want the

Government of India and Medical Council of India to cancel the 1 year

program proposed for the PG aspirants?


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Q8 - This 1 year additional Rural Service Posting could benefit the citizens in rural

India. Do you agree?

Q9 - Medicine is a noble profession. Do you think we as medical doctors oppose

the idea of the 1 year Rural Service Posting would be ethical?


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Q10 - PG seats in government colleges are funded by the government. Do you think

they have the right to enforce this program since there are very less

physicians in the rural areas?

Q11 If you are opposing the idea of 1 year Rural Service Posting, why is it?

It will be one more additional year to waste to study for PG Entrance Exam 3483 (32%)

My family is not so well to do. I need to be a MD/MS soon to support my family 1605 (15%)

I am getting old 432 (4%)

No benefits working in Rural Service Posting 476 (4%)

Bad infrastructure to practice medicine in rural area 2111 (19%)

Less pay/income comparing to my friends who are working in the urban area 478 (4%)

No, I don't oppose the idea of the program 1152 (11%)

Other 1203 (11%)


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Q12 - If you think the infrastructure in rural India is bad, do you think the government

should infuse more funds to fix the problem first before introducing the 1 year

compulsory Rural Service Posting for PG aspirants?

Q13 - Would you agree to the 1 year Rural Service Posting if you are paid DOUBLE

then those who are working in urban areas?


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Q14 - With this 1 year Rural Service Program, you will be joining PG program 1 year

later. Do you think it will be too late to graduate from your MD/MS program?

Q15 - If the program is changed from 1 year of compulsory program to 6 months

program, would you agree now?

MSA India will be analyzing the data given through the survey by the survey with 10

leading academician in the country and will be presenting this data to the Indian

Medical Association, Medical Council of India & Government of India

official survey results on 1 year additional rural service posting for indian pg aspirants

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