The MCI zeroes in on Advanced technology to crackdown on \u2018Ghost walking\u2019 faculty doctors. Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) system, an apparently error-free system has been resorted to keep the faculty at their colleges until the closing time. In this system, a database consisting of all the faculty doctors is created. The MCI intends to achieve this by making use of the Aadhar cards, fingerprnts and photographs of the doctors. Dr Ramesh Reddy, a member of the MCI says \u201cSensors at all medical colleges would be installed to track the movements of the respective faculty members. A high end computer system at the college receives the data and relays it to a central server at the MCI headquarters.Application of the RFID system is mandatory for all private and government medical colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n
This move comes in the wake of about 400 teachers in private medical colleges in Punjab who only \u2018existed in the payrolls but not present in the colleges\u2019. President of Punjab Medical Council Dr GS Grewal says \u201c One of our council members, a cardiologist, is also working as Assistant Professor at a Private medical college in Solan. I have requested the MCI to serve him and other ghost teachers a notice.\u201d<\/p>\n
The RFID is likely to hit short staffed medical colleges the hardest. These colleges bring in \u2018Ghost faculties\u2019 on the day of MCI inspection to show the \u2018numbers\u2019 to retain the existing seats or to increase the numbers.Fulfilment of the norm of \u2018 one professor for one student\u2019 set by the MCI for PG seats is extremely difficult if this system is successfully implemented.<\/p>\n
In a notification on the RIFD system released on March 17 2015, the Deputy Secretary of the MCI Ashok K Harit acknowledges that earlier attempts to implement the monitoring system was a failure. A successful application of this approach would mean good news for the students who would have the physical presence of a teacher to actually teach them clinical skills. This initiative by the MCI is one which all medical education fraternity would be interested to keep a track of.<\/p>\n
But the question remains : – Is this invasion of privacy ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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