Perception &Challenges of Pediatric Postgraduates in their District Residency Programme training (DRP)-a Trifaceted Cross sectional Analysis

  • Rachana Second year Postgraduate Resident, SRIHER
  • Anitha Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics,SRIHER. Dr Latha Ravichandran, Professor and HOD,Department of Pediatrics, SRIHER
Keywords: DRP, Postgraduates, NMC

Abstract

Introduction: DRP-District Residency Program has been recently introduced by the NMC (National Medical Commission) for medical postgraduates (PGs), both in clinical and non clinical fields admitted in government and private medical colleges including deemed universities.This program is mandatory for all the students admitted in 2021 batch onwards.It also aimed at enhancing district health care system. There is paucity of data on the perception of DRP amongst postgraduates and faculties and studies are seldom in India. Hence ,it is imperative to assess the perception and challenges in DRP training amongst postgraduates and faculties.

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Published
2026-05-02