The first NLSIU PGDMLE course being held outside NLSIU at CMC, Vellore was inaugurated on Jan 14, 2019. This is the first time post-graduate diploma in medical law & ethics is being held outside NLSIU. This was made possible by the joint efforts of three visionary organisations the National Law School of India University, Association of Healthcare Providers India and Association of National Board Accredited Institutions.
In the current day scenario, there is an urgent need for every medical professional to be knowledgeable of medical law and ethics, governing the profession. This will empower them to serve fearlessly and at the same time ensure that the patient derives the best out of his expertise.
The main objective of the Course is to bring an interlink between ‘law’ and ‘medicine’. The Course helps an interdisciplinary study between law and health and identifies specific nature of relationship that exists between a medical practitioner and his patient.
As the medical professionals are usually hard pressed for time, the one year Distance Post-Graduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics course being offered by National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, wherein contact classes are being held at the NLSIU campus was not very convenient for medical professionals to enroll. In order to overcome this difficulty the National Law School of India University, Association of Healthcare Providers India & Association of National Board Accredited Institutions have joined hands and have been successful in organising the first ever “onsite” NLSIU PGDMLE course at the CMC Vellore, where 23 Medical Professionals have enrolled. The entire process of admission, delivering contact classes and conducting examination will be held at the CMC campus.
Many more such “on site“ centres where the NLSIU PGDMLE course is to be offered , has been planned throughout the country. This is certainly bound to empower the medical professionals to offer their best to the patients.
