Mission
About IMA-Chennai Metro branch
Every year there are about 45,000 fresh medical graduates joining the medical profession with already existing 8,50,000 practicing doctors in our country. More than in any profession there is a need to engage them, train and mould them to become a complete doctor. The Medical profession is advancing with newer discoveries and innovations every day and the issues in the doctor patient relationship are also on the rise. The more experienced doctors could impart their experience to the young doctors for our own good and that of our patients.
To achieve the goal of bringing all the young doctors of our country under one roof i.e., IMA, IMA Head Quarters New Delhi, Started this new initiative IMA Chennai Metro branch
Top 10 Activities of IMA Chennai Metro;
1.) DMO(Duty medical officer ) Job Opportunities:
IMA Chennai Metro branch will bring jobs information to our Junior Doctors from Chennai . We have created an Online Job Portal for this purpose General Practice & Family Doctor Concept need to be encouraged for fresh graduates & society also needs sensitization. IMA – Chennai Metro will do it.
2.) PG Education:
Every year about 70000 MBBS doctors are graduating from nearly 500 medical colleges, across the country. Only 20,000 of them get post graduate seats – IMA Chennai Metro branch will work for the job going Doctors PG preparation plans and address the issues of working hours & salary structure & examination, Medical allied science staff managing skills .
3.) Work Place Challenges:
We are conducting an Online Survey of status of Junior Doctors of our country and we have identified the following areas, where IMA Chennai Metro branch will concentrate
Workplace bullying with regards to duration of work, 12 hrs duty, exploitation of junior residents
Standardize the Health Care Delivery from Junior Resident
Violence against Junior Doctors
"Convert Bullying into Mentoring"
4.) Continuing Medical Education through YouTube Channel:
Eagerness to share ones knowledge is an innate quality of human being. Moreover teaching brings in thoroughness with fundamentals. As such, we are planning tutorials for the post graduates through YouTube Channels.
5.) Promoting Research:
Yes. The culture of research in practice should be encouraged strong documentation of the diagnosis and treatment procedures and the effectiveness of the same will be standardized and facilitated through InfoTech support. Especially IMA Chennai Metro will support Young General Practitioners conducting research activities.
6.) Primary Health Care:
There are plenty of opportunities for young doctors in rural areas and also in delivery primary Healthcare. IMA Chennai Metro has suggested to the Government to appoint MBBS graduates in all the wellness centres announced by the Government of India and they should be given preferential treatment in PG admissions.
7.) Disaster Management:
Our society is completely unprepared for even minor disasters IMA Chennai Metro will coordinate with IMA Committee on Disaster Management. IMA Chennai Metro will organise a separate Disaster Management Cell Consisting of young doctors in all the states to and help in educating & structuring the IMA Disaster Management units.
8.) Medical Entrepreneurship:
Due to prevailing negative trend in private healthcare industry particularly in medical startups, our youngsters are reluctant to start their own hospital. The factors that are killing medical entrepreneurship like increasing real estate cost, non-availability of law in dense population pockets, inadequate work force & Health Insurance are to be addressed and I have already edited a book on Practical Guide to Hospital Startups.
IMA Chennai Metro will pioneer this subject and we will become the guiding force to aspiring and motivated young medicos to start their own Healthcare establishments.
9.) Leadership Developments:
IMA Chennai Metro is going to take up this particular role very seriously. We will hold leadership development workshops including communication skills, public speaking, enhancing qualities of courage and assertiveness.
Doctors who graduate from IMA Chennai Metro would take-up posts in IMA and they do better.
10.) Violence against Doctors
Our Junior Doctors always bear the brunt of patient’s relatives anger, and that has become the order of the day. IMA Chennai Metro branch will always in the forefront in protesting against any such incidents. We are coming out with Do’s and Don’ts for the Junior Doctors & Residents when such kind of attack anticipated.
IMA Chennai Metro is working very hard to get a central law for violence against medical personnel with stringent punishments.
FAQ’s – Indian Medical Association – Chennai Metro branch
1.) What is IMA Chennai Metro& Its Objectives?
Vision:
IMA Chennai Metro should become the main forum for Junior Doctors around the country to network, collaborate and address all the issues of Junior Doctors.
Objectives:
To be the National Voice of all the Junior Doctors of the country
To support & solve Junior Doctors issues like work place challenges, job opportunities & violence against
To play a pivotal role in IMA’s efforts to solve problems in NMC, CPA etc
To take-up new demanding challenges like Medical Entrepreneurship, Promoting research, leadership development & exchange programmes with other
To efficiently connect all Junior Doctors through Social Media with ONLINE JOB PORTAL, IMA PG SATHI and social media
To survey and convey the opinion of junior doctors on variety of issues we have IMA Chennai MetroONLINE SURVEY PORTAL
2.) What is the Eligibility for Membership?
IMA Chennai Metro Members – Junior doctors possessing MBBS degree. IMA Life members could also be Chennai Metromembers.
Chennai Metro members outside India - Migrants from India who are staying in foreign countries for the purpose of education or job falling under the definition of Junior Doctors.
3.) How do you form a local branch Chennai Metro Branch ?
The IMA local branch will appoint an IMA member as IMA –Chennai Metro Branch Chairman. If a local branch is associated with/ near a medical college or other educational institute the local IMA branch will appoint a Chairman who is preferably a staff of the institute (this could be an additional coordinator to the above mentioned) to achieve the above objectives.
4.) What is the Membership fee for Chennai Metro?
Chennai Metro Members – Junior doctors possessing MBBS. IMA Life members could also be Chennai Metro members.
Chennai Metro members outside India - Migrants from India who are staying in foreign countries for the purpose of education or job falling under the definition of Junior Doctors.
Chennai Metro members with a foreign MBBS or equivalent degree not recognized or registered in the country or medical body of the nation cannot be a member of IMA Chennai Metro but can be invited for public functions like conventions, conferences, CMEs, etc with prior approval of IMA State/ National body