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Up-to-date knowledge vital for renewal of doctors' licences by SHANIKA SRIYANANDA All doctors practising medicine will have to renew their licences every five years when the amendment to the existing Medical Ordinance comes into effect. The amendment is being initiated by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) with a view to keeping the doctors up-to-date and on their toes about new developments in medicine. Under the present system, doctors when they pass out from the medical faculties, have to renew their licences after five years by paying a registration fee. "This does not indicate they are practising good medicine", said Dr. Seneviratne Epa, President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA), explaining that medical doctors should have a sound knowledge of current issues on medicine as well. The amendment is aimed at upgrading the professional standards of the medical officers. "Some doctors are serving in peripherals even without telephones and do not have access to the day-to-day knowledge in medicine, which is fast developing", Dr. Epa said. He said that the proposal to amend the ordinance had come from doctors themselves and added that after the new revalidation scheme was implemented, doctors would have to get points by attending seminars and lectures to qualify for the renewal of the licence. The SLMA President told the media that they were yet to decide how to keep the doctors aware of the day-to-day developments in medicine. "However, this education system would be a 'very doctor-friendly scheme', where the doctors in remote areas get priority", he added. |
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