INDUCTION POLICY MANUAL (IPM)

FOR POSTGRADUATE RESIDENCY LEVEL-III

LEVEL III PROGRAMS (FCPS)
SESSION JULY 2025

The competent authority has been pleased to notify the “Induction Policy Manual (IPM) for
Postgraduate Residency Level-III III Programs (FCPS)” which shall come into force at once, with
immediate effect. The salient features of IPM are as under:-
under:
1. INTRODUCTION
The Postgraduate Residency
esidency of level-III
level Program will lead to Postgraduate
graduate qualificat
qualification of FCPS. It
will be based on merit and nd academic performance of the Doctors/Dentists desiring to seek
Postgraduate training.
The Induction Policy Manual (IPM) has been devised to:
a) Continuously assess, review and update the training potential of teaching
teaching hospitals,
b) To improve the standards of training in teaching hospitals and,
c) To carry out admissions and placements of doctors in Level-III
Level III Programs (FCPS) in teaching
hospitals.
The policy for selection of PG trainees will be implemented at all the teachi
teaching institutions affiliated
with Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI) as well as in other teaching
teaching institutes selected by Central
Induction Committee (CIC).
It is applicable for July 2025 induction and onwards.

2. CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEES AND THEIR TORs

In order to streamline the process of the induction of Postgraduate trainees,

rainees, following committees and
their terms of references (TORs) are mentioned below:

a) Central Induction Committee (CIC)/Executive Council (EC) PGMI:

Central Induction Committee for admission
admission in residency program will consist of the following
members:
1. Chief Executive Officer PGMI Convener
2. Deputy Chief Executive Officer PGMI Co- Convener
3. Associate Dean MTI/Hayatabad Medical Complex,
Complex Peshawar Member
4. Associate Dean MTI/Khyber Teaching Hospital,
Hospital Peshawar Member
5. Associate Dean MTI/Lady Reading Hospital,
Hospital Peshawar Member
6. Associate Dean MTI/Khyber College of Dentistry,
Dentistry Peshawar Member
7. Associate Dean MTI/Peshawar Institute of Cardiology,
Cardiology Peshawar Member
8. Associate Dean, MTI/Ayub Teaching Hospital,
Hospital Abbottabad Member
9. Associate Dean MTI/ Mardan Medical Complex,
Complex Mardan Member
10. Associate Dean MTI/ Bacha Khan College of Dentistry,
Dentistry Mardan Member
11. Associate Dean MTI/QHAMC,
MTI/QHAMC Nowshera Member
12. Associate Dean MTI/ GKMC,
GKMC Swabi Member
13. Associate Dean LMH/KIMS,
LMH/KIMS Kohat Member
14. Associate Dean Saidu Teaching Hospital,
Hospital Swat Member
15. Associate Dean Saidu College of Dentistry,
Dentistry Swat Member
16. Associate Dean MTI/KGNTH,
MTI/KGNTH Bannu Member
17. Associate Dean Gomal Medical College,
College D.I.Khan Member

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 The TORs of the CIC will be as under:
 To uplift the quality of Healthcare in KP through improvement of quality of Medical Education of
Health Care Providers
 To frame all the rules & regulations of postgraduate residency training for level
level-III qualification in
teaching hospitals of KPK
 The sole body authorized to induct candidates into Level-III
Level III postgraduate residency programs.

b) INDUCTION APPELLATE & GRIEVANCES COMMITTEE:

 In order to redress the grievances of applicants of postgraduate residency program, there shall be
following Grievances Committee:
1. Associate Dean, MTI/Lady
MTI/ Reading Hospital, Peshawar Convener
2. Associate Dean, MTI/Hayatabad
MTI/ Medical Complex, Peshawar Member
3. Associate Dean, MTI/Khyber
MTI/ College of Dentistry, Peshawar Member
4. Associate Dean, MTI/Mardan
MTI/ Medical Complex, Mardan Member
5. Any Co-opted
opted Member

 The TORs of Grievance Committee will be as follows:

 To address the grievances of candidates regarding admission process in light of the Induction
Policy Manual (IPM)
 The meeting of the committee will be held during the admission process as per requirement.

3. GUIDELINES/REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUCTION PROCEDURE:

a) Induction and Selection for Postgraduation

Post will be carried twice
wice a year (in January & July) as per
available stipendiary positions.
b) The induction will be carried out through centralized, computerized,
computerized, transparent, merit
merit-cum-availability
system. Seats of all specialty programs at all training sites will be calculated
calculated and publicized on PGMI
official website during the process of induction.
c) All applicants
pplicants are strongly advised to regularly visitt PGMI official website, Facebook page, WhatsApp
Channel & PGMI MIS dashboard frequently throughout the admission cycle for updates, announcements
& instructions related to the induction process. Please note that SMS & email notifications are
supplementary and may be subject to delays or delivery failure, which are beyond the control of the
institution. Therefore, reliance solely on SMS or email communication may lead to missing important
deadlines or information. Staying updated via the official website is the applicant's responsibility.
d) If induction is carried out through interview, a candidate will not be considered in aabsentia until he/she is
represented by a person who holds an authority letter duly signed by the candidate. In case the interview
carries the marks, applicant shall be required to appear in person.
e) If induction is carried out telephonically, response from the registered mobile number (or Guardian
number if applicant's number is non-responsive)
non responsive) will be taken as final choice of the applicant. In case the
given phone is switched off or out of service area or non-responsive
non responsive applicant will not get any slot and
PGMI will not be responsible.
4. ELIGIBILITY
a. Only KP domicile holders are eligible for open merit seats including disabled persons and minorities,
quota and non KP domicile holders can apply only on seats reserved for armed forces & civil servant
spouse quota, and Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) quota (Applicants from
AJK and GB have to provide sponsorship letter from their relevant governments in advance).
b. Those who have passed FCPS-II before April 30, 2025 or having FCPS-II exemption letter issued by
CPSP on or before closing dates and appeared in PGMI entrance ce test to be held in 01st week of June
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 2025 for the session July 2025 will be eligible.
c. Candidates applying for Second Fellowship must upload the CPSP congratulation/election letter or
official email from CPSP along with online application. FCPS-II
FCPS II result must be announced on or before
the closing date.
d. Admissionion processing fee is Rs.5000/-non
Rs.5000/ non refundable and should be deposited online (Jazz Cash).
Foreign
gn candidates shall apply through their Govt. to Higher Education Commission, Islamabad. If
selected they will pay USD 600 per annum in addition to above mentioned application processing fee.
The foreign national’s stipend will be paid by PGMI as per decision
decision of the PGMI ExecutiveCouncil.
5. DOMICILE POLICY
a) Female candidate upon marriage shall assume domicile of her husband meaning that after marriage,
domicile of husband will be considered as domicile of the female candidate. (Post marriage, her own
domicilee will not be considered as valid).
b) Permanent address on CNIC of applicants must be that of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In case of married
female, the permanent address on CNIC of husband must be that of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
c) Married female candidates are required to prove their marital status with document issued by NADRA i.e.
CNIC or computerized Nikah Nama.
6. RESERVED SEATS FOR DIFFERENT QUOTA (1st FELLOWSHIP):
(There is NO quota in Second Fellowship)

a) KP DOMICILE HOLDERS:
 Disabled Person Quota:
For disabled Person’s quota eligibility, applicant has to apply to PGMI with all relevant documents.
PGMI medical board will declare his/her eligibility for the quota or otherwise. The decision of the
PGMI medical board will be final. Applicants will get the advantage of only induction as mentioned
above, allocation of slot of their choice is not mandatory.
Number of seats reserved = 03 (2 for MBBS &1 for BDS).

 Minorities Quota:
For minorities, quota eligibility, applicant has to produce NADRA form.
Number of seats reserved = 03 (2 for MBBS &1 for BDS)
Procedure:: The Candidates applying for Disabled person quota & Minorities quota will be in open merit
by default. The available slots for each specialty will be calculated before slot allocation process. As per
merit of applicants who applied for above mentioned two quotas and the number of slots available in
their specialties, the applicants eligible on these quotas will be identified and their merit number will be
upgraded to ensure slot allocation to them. Their merit number will remain locked at this position during
further process of allocation in this induction and subspecialty induction after PrePre-IMM training of this
batch if required.

b) NON KP DOMICILE HOLDERS:

 Armed Forces Spouse Quota:
The spouse of armed forces personnel (non KP domiciled) who are posted in KP on state
state-duty will be
allowed to apply for induction. They have to provide posting order of the spouse and duty certificate
(not more than30 days old) by the competent authority & NADRA Document (CNIC with name of
husband or Computerized Nikah Nama) as proof of marriage for eligibility. Stipend will be paid by the
Govt. of KP.
Number of seats reserved as per merit = 08 (07 for MBBS & 01 for BDS)

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 Civil Servant Spouse Quota:
The spouse of civil servant (non KP domiciled) who is posted in KP on official duty will be allowed to
apply for induction. They have to provide posting order of the spouse and duty certificate (not more than
30 days old) by the competent authority & NADRA Document (CNIC with name of husband or
Computerized Nikah Nama) as proof of marriage for eligibility. Stipend will be paid by the Govt. of KP.
Number of seats reserved as per merit = 03 (02 for MBBS & 01 for BDS)
 Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir
Kas Quota:
 Number of Reserved Supervisory Slots AJK 05 (04 for MBBS & 01 for BDS)
 Number of Reserved Supervisory Slots Gilgit-Baltistan 05 (04 for MBBS & 01 for BDS)
Stipend will be the responsibility of o their respective Governments. If sponsorship letter from their
respective Governments is not received at PGMI office before final merit list, their names will be
excluded from the process.
Procedure:: The merit list of the above-mentioned
above non-KP
KP quotas will be prepared separately and top
position applicants as per number fixed for the quota will be selected and will be put in to the general
merit list as per their aggregate percentage for the purpose of hospital/unit/specialty allocation.
c) POLICY FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS:
All foreign nationals, who have passed FCPS-I and completed step-II to get the NOCs (NOC from
Foreign Consulate/Embassy of their respective country in Pakistan, NOC issued by HEC & NOC/Study
Visa issued by Interior Ministry of Pakistan) through PGMI are eligible to apply for admission in FCPS-
II. They have to appear in PGMI entrance test. The slot allocation will be as per their merit. The Foreign
Nationals are directed to consult PGR Section at PGMI office for completion of step step-I in time and
further guidance.
Number of Reserved Supervisory ry Seats = 03 (02 for MBBS & 011 for BDS) Step Step-I can be provided till
opening of preference & choices of portal.
7. CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF MERIT MARKS:
MARKS
a) FOR FCPS-II
II INDUCTION (First Fellowship)
No Academics/Experience Weightage
%
Experience of periphery health service /hard area*as per certificate
by the DGHS.
1 0.5to2.5 marks for one completed year as per notification No.5327
No.5327- 05
32/DGHS dated: 14.06.2021, (available on PGMI website).
Maximum countable experience shall be two years.
2 MBBS/BDS or equivalent professional examination Marks 20
3 PGMI entrance test (ETEA) marks 75
Total Marks 100
*The health department/DGHS/Regional
/Regional Director General will notify periphery health service/hard area
for this purpose and issue the experience certificate. The certificate issued by other than health
department/DGHS (e.g. MS/DMS/DHO etc.) will not be accepted.
• Less than 12 months or no experience=NO marks.
• 12 months to less than 18 months=01 year.
• 18 months or more = 02 year.
The candidates who secure equal marks and fall on same merit position, preference will be given to the
candidate whose age is more than the other candidate.
These marks will be given to those Medical Officer's (MO/WMO) who are exclusive servants of
Provincial Govt. of KP, andd those who are working in hospitals managed by public/private partnership
will not be awarded these marks.

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 Professional Marks Calculation:
The academic marks shall be taken as an aggregate percentage of all professional examinations
(semesters) comprising the MBBS degree.
EXAMPLE:
Marks obtained/Total Marks x100 for each prof.
Total aggregate=sum of percentages of all profs/ (4 or 5) as the number of profs maybe.
FORMAT OF PGMI ENTRANCE TEST FOR FCPS
FCPS-II

PAPER DISTRIBUTION
FCPS (MBBS) FCPS (MBBS)
Medical specialties applicants. Surgical specialties applicants.
Anesthesia, Community Medicine, Medicine Anatomy, Diagnostic Radiology, ENT,
& Allied, Pathology, Psychiatry, Obst: &Gynae,
Gynae, Surgery & Allied,
Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Physiology, Ophthalmology
Family Medicine
Basic Medical subjects: Basic Medical subjects:
Applied Physiology, Applied Applied Physiology, Applied
20% 20%
Pharmacology, Applied Pathology Pharmacology, Applied Pathology
and Applied Anatomy and Applied Anatomy
General Principles of Medicine 50% General Principles of Surgery 50%
English Language 10% English Language 10%
Bioethics 10% Bioethics 10%
Basic Bio statistics 05% Basic Biostatistics 05%
Communication skills 05% Communication skills 05%

FCPS (BDS)
Basic medical subjects: Applied Physiology, applied Dental materials, applied Oral
30%
Biology, Community Dentistry, Oral Pathology.
Clinical subjects of Final Year
ear BDS: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Prosthodontics,
40%
Orthodontics Operative Dentistry, Periodontology/Oral Medicine.
English language 10%
Bioethics 10%
Basic Bio-Statistics 05%
Communication skills 05%

DIFFICULTY LEVEL:
75% questions shall be of MEDIUM difficulty level and 25% shall be of HARD difficulty level. It will
cover all important parts of the course.

CATEGORY OF TEST:
There will be three categories of test: Medical Specialties, Surgical Specialties and Dentistry.

b) FOR 2nd FELLOWSHIP INDUCTION:

It will be based on MBBS marks, Experience, Publications& Interviews as per following weightage.
1. MBBS (20% weightage)
2. Post Fellowship Experience (30% weightage)
(Applicants must provide an Appointment Letter and an Experience Certificate from the Institute)
Relevant to First Fellowship or Specialty to be pursued (Maximum Marks: 30)

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 Experience in a CPSP-Recognized
Recognized Unit:
 Less than six months will not be considered.
considered
 06 months – 10 marks
 12 months – 20 marks
 18 months or more – 30 marks
Experience in a Non-CPSP
CPSP Recognized Unit: (In hospitals not below the level of a DHQ Hospital)
 Less than six months will not be considered.
considered
 06 months – 6 marks
 12 months – 12 marks
 18 months or more – 18 marks
3. For assigning marks for research publication the following criteria will apply (20% weightage)
(Only original articles published in the last five years, relevant to the First Fellowship or the
Specialty to be pursued will be considered) Maximum Marks: 20

Applicant must be the First or Corresponding Author.

Publication Scoring Criteria:
a) Impact Factor ≥ 1 – 5 marks
b) Impact Factor 0.3 to < 1 – 2.5 marks
c) Impact Factor 0.1 to < 0.3 – 1.5 marks
d) Publications in PMC/HEC
HEC listed journals (excluding those covered in a,b, or c above) – 0.5 marks
Note: For Impact Factor evaluation, only data from the Journal Citation Report (JCR) by Clarivate
Analytics will be considered.
4. Interview: (30% weightage) Maximum marks:30

8. UNINHABITED SPECIALTIES LIST

The Executive Council shall identify such uninhabited specialties from time to time which are markedly
deficient/showing downward induction trends. The following is the list of uninhibited specialties as
revised and approved by the Executive Council for the Session July 2025.
No. Uninhabited Specialties
Spec List for Session July 2025
1st Fellowship (04/05 Years Program)
1 Emergency Medicine
2 Radiation Oncology
3 Anaesthesiology
esthesiology
4 Psychiatry
5 Ophthalmology
6 ENT
7 Microbiology
8 Histopathology
9 Periodontology
10 Orthodontics
11 Operative Dentistry
12 Paediatric Dentistry
14 Nuclear Medicine
1st Fellowship Medical Specialty
15 Clinical Hematology
16 Nephrology
17 Neurology
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 18 Medical Oncology
19 Pulmonology
1st Fellowship Surgical Specialty
20 Cardiac Surgery
21 Paediatric Surgery
22 Thoracic Surgery
23 Neurosurgery
2nd Fellowship
24 ENT Sub-specialties
Sub
25 Ophthalmology Sub-specialties
26 Paediatrics
ediatrics sub-specialties
27 Rheumatology
28 Critical Care Medicine
29 Infectious Diseases
30 Vascular Surgery
31 Surgical Oncology
32 Orthopaedics/ Neurosurgery Sub-specialties
Sub
33 Breast Surgery
34 All those specialties which are not available in PGMI
Affiliated Hospitals.
INDUCTION IN UNINHABITED SPECIALTIES:
NOC-based
based induction will be permitted for these specialties, ensuring that training slots available in
PGMI-affiliated hospitalss do not remain vacant. However, this NOC-based
NOC based induction is exclusively for
KP domicile holders.
 Responsibility for arranging the NOC lies with the applicant.
 Possession of an NOC does not guarantee induction; selection will be based on merit.
 NOCs issued by institutions that have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PGMI will not
be accepted for induction purposes. Additionally, NOCs issued by any institute within Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) will also not be accepted.
accepted

9. RESERVED SLOTS:
As decided by Executive Council PGMI a total of 50 seats are reserved for below mentioned specialties.
In the event that the number of applicants exceeds 50, all applicants will be enrolled in the induction
process (if slot is allotted), regardless of the total
total number of applicants. Conversely, if the number of
applicants is less than 50, the vacant seats will not be offered to any other specialty and will remain
unfilled. Policy for NOC based induction in these specialties shall remain the same as mentioned ffor
uninhabited specialties.

FIRST FELLOWSHIP:
Emergency Medicine, Radiation Oncology,
Oncology Anesthesia, ENT, Eye, Psychiatry, Microbiology, Chemical
Pathology, Histopathology, Periodontology, Forensic Medicine, Family Medicine, Physical &
Rehabilitation Medicine.

SUBSPECIALTY:
Nephrology, Medical Oncology, Clinical Haematology, Neurosurgery, Thoracic Surgery &
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia.

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 SECOND FELLOWSHIP
ENT subspecialties, Eye subspecialties, Paediatrics subspecialties,
subspecialties, Rheumatology, Critical Care
Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Breast Surgery, Orthopaedics/Neurosurgery
Orthopaedics/Neurosurgery subspecialties, Surgical
Oncology, Infectious
ious Diseases, Thoracic Surgery, Transplant Nephrology, Pain Medicine, Paediatric &
Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Colorectal Surgery.

10. ALREADY ENROLLED TRAINEES:

a) Enrolled in FCPS/Partial Training:
 Enrolled with PGMI Peshawar before January 2025 Session.
They are eligible to apply for this session (July 2025) only if they have resigned and notification of
resignation has been issued by PGMI before the closing date i.e. 09.05.2025.. Copy of notification of the
resignation must be uploaded with online application form.
 Enrolled with PGMI Peshawar in January 2025 Session.
Trainees who got a seat allocated in final slot allocation OR in subsequent placem
placement orders (their
names included in any placement order) for for FCPS/MCPS/Diploma Session January 2025 2025, are NOT
eligible for this session (those applicants who surrendered their slots after due time limit are also not
eligible).

b) Enrolled in MCPS/Diploma:
All those trainees who are enrolled in MCPS/DIPLOMA programs are eligible if;
 They have successfully completed the training i.e. have passed Exit Exam.
 They have completed the training but have not passed Exit exam, can apply for the FCPS training but
stipend
end will be paid from the date they pass the exit exam or after deduction of stipend equal to the
amount of stipend they received in previous training, whichever comes first.
As per recent notification by the CPSP (No. F-a/Exam-21/CPSP/1102
F 21/CPSP/1102 dated: 15.02.20
15.02.2021, available on
PGMI website as well), FCPS and MCPS trainees in all the disciplines are not allowed to join both the
program simultaneously. Therefore, MCPS trainees who want to join FCPS prior to passing MCPS
Examination will have to cancel MCPS RTMC. As per PGMI policy if any resident cancels his/her
RTMC for any training, he/she shall have to return all amount of stipend (including other financial
benefits) received during that training period.

11. TRAINING RELATED MISCELLANEOUS RULES:

1) Postgraduate Residents shall be selected for clinical units in all public sector teaching hospitals of KP
and other PGMI affiliated institutions on merit. The list of Hospitals/clinical units affiliated with PGMI
is available on official website of PGMI.
2) Joining time (to
to submit arrival in the allotted institutes and to do step-I
step I & II with the CPSP) will be
notified in the placement order. If the candidate fails to join in the given time, the seat shall be declared
as vacant and applicants, who have not been allotted any slot, will be allowed to avail this slot as per
merit. Moreover, the candidate will NOT be eligible for next induction.
3) Applicants applying under designated quota seats will be given a one-time
one time opportunity to avail their
respective quota. In the event that
that a quota seat remains unfilled, no further priority shall be given to
quota candidates during the allocation of leftover seats. All remaining seats will be filled strictly on the
basis of open merit.
4) Those applicants who get slot allotted in the final slot
slot allocation process and order is issued, if they do
not join within the prescribed time or resign before 06 months training, they will not be eligible for next

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5) NO waiting list will be maintained.
6) Rules and regulations of PMC/PMDC, PGMI & CPSP for Postgraduate Medical training shall be strictly
observed.
7) Selected candidates must read and sign training agreement with PGMI & Surety Bond at the time of
arrival.
8) Attachments in online application form for induction: All applicants must attach cclear, scanned copies
of original documents in online application form. CNIC and PMDC certificatecertificate must be valid. Academic
transcript/DMC of professional exams must be issued by University or verified by U University.
9) An applicant will be offered induction by PGMI up to a maximum of 02 times. He/she will not be
allowed
wed to apply for the third time.
10) Those trainees who have already availed a stipendiary program of PGMI Peshawar have to
successfully qualify the final examination of the CPSP or KMU as the case maybe maybe, otherwise equal to
the amount of stipend received during previous training will be recovered.
11) It is pertinent to mention that Stipend is given for the training period that is recognized by the
Degree/Diploma awarding Institute. Any part of training that is not recognized/accepted by that institute
will not be paid. If already paid, trainee shall be liable to pay it back to PGMI. In the same way, any
training left incomplete (complete means to pass EXIT Exam), trainee trainee shall be liable to refund all the
stipend
end received during that training period along with other financial benefits availed.
12) Any trainee who leaves the training incomplete shall be liable to pay back the stipend.
13) Those who want to switch or change specialty during training will have to refund tthe stipend received
for training in the previous specialty training. This policy is also applicable to those trainees who opt for
change of track through CPSP exchange program.
14) A candidate having completed his training in one specialty (FCPS-II)
(FCPS II) shall be allowed to join training
in another specialty only after passing the FCPS-II
FCPS examination in the previous specialty.
15) The period of training will not be extended beyond the normal period of the course as decided by the
CPSP, except for the purpose of completion of deficiencies/penalties and that will be un un-paid.
16) The Trainees shall not be allowed to engage in any sort of Govt./Private Job or Private practice. If
found involved in such practices, strict disciplinary action will be taken and will be repor reported to CPSP,
which may result in termination of training.
17) The Postgraduate training offered by PGMI is full-time time & residential. Postgraduate Residents of PGMI
are not allowed to engage in any sort of job/clinical/working relationship with any other
institute/organization/person
te/organization/person during the tenure of Postgraduate training. In case any trainee is found to
have been on job on regular/contractual basis, contractual, project position, autonomous health
institution, running private clinic or doing job at any hospital
hospital of provincial or federal government and
drawing salary there from, his/her training shall be terminated immediately and shall be liable to refund
the stipend back to PGMI.
18) If any trainee receives any pay/financial benefits during the training period iin addition to the stipend
from the PGMI, (double
double pay withdrawal)
withdrawal) he/she shall be liable to refund both amounts to PGMI
(stipend received from the PGMI and Pay/Financial benefits from other employer). It means this period
will be without stipend as penalty and disciplinary action will also be initiated against him/her that may
lead to cancellation of that period of training/full training.
19) All selected applicants who are Govt. Servants,, have to submit approved EOL from Health
Department, Govt. of KP apart from om other required documents along with arrival report. Their arrival
will not be accepted without
hout approved EOL as per Govt. Notification No. SO (E) H H- II/4-1/2020 dated
th
the 25 August 2020.
20) Foreign graduates who do not have detailed marks certificate (DMC) (DMC) shall be given only 60% marks
in the merit list.
21) For conversion of CGPA/GPA into percentage, HEC formula will be used.
22) PGRs should attend the “Orientation Session” at the start of their training if arranged by the
institution.
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23) PGR shall not be awarded Course ourse Completion Certificate unless he/she has successfully completed
mandatory workshops as prescribed by CPSP.
24) Those FCPS PGRs who are already working with PGMI and registered with CPSP cannot resign
before completing 06 months of training as per PGMI/CPSP rules. In case a trainee resigns before
completing 06 months he/she will not be eligible for next induction. Furthermore, if a trainee resigns
after 06 months & wants to re-apply,
apply, his/her notified resignation by the PGMI/Associate Dean must be
submitted
bmitted to PGMI along with the application form before the due date. Resignation once given &
notified cannot be revoked/taken back.
25) Resignation Policy: If a trainee intended to resign shall do so by tendering the resign application one
month prior to the effective (resign) date, otherwise, one month stipend shall be forfeited in lieu of prior
notice. Such Postgraduate Resident shall be eligible for re-induction
re induction if otherwise allowed as per
induction policy. Trainees must undergo training at least for a period period of two years (including
subspecialty) failing which he/she shall refund the stipend received. Experience certificate shall be
issued to him/her by supervisor & countersigned by CEO PGMI, after refund of stipend received for
training period. Provided thatt no trainee is allowed to leave the place of duty prior to clearance from the
department concern and subsequent acceptance/notification of resignation. If trainee leave place of duty
prior to issue of the notification by the competent authority, his resignation
resignation process will be stopped and
he will be considered as absent. The disciplinary action will be initiated as per policy and it may result
in termination of the trainee/cancellation of the training already done.
Provided further that resignation once notified
notified by the competent authority shall be final and irrevocable.
The Trainees who want to resign are liable to refund the received stipend to PGMI Peshawar, if they opt
not to continue the training. The exit order (NOC to cancel the RTMC) as per standard policy will be
issued only if the stipend received during the training is refunded to PGMI Peshawar.
26) Rules of service cannot be applied on the postgraduate resident until approved or adopted by the
Executive Council.
27) Concealment of information /submission of fake documents or incorrect entry of information will lead
to rejection of application and if identified after induction, termination/reporting to CPSP/ PMC/
PMDC/ debarring from future inductions in PGMI, Peshawar at any stage and will also be liable to
refund stipend.
28) Termination: Once a trainee is terminated by the competent authority, he/she shall be banned for two
banned for life if the same lapse is repeated after availing 2nd
successive inductions, and shall be banned
induction opportunity.
29) The residents shall have to abide by the rules/regulation of the institutions where they are inducted.
If biometric attendance is mandatory in the institution, they have to to follow rules/regulation by the
institution.
30) Any type of misconduct or violence during induction process will lead to debarring, blacklisting of the
candidate and appropriate legal action.

12. POLICY/GUIDELINES FOR MANDATORY ROTATIONAL TRAINING:

TRAINING:-
a) Mandatory rotational training is allowed only in CPSP recognized Units/Departments and with
approved supervisors of CPSP.
b) Rotation is allowed to PGRs in CPSP recognized Unit/Department in the same hospital. If the
unit/specialty of rotation is not available
available in the same hospital, then the PGR shall be allowed rotation in
the CPSP recognized Unit/Department of some other training institute. In this regard, CPSP guidelines
will be followed. “Rotation should be in the same institute. If not available within the institute, then
within the same city and if not available within the same city, then outside the city is allowed”.
c) Policy for rotation outside Province: The rotation outside the Province is only allowed if that specialty
is not available in whole Province.
Province. Prior permission from PGMI and DNRP is mandatory.
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 d) The application should reach PGMI at least seven days before date of commencement of rotation.
If a PGR proceeds on rotational training before approval from the competent authority, he/she will be
considered as absent and immediately disciplinary action would be taken as per policy. If that period is
accepted as part of training, this period will be considered without stipend.
a) ROTATION GUIDELINES FOR MTIs Residents:
i. Associate Dean can allow rotation within the institute. If desired specialty is not available in the
institute, then he/she can refer the case to PGMI for permission to do rotation outside the institute.
He/She has to certify in his forwarding note that the desired specialty is not available wit within the
institute.
ii. Requirement of application for rotation outside parent institute: The application must be
recommended and forwarded by the supervisor and Associate Dean with certificate of non non-availability
of that specialty in the institute. It is also required that he/she (the resident) has to get NOC from
rotational supervisor and the Associate Dean/the Dean/Head of Institute/the Training Director (anyone
nominated by the Head of Institute) of the institute where rotation is desired.

b) ROTATION GUIDELINES FOR NON-MTIs Residents:

i. The Dean/Head of Institute/the Training Director of the institution can allow rotation within the
institute. If desired specialty is not available in the institute, then he can refer the case to PGMI for
permission to do rotation outside the institute. He/She has to certify in his forwarding note that desired
specialty is not available within the institute.
ii. Requirement of application for rotation outside parent institute: The application must be recommended
and forwarded byy the supervisor and the Dean/Head of Institute/the Training Director (anyone
nominated by the Head of Institute) with certificate of non-availability
non availability of that specialty in the institute.
It is also required that he/she (the resident) has to get NOC from rotational
rotational supervisor and the Associate
Dean/the Dean/Head of Institute/the Training Director (any one nominated by the Head of Institute) of
the institute where rotation is desired.
POLICY/GUIDELINES FOR LEAVE/BREAK IN TRAINING
1) As per CPSP & PGMI rules, a total of 15 days leave with stipend is allowed over a period of six months
and it’s not accumulative.
2) Absence from training without prior permission of the competent authority will be considered as absent
period and as a policy every absent period will be considered as unpaid. Moreover, if it is declared as
deficiency in training, will complete it at the end of training without stipend. The AD/training director
may refer the case to Institutional Disciplinary Committee for further action.
3) Residents applying for long leave/break i.e. Hajj leave, Umrah leave, freezing of training, wedding
leave or maternity leave, should submit their application at least fifteen (15) days before the
commencement of leave, for approval. If a PGR leave his institution
institution without approval of competent
authority and DNRP/CPSP, then that period will be considered as absent.
4) In case of maternity leave,, it is mandatory to provide original Medical Certificate issued by Consultant
Gynecologist from parent training institution (if Gynae & Obst: Department is not available in parent
institution, then from a public sector hospital) along with ultrasound report and application. As per
CPSP & PGMI’s rules, maximum of ninety (90) days leave is allowed. It will be approved as break in
training without stipend and this deficiency in training shall be completed at the end of training with
stipend. Maternity leave is allowed once in the entire FCPS training, therefore, if a PGR applies for
another one, only 45 days leave shall be granted without stipend and the deficiency period of the second
maternity leave shall be completed at the end of training without stipend.
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5) Medical leave should be submitted for approval along with a medical certificate from public sector
hospital and documentary
ocumentary proof of illness. The sick leave shall be considered break in training without
stipend and the deficient period shall be completed at the end of the training with stipend. In case of
medical leave, it can be started without prior permission of competent authority provided medical
grounds and documents are correct.
6) Break/freeze in training is allowed once in the entire FCPS training. A PGR is eligible to apply for
break/freeze in training on genuine grounds as per CPSP policy. As per CPSP policy no candidate is
allowed to avail break in training before completion of 02 years of training. After 02 years of training a
break of 06 months is allowed.
Departure & Arrival by the concerned PGR shall be submitted to PGMI duly forwarded by the
Supervisor & Associate dean/ head of institution. The arrival report must accompany CPSP approval for
the availed Leave/Break otherwise it will be considered as absent period. It will be responsibility of
resident to inform and get approval of CPSP in time.
FOR NON MTI RESIDENTS:
1. The competent authority for sanction of paid leave up to 077 days at a stretch (15 days in total every six
month) is Dean/Head of Institution/Training Director.
2. The competent authority for sanction of all other leaves/unpaid Leave/ Break/ Freezing/ leave more than
07 days/Medical leave is the Chief Executive Officer PGMI.
3. All applications submitted to PGMI by residents for leave/break in training should be duly forwarded by
the supervisor & Dean/Head of Institution/Training Director. The CPSP CPSP approval/consent will be
required.

b) FOR MTI RESIDENTS:

1. All applications submitted by residents to PGMI regarding any issue, must be forwarded by their
supervisor & Associate Dean of concerned MTI (duly singed, stamped and dated).
2. The competent authority to sanction all leaves up to 15 days is Associate Dean of respective MTI.
The competent authority to sanction Break/freezing in training is the Chief Executive Officer PGMI

13. MISCELLANEOUS:
a) Application submitted in PGMI for any purpose, must be forwarded by the supervisor & the Associate
Dean/Training Director/Head of Institution (duly signed, stamped and dated)
b) Executive Council an amend rules/regulations from time to time as and whenever needed. All these
amended/new rules/regulations approved by Executive Council will be applicable to the previous
sessions as well except it is mentioned differently.
This policy is issued in supersession of previous Induction Policies and shall come into force with
immediate effect. However, all instructions, notifications/updates
no and policies issued from time to time
in future which are applicable and valid for Level-III
Level III (FCPS) training program shall be considered part
and parcel of this manual.

14. PGMI AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS:

MTI Institutions: MTI/LRH, MTI/KTH/KMC,
MTI/KTH/ MTI/HMC/KGMC/IKD, MTI/ATH/ACD, MTI/MMC,
MTI/GMC, MTI/QHAMC, MTI/GKMC/BKMC, MTI/KCD, MTI/Bannu & MTI/PIC. The STH, SCD
& DHQTH/KIDS/LMH Kohat are also considered as MTI for the purpose of PGMI rules.

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NON MTI Institutions: DHQ Hospital Mardan, DHQ Hospital Timergara Dir, DHQ Hospital Haripur,
KATH Mansehra, CMH Peshawar, CMH Abbottabad, CMH Nowshera, CMH Kohat, RMI, NWGH,
PMC/PDC, AIMC & WMDC Abbottabad,
Abbottabad Watim Medical & Dental College Rawalpindi & Sardar
Begum Dental College Peshawar.
(Approved by the 52nd Executive Council PGMI Khyber
hyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pakhtunkhwa)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Postgraduate Medical Institute
Hayatabad, Peshawar

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