CMS and ED (Community Medical Services & Essensial Drugs)

Overview:

The Diploma in CMS ED course stands for Community Medical Service and Essential Drugs, and is designed to provide medical services to rural communities where there's a lack of medical infrastructure. This course focuses on primary healthcare using general allopathic medicines, which is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The diploma course is typically 24 months in length, divided into four semesters, and is not suitable for freshers. It is intended for medical staff practitioners who have already worked in a hospital or nursing home for two to ten years. The course is ideal for those practitioners who wish to open their own clinic elsewhere. Upon completing the course, they will be awarded a CMS ED certificate, which allows them to practice as a doctor and prescribe 50 to 150 medicines in their clinic.

Individuals who pursue this course can become primary healthcare providers in rural areas, opening their own primary healthcare centers, providing medical assistance, and prescribing medicines to people, as recommended by the WHO.

It is important to note that the CMS ED certificate is not a registration certificate for the MCI/DCI/State Medical Faculty or the CMO office. However, it is proof of knowledge and can be verified by the Council to enquiring authorities such as the executive of the Health Department, CMO, Police, Media, and Court.