The graduate medical curriculum is oriented towards training students to undertake the responsibilities of a physician of the first contact who is capable of looking after the preventive, primitive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of medical care.

The broad-based training aims to provide an educational experience with all the essentials required for health care in our country. Moreover, a wide range of career opportunities awaits students.

At the end of postgraduate training the student should be able to:-

 

Objective:

At the end of the undergraduate program, the medical student shall endeavor to be able to:

 

  • Recognize ‘Health for All’ as a national goal of all citizens. Fulfill his/her social obligations towards the realization of this goal;
  • Learn every aspect of National Policies on health and its practical implementation;
  • Achieve competence in the practice of holistic medicine, encompassing primitive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative aspects of common diseases;
  • Develop scientific temper and acquire experience for proficiency and promote healthy living;
  • Become an exemplary citizen by observing medical ethics and fulfill social and professional obligations.
  • Be competent in the diagnosis and management of common health problems of an individual or the community;
  • Appreciate rationale for different therapeutic modalities, be familiar with the administration of the ‘essential drugs’ and their common side effects;
  • Be able to appreciate the socio-psychological, cultural, economic and environmental factors affecting health. Develop a humane attitude towards the patients in discharging one’s professional responsibilities;
  • Possess the attitude for continued self-learning and to seek further expertise or to pursue research in any chosen area of medicine;
  • Be familiar with the basic factors which are essential for the implementation of national health goals.

DURATION OF THE COURSE OF STUDY:

Duration of this course is 5½ years i.e. 4½ + one-year Compulsory Rotatory Resident Internship [CRRI].

 

(a) PHASE – I (I MBBS) ONE YEAR consisting of Pre-clinical subjects of –

i)       Human Anatomy,

ii)       Physiology,

iii)       Bio-Chemistry, and

iv)       Introduction to Humanities & Community Medicine.

 

Besides 60 hours for introduction to Community Medicine including Humanities, rest of the time shall be somewhat equally divided between Anatomy and Physiology plus Biochemistry combined (Physiology 2/3 and Bio-Chemistry 1/3).  ( PSM 60 hrs.+ Anatomy 650 hrs. + Physiology / Biochemistry 720 hrs).

 

(b) PHASE – II (II MBBS) 1 ½  YEARS consisting of following para-clinical / clinical subjects –   

i) Pathology,

ii) Microbiology,

iii) Pharmacology,

iv) Forensic Medicine including Toxicology, and

v) Part of Community Medicine

 

During this phase, the teaching of para-clinical and clinical subjects are all those detailed under Phase III  below which shall be done concurrently. Out of the time for Para-clinical teaching, approximately equal time shall be allotted to Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine and Community Medicine combined (1/3 Forensic Medicine and 2/3 Community Medicine).

 

(c) PHASE – III (III MBBS Part – I & II ) TWO YEARS – Each Part one year of study  –

The clinical subjects to be taught during Phase III are  –

III MBBS – Part: I – 1 year :

i)  Ophthalmology

ii) Oto – Rhino-Laryngology

iii)  Community Medicine including Humanities.

III MBBS – Part: II – 1 year :

i).General Medicine and its allied specialities.

ii).Surgery and its allied specialities.

iii).Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and

iv).Paediatrics including Neonatology.

 

  • Besides clinical posting, the rest of the teaching hours should be divided between didactic lectures, demonstrations, seminars, group discussions etc. in various subjects.
  • The training in Medicine and its allied specialities will include General Medicine, Paediatrics, Tuberculosis and Chest, Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Psychiatry, Radio-Diagnosis, Infectious diseases etc.
  • The training in Surgery and its allied specialities will include General Surgery,  Orthopaedic Surgery including Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Anaesthesia including Emergency Medicine, Dentistry, Radio-therapy etc.
  • The Obstetrics & Gynaecology training will include Family Medicine, Family Welfare Planning, etc.
  • No student shall be permitted to join the Phase II [para clinical/clinical] group of subjects until he/she has passed in all the Phase I [Pre-clinical] subjects.
  • After passing pre-clinical subjects 1 ½ year shall be devoted to para-clinical subjects. Phase II will be devoted to para-clinical and clinical subjects along with clinical postings.  During clinical phase [Phase III] pre-clinical and para-clinical teaching shall be integrated into the teaching of clinical subjects wherever relevant.

 

MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION :

English shall be the medium of instruction for all the subjects of study and for examinations.

 

WORKING DAYS IN AN ACADEMIC YEAR:

Each academic year shall consist of not less than 240 teaching days of eight hours each college working time, including one hour of lunch.