Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Program


Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), comprises of 2 years of basic sciences, 3 years of clinical sciences and training. This is followed by 1 year of internship.

6.1 The Goals

The curriculum has been developed to provide learning opportunities enabling medical students to acquire fundamental knowledge, develop basic skills and appreciate principles relevant to health care in the context of the community. The five-year curriculum has been designed to achieve the following goals:

  • To provide a comprehensive medical education leading to MBBS degree.
  • To prepare for evidence based medical practice in the changing health care environment of the 21st Century.
  • To follow system based approach to medical science.
  • To integrate basic sciences with clinical sciences to enable the students to apply their knowledge to health care.
  • To integrate clinical knowledge with clinical skills to enable the students deliver efficient patient care.
  • To develop a professional, compassionate and analytical approach in the management of health care.
  • To provide a community based medical education program.
  • To prepare doctors to function effectively in the social health care system.
 


6.1.1 Objectives

Knowledge: The Students shall be able to

  • Recognize the scientific basis of health, disease, and medicine in the management of common and high impact medical conditions in contemporary society.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the basic medical sciences, clinical skills and the ability to acquire, manage and use current information for clinical decision making and problem solving in the care of individual patients, family members and populations.
  • Describe the molecular basis of diseases and maladies and the way in which they affect the body.
  • Describe basic bio-behavioral and clinical science principles used to analyze and solve problems related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases.
  • Describe normal human psychosocial development across the life-span and recognize deviations requiring further evaluation and intervention.
  • Describe the role of family, community, and culture as factors influencing patient presentations, interpretations of illness episodes and adherence to treatment recommendations.
  • Recognize the implications of cultural, social, economic, legal, and historical contexts for patient care.
  • Describe and discuss the implications of basic ethical principles, including confidentiality, informed consent, truth telling, and justice, for the care of patients.
  • Describe strategies to support life-long learning via both print and electronic sources to assist in making diagnostic and treatment decisions (e.g., practice guidelines) and to remain current with advances in medical knowledge and practice (e.g., medical information data bases).
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the functional approach to managing chronic conditions, including knowledge of the impact of chronic illness on function.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the unique health care needs of ethnically diverse populations and communities.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of the global health care delivery system in the community including physicians, hospitals, outpatient centers, home health agencies and the role of community agencies in that system.
 

Skills

The Students shall be able to

  • Demonstrate the ability to elicit accurate comprehensive and focused medical histories by employing techniques that facilitate the patient's sharing of information.
  • Demonstrate the ability to conduct both effective and accurate, comprehensive and focused physical examinations and know when each is most appropriate.
  • Demonstrate the appropriate use of laboratory tests and radiographic studies in making diagnostic and treatment decisions.
  • Demonstrate the ability to evaluate the patient's medical problems and to formulate accurate hypotheses to serve as the basis for making diagnostic and treatment decisions.
  • Demonstrate the ability to formulate and implement a plan for both the prevention and treatment of disease and the relief of symptoms and suffering.
  • Demonstrate the ability to educate patients about their health problems and to motivate them to adopt health promoting behaviors.
  • Demonstrate the effective use of pharmocotherapeutic agents and other therapeutic modalities, while teaching patients the importance of preventive medicine, health promotion, and wellness.
  • Demonstrate the ability to acquire new information and data and to critically appraise its validity and applicability to one's professional decisions, including the application of information systems technologies for support of clinical decision-making.
  • Demonstrate the ability to organize, record, research, present, critique, and manage clinical information.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work effectively as part of a health care team, with appreciation for the multiple contributions of other health care professionals and agencies to the health of the individual and the health of the community.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and method of Practice-Based Learning and Improvement that involves investigation and evaluation of one's own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence, and improvements in patient care.
  • Demonstrate appropriate techniques for performing Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support.
 


6.1.3 Attitudes / Behaviors

The Students shall be able to

  • Display the personal attributes of compassion, honesty, and integrity in relationships with patients, families, communities and the medical profession.
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate compassionately and effectively, both verbally and in writing, with patients, their families, colleagues and others with whom physicians must exchange information in carrying out their responsibilities.
  • Exhibit appropriate value for the sensitive nature of the doctor/patient relationship and the importance of compassionate communication and active listening, with attention to the patient's familial, cultural, and spiritual circumstances.
  • Demonstrate professionalism and high ethical standards in all aspects of medical practice, specifically competence, honesty, integrity, compassion, respect for others, professional responsibility and social responsibility.
  • Exhibit a capacity for self-evaluation, moral reflection and ethical reasoning to form the basis for a self-directed, lifelong engagement in the responsible, committed, compassionate practice of medicine.