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Teaching learning methods

Learning in the three years postgraduate program is essentially autonomous and self-directed, emanating from academic and clinical work, including assisted learning. The formal sessions like demonstrations, symposia, journal clubs, clinical meetings, seminars, small group discussion, bed-side teaching, case-based learning, simulation-based teaching, self-directed learning, integrated learning, interdepartmental meetings and any other collaborative activity with the allied departments are meant to supplement this core effort.

Common Course work

  • 1.Research Methodology: All post-graduate students shall complete an online course in Research Methodology in the first year of the program.
  • 2.Ethics: All post-graduate students shall complete course in Ethics including Good Clinical Practices and Good Laboratory Practices, whichever is relevant to them, to be conducted by institutes/universities in the first year.
  • 3.Cardiac life support skills: All post-graduate students shall complete a course in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) skills to be conducted by the institute in the first year.

Rotational posting

Depending on local institutional policy and the subject specialty needs, postgraduate trainees may be posted in relevant departments/ units/ institutions with the aim of exposing the trainee to the in-depth knowledge in the concerned specialty. 

District Residency Program

All postgraduate students pursuing MS/MS in broad specialties in all Medical Colleges/Institutions shall undergo a compulsory rotation of three months in District Hospitals/District Health System as a part of the course curriculum, as per the Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations (2020). Such rotation shall take place in the 3rd or 4th or 5th semester of the Postgraduate programme and the rotation shall be termed as “District Residency Programme” and the PG medical student undergoing training shall be termed as “District Resident”. The District Residency Programme Coordinator (DRPC) shall issue certificate of satisfactory completion of DRP and report on the performance of the District Resident.

Paper/Poster/Publication

A post-graduate student of a degree course in broad specialties would be required to:
  • present one poster presentation -or-
  • to read one paper at a national/Zonal/state conference of the respective specialty -or-
  • to have one research paper published/accepted for publication as the first author in the journal of the respective specialty.

Leave rules for postgraduate students

  • 1.Every post-graduate student will be given minimum 20 days of paid leave per year.
  • 2.Subject to exigencies of work, post-graduate students will be allowed one weekly holiday.
  • 3.Female post-graduate students shall be allowed maternity leave as per existing Government rules and regulations.
  • 4.Male post-graduate students shall be allowed paternity leave as per existing Government rules and regulations.
  • 5.In addition to minimum 20 days’ paid leave, the candidates will be allowed academic paid leave of 5 days per year.