Medicine-Course Description

Departmental Objectives

At the end of clinical postings in Medicine, the under graduate medical students will be able to:

♦ acquire appropriate knowledge, attitude and skill to become an effective doctor for the society

♦ elicit an appropriate clinical history, and physical findings,  elucidate the clinical problems based on these and identify the means of solving the problems

♦ write requisition form for relevent laboratory tests and perform common bed side lab procedures, justify

♦ outline the principles of management of various diseases considering the patient’s socio-economic

♦ diagnose and manage medical emergencies

♦ recognize& provide competent initial care and refer complicated cases to secondary and tertiary care centres at appropriate time

♦ perform clinical procedures

♦ possess knowledge to consider the ethical and social implications of his/ her decision

♦ demonstrate the art of medicine involving communication, empathy and reassurance with patients

♦ develop an interest in care for all patients and evaluate each patient as a person in society

♦ have an open attitude to the newer developments in medicine to keep abreast of new knowledge

♦ learn how to adapt new ideas in situations where necessary

♦ learn to keep the clinical records for future references

♦ make them oriented to carry out clinical research in future

List of competencies to acquire

At the end of the course of Medicine the undergraduate medical students will be able to:

♦ diagnose and manage various common medical conditions prevalent in the community and give proper counselling to patients and relatives

♦ recognize & provide competent initial care and refer complicated cases to secondary and tertiary care centres at appropriate time

♦ diagnose and manage medical emergencies commonly encountered in hospital practice

♦ demonstrate the awareness of the need to keep abreast to new knowledge and techniques in medicine