Medical education has tremendous scope in developing countries after globalization, due to intelligent and dedicated manpower availability. Recently, tremendous growth in the areas of Information Technology and automated medical equipment further enhanced the need of qualified Doctors. Karnataka state should not lag behind in producing competent and qualified doctors to fulfill demand.
There is an ample opportunity in serving the society especially socially and economically weaker sections of the people to provide free medical facilities by a new multi-specialty Hospital and associated Medical College at Tumkur District of Karnataka State.
Shridevi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Hospital, Tumkur is one of such leading medical college providing an education and health care services of truly global standards. A comprehensive range of general and super specialty medical services are provided here including a general consultation to an authentic complex surgeries with at-most care under one roof.
Duration of the Course
- Every student shall undergo a period of certified study extending to Medical course, a candidate, must have over 4.5 academic years from the date of commencement of his study for the subject comprising the medical curriculum to the date of completion of the examination followed by one year compulsory rotating Internship. The 4.5 years course has been divided into three Phases.
Phase - I : 1 year, consisting of two terms of 6 months each.
Phase - II : 1.5 years, consisting of three terms of 6 months each.
Phase – III : 3.5 years, after Phase - 1, consisting of 7 terms.
- The first year shall be occupied in the study, of the phase - 1 (pre-Clinical) subjects of Human Anatomy (650 hours), Physiology including Biophysics (480 hours), Biochemistry (240 hours) and Introduction to Community Medicine (60 hours).
- Clinical subjects will be introduced in phase - 2 onwards which includes General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopedics Pediatrics Ophthalmology, ear, nose & throat, Dermatology, chest & TB, Psychiatry.
- After passing pre clinical subjects in Phase-I, the Phase -II, Shall be 3 terms(1.5 years) devoted to Para Clinical and Clinical subjects. Para Clinical Subjects, shall consist of Pathology, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine including Toxicology and part of Community Medicine.
Selection of Candidates
- Seats are allotted by merit selection which is based on Common Entrance Test conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority and Comed-K, followed by Centralized Counseling.
- 15% of total intake allotted under NRI / Foreigner category on Merit selection.
Rules and Regulations for Candidates
- Every candidates should have 80 percent attendance of the total classes conducted in theory, practical and clinical separately in each calendar year calculated from the date of commencement of the term to the last working day as notified by the University in each of the subjects prescribed to be eligible to appear for the Examination.
- The Principal should notify at the college the attendance details at the end of each term without fail under intimation to this university.
- A candidate lacking in the prescribed attendance and progress in any one subject in theory & practical/clinical in the first appearance should not be permitted to appear for the examination.