Programme Structure

This is a structured one-year programme involving six months of medicine and six months of surgery rotations. The six-monthly rotations are composed of further three rotations of two months each. Each intern thus goes through six rotations. These rotations are chosen by the interns themselves; with the intern highest on the merit list getting the first choice and then proceeding in this manner down the list.

The academic programme for interns consists of:

  1. Core lectures designated jointly for interns and first year residents. 

  2. Weekly tutorials of surgical and medical topics. 

  3. Hands-on surgical skills workshops on the following:

    • Suturing

    • Knot-tying

    • Plastering

    • Foley's catheter insertion

    • Care of stoma

    • Head injuries

    • Aseptic dressings

    • How to take a Pap Smear

    • Basic life support (BLS)

  4. Cognitive skills workshops:

    • Relationship strategies

    • Handling difficult people

    • Conflict management and anger management

    • Creativity and problem solving

    • Presentation skills

    • Personal effectiveness

    • Service excellence through emotional intelligence

  5. Weekly tutorials covering medical and surgical topics:

    • Coma

    • Animal/Human bite

    • Neonatal sepsis

    • Advanced Cardiac Life Support

    • Hematuria

    • Musculoskeletal Trauma

    • Anaphylaxis

    • Shock

    • Chest Injuries

    • Hand Injuries and Infections

    • Stroke

    • Management of polytrauma patient

    • Interpretation of ECG

    • Interpretation of ABGs

    • Management of diarrhoea in children

    • Fluid & Electrolyte

    • Bone and joint infection

    • Epilepsy

    • Drug overdose

    • Heart block

    • Hypertension 

    • Career counseling

    • Antenatal care

    • Diabetic Pregnancy

    • Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding

    • Treatment of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension

    • New born care

    • Management of Pneumonia

    • Rheumatoid Arthritis

    • GI bleed

    • Tobacco Control and the Role of Health Professionals​​

Resouces

Interns​hip Overview
Benefits & Facilities