INTERNSHIP
After passing of Final MBBS Examination, the student should undergo 12 months of Compulsory Rotating Internship in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Community Medicine as detailed below:
1. Every candidate will be required, after passing the Final MBBS, Examination to undergo compulsory Rotating Internship, to the satisfaction of the University for a period of 12 months, so as to be eligible for the award of the degree of MBBS and full registration. All parts of the internship shall be done as for as possible in Institutions in India. In case of any difficulty the matter may be referred to the Medical Council of India to be considered on individual merits.
2. The University shall issue a Provisional MBBS pass certificate on passing the Final MBBS Examination.
3. The candidate shall obtain provisional registration certificate from State Medical Council on production of the provisional MBBS pass certificate. The provisional registration will be for a period of one year. In the event of shortage or unsatisfactory work, the period of provisional registration and the compulsory rotating internship may be suitably extended by the appropriate authorities.
4. The intern shall be entrusted with the clinical responsibilities and his work shall be supervised by the senior Medical Officer.
5. The compulsory Rotating Internship for 12 months should be done in teaching and non-teaching approved hospitals like District hospital, Rural Health Training centre / and upgraded primary health centers attached to the existing institutions. Satisfactory collaboration must exist between such hospital/rural centers and the medical colleges. The compulsory Rotating internship shall include training in Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and in Community Health Work at rural Health Training Centres or Upgraded Health Centres.
The posting in Internship shall be as follows :
Community Health Work
Community Medicine including Rural Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics,
Gynaecology and Paediatrics 3 months
Departmental Posting
a) Medicine 2 months
b) Surgery 2 months
c) Obstetrics & Gynaecology & family planning – 2 months
Paediatric – 1 Month
Ancillary postings including
ENT, Ophthalmology, Dematology, Radiology, Anaesthesiology,
Psychiatry, Orthopaedics etc. for 3 months.
In the task oriented training the responsibility of the intern as participant in the institutional and domiciliary service programme receives due attention. For this purpose all necessary inputs are provided, like accommodation, transport, adequate clinical facilities etc.
The students who are posted to district sub divisional hospitals for training are strictly regulated by representatives by the college, university, the state government and the district administration. The trainee shall obtain a certificate to this regard which shall be countersigned by the principal.
6. One year’s approved service in the armed forces Medical Services after passing the final MBBS examination shall be considered as equivalent to the Pre-registration training detailed above. Such training should, as far as possible, be at the base general Hospital.
7. The intern shall maintain a record of work which is to be verified and certified by the Medical Officer under whom he was. A part from scrutiny of the record of work, assessment and evaluation of the training may be undertaken by an objective approach using situation tests in knowledge, skills and attitude during and at the end of training. Based on the record of the work and evaluation, the Principal shall issue certificate of satisfactory completion of training, following which the University shall award the MBBS Degree and declare him eligible for it.
8. The candidate is eligible for full registration by the State Medical Council on the award of the MBBS Degree by the University or its declaration that the candidate is eligible for it.
9. Guidelines issued by the Medical Council of India from time to time shall be considered in the implementation of the training programme.
