MD:General Medicine

A postgraduate in a general medicine is expected to diagnose and treat common medical
illnesses and have a sufficient knowledge of rare diseases, advances and technologies in
medicine. He should be able to manage medical emergencies and carry out research and
undergraduate medical teaching.

Course content:

I) Knowledge a) Applied basic science knowledge
b) Diseases with reference to General Medicine (appendix -1)
c) Recent advances
d) Biostatistics and clinical epidemiology
2) Skills:- a) Decision making
b) Diagnostic investigation and procedures
c) Monitoring seriously ill patients
d) Counseling patients and relatives
e) Ability to teach undergraduate students
f) Ability to carry out research