Department of General Surgery

Goals

• The broad goal of the teaching of undergraduate students in Surgery is to
• produce graduates capable of delivering efficient first contact surgical care.
• Understand the importance and implementation of the National Health
• Programmes in the context of national priorities.

Objectives

• The departmental objectives, syllabus and skills to be developed in the department of surgery during undergraduate medical education are presented herewith. These are prepared taking into consideration of various aspects and institutional goals given below:
• A medical student after graduation may have different avenues of his/her professional career and may work either as a first contact physician in a private, semi-private or public sector or may take up further specialization in surgery or other specialties.
• He may have to work in different settings such as rural, semi-urban or urban which
  may have deficient or compromised facilities.
• These are based on the various health services research data in our community.
• These are also based on following institutional goals in general;
• At the end of the teaching/ training the undergraduate will be able to:
• Diagnose and manage common health problems of the individual and the community
  appropriate to his/her position as a member of the health team at primary, secondary
  and tertiary levels.
• Be competent to practice curative, preventive, primitive and rehabilitative medicine
  and understand the concepts of primary health care.
• Understand the socio-psychological, cultural, economic and environmental factors
  affecting health and develop human attitude required for professional responsibilities.
• Develop the ability for continued self-learning with a scientific attitude of mind and
  acquire further expertise in any chosen area of medicine.

Infrastructure and learning resources

• Demonstration Room: 40.75sqm (30 students) with LCD & OHP projector.
• Library – Seminar Room: 30 Sqm. (30 Students) with LCD projector.

Infrastructure: Office Accommodation

• Professor and HOD :– 18 Sqm
• Associate Professor : 15 Sqm
• Assistant Professor : 20 Sqm
• Tutor/Demonstrator : 15 Sqm
• Non- Teaching & Clinical Staff: 15 Sqm

Number of Books & Journals

Departmental Future Plans

• To Increase Scope Of A Neurosurgery Department.
• To Establish A Well-Equipped Trauma Centre.
• To Enhance The Scope Of Skill Programs Such As BLS.ATLS.ACLS And Communication
  Skills And Extend This Skill To Non-Medical Colleagues
• To Setup Robotic Training Program And Minimal Invasive Fellowship Courses
• To Enhance And Motivate Endoscopic Training, Procedures And Natural Orifice Tran
  luminal Endoscopic Surgeries
• To Start MCH Urology/ Oncology/ Cvts/ Gastro-Enterology/ Plastic
• Neurosurgery to Enhance Radiological Procedures And Investigations- EUS And Pet Scan.
• To Start Speciality Training Program for OT, Ward And Paramedical Staff.
• To Start Multiple Super speciality Courses, Fellowship Programmes
• To Promote Awareness Amongst Rural Population With Awareness Programmes For Breast
  And Oral Malignancy

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