University of Medicine, Taunggyi

The University of Medicine, Taunggyi (Burmese: ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (တောင်ကြီး), pronounced [sʰé tɛʔkəθò (tàʊɴdʑí)]) located in Taunggyi, Shan State is one of the universities of medicine in Myanmar. Founded in 2015, the university offers an M.B.,B.S. degree program.[2]

University of Medicine, Taunggyi
ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (တောင်ကြီး)
Mottoဥပဌာနံ အနုကမ္မာ ဒယာ
(Pali: upaṭhānaṃ, anukammā, dayā)
Motto in English
Service, Sympathy, Humanity
Typepublic
Established3 October 2015 (2015-10-03)
RectorHla Win Myint[1]
Administrative staff
269
Students625
Undergraduates625
Location
Taunggyi, Shan State, Myanmar

20.7545079665428°N 97.06212765305375°E / 20.7545079665428; 97.06212765305375
Campus18.6 ha (46 acres)
NicknameUMTGI
AffiliationsMinistry of Health and Sports
Websiteumtgi.edu.mm

The university started its first enrollment in December 2015 and accepted 200 students from Shan State and Kayah State.[3]

Campus
UMTGI Main Building
The view of the lawn

Located about 3.4 km (2.1 mi) southeast of Taunggyi, the university consists of 22 buildings across a 18.6 ha (46-acre) campus. The main building is home to the departments for first year M.B., B.S. subjects (Burmese, English, Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, and Zoology). The main building is also home to the Department of Administration, Department of Finance & Accounting, Department of Student Affairs, Department of Foreign Relations, Department of Examination, Department of the Library, Department of Sports, Department of Computer Science and Department of Campus.

Undergraduate curriculum

The M.B., B.S. program lasts seven years.

YearDuration
First M.B.,B.S.1 year
Second M.B.,B.S.1½year
Third M.B.,B.S.1 year
Final M.B.,B.S. Part I1 year
Final M.B.,B.S. Part II1½year
House Surgeon1 year
Total7 years

First Year M.B.,B.S.
  1. Burmese
  2. English
  3. Mathematics & statistics
  4. Physics
  5. Chemistry
  6. Botany
  7. Zoology

Hands-on practical exams are required in the latter four subjects.

Second Year M.B.,B.S.
  1. Anatomy
  2. Physiology
  3. Biochemistry

Hands-on practical exams are required in all subjects.

Third Year M.B.,B.S.
  1. General Pathology
  2. Microbiology
  3. Pharmacology

Final year (Part 1)
  1. Forensic Medicine
  2. Preventive and Social Medicine (includes three weeks of residential field training in rural areas)
  3. Systemic Pathology and haematology

Final year (Part 2)
  1. Child Health
  2. Medicine
  3. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  4. Surgery

House surgeon training

After passing the Final Year Part II examination, students train for another year as house surgeons (residents) in one of the recognized teaching hospitals.

SubjectDuration
Child Health2 ½ months
Community Medicine2 weeks
Medicine (including Psychiatry)3 months
Obstetrics & Gynaecology3 months
Surgery (including Traumatology)3 months

Department heads
  • Department of Myanmar language - Nang Taung
  • Department of English - Nang Kham Set
  • Department of Mathematics - Mya Mya Min
  • Department of Chemistry - Ohn Kyi
  • Department of Physics - Mee Mee Cho
  • Department of Botany - Su Su Chit
  • Department of Zoology - Hla Hla Yee
  • Department of Anatomy - Khin Thanda
  • Department of Physiology - Phyu Phyu Khin
  • Department of Biochemistry - Moe Moe Khine
  • Department of Pathology - Cho Cho Myint
  • Department of Microbiology - Tin Tin Myint
  • Department of Pharmacology - Latt Latt Win
  • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine Society - Cho Mar Kaung Myint
  • Department of Forensic Medicine - Thaung Linn
  • Department of Surgery - Tin Kyuu
  • Department of Medicine - Si Si Htun

Teaching hospitals
  1. Sao San Tun General Hospital, Taunggyi
  2. Women's and Children's Hospital, Taunggyi[3]

See also

References
  1. "မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏၅ခုမြောက် ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်". moi.gov.mm.
  2. "တောင်ကြီးမြို့တွင်ကျင်းပသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ပဉ္စမမြောက်ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်ဖွင့်ပွဲသို့ သမ္မတတက်ရောက်ဖွင့်လှစ်". 7Day Daily.
  3. "Taunggyi gets first ever university of Medicine". president-office.gov.mm.

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