Duration & Details of MBBS Course



Duration of Course:

The MBBS course comprises four and a half years, followed by compulsory rotatory internship of one year. The course follows semester system, each semester consisting of six months. The MBBS course is divided in to three phases as detailed below:

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
1st and 2nd Semester 3rd ,4th and 5th Semester 6th and 7th Semester 8th and 9th Semester
I MBBS
Examination during
2nd (second)
Semester
II MBBS
Examination during
5th (fifth) Semester
III MBBS
Part – 1
Examination
During 7th
(Seventh) Semester
III MBBS
Part- 2 (final)
Examination
During 9th (ninth)
Semester

Distribution of Subjects in each Professional Phase:

Phase & Year of MBBS training Subjects & Teaching Elements Duration (Months) University Examination
First Professional MBBS (i) Foundation Course - 1 week, remaining spread over 6 months at discretion of college
(ii) Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry, Introduction to Community Medicine, including Family adoption programme (FAP) through village outreach
(iii) Early Clinical Exposure
(iv) Attitude, Ethics, and Communication Module (AETCOM) including Humanities
12 Months 1st Professional
Second Professional MBBS (i) Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology
(ii) Introduction to clinical subjects
(iii) Clinical posting, Family visits for FAP
(iv) AETCOM
12 Months 2nd Professional
Third Professional Part 1, MBBS including Electives 1 Month (i) Community Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Medicine & Allied, Surgery & Allied, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology
(ii) Family visits for FAP
(iii) Clinical postings
(iv) AETCOM
(v) Electives - 1 Month, 2 blocks, 15 days each
12 Months Final Professional - Part I
Third Professional Part 2, MBBS (i) General Medicine, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Oto-rhinolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Radiodiagnosis, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology
(ii) Clinical postings
(iii) AETCOM
18 Months Fianal Professional - Part II

* Assessment of electives shall be included in internal assessment.

Duration of each phase in MBBS Course:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Foundation Course I MBBS
I MBBS Exam First MBBS II MBBS
II MBBS Exam Second MBBS III MBBS
III MBBS Part I Exam Third MBBS Part-1 Electives and skills
III MBBS Part II Part 2 Exam
Internship