Ayub Medical College

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Ayub Medical College
Established:	1978
Type:	Government
Faculty:	~200
Students:	2,250
Location:	Abbottabad, NWFP, Pakistan
Campus:	Urban
Website:	[1]

Ayub Medical College (AMC) is one of the medical schools that is a constituent part of Khyber Medical University. It is a prestigious Pakistani medical school located in the northern Pakistani city of Abbottabad in NWFP province. As of January 2007, AMC is home to approximately 2000 students in the MBBS program. The school has a large and distinguished faculty to support its missions of education and research as well as clinical care. The current Principal of AMC is Prof. Dr. S. Humayun Shah.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 Recognition 4 Departments 4.1 Basic science departments 4.2 Medicine and allied departments 4.3 Surgery and allied departments 4.4 Attached hospitals 4.5 Institutes, schools and centers 5 Student life 5.1 Hostels 5.2 Societies 5.3 Activities 6 Alumni 7 Journal of Ayub Medical College 8 See Also 9 External links

[edit] History

AMC is relatively new, first opening its doors to students in 1978 and named after former President Ayub Khan. In 1979 the first academic year began, with the enrollment of 100 students. However from the start it was quite apparent that the building was not adequate enough to cope with the huge number of students and faculty. AMC was moved from Abbottabad to the northern boundary of the city in 1988 along the Karakoram Highway. Today it hosts one the best campuses in Pakistan and is situated at an altitude of 1,225 meters. (4002 feet), and is said to be the highest medical school in Pakistan.

[edit] Campus

At present the AMC campus consists of a medical school building, a teaching hospital and a nursing school. The campus hosts supporting amenities for all students and staff. The medical school building has spacious lecture halls with sophisticated audiovisual teaching aids, well-equipped laboratories, museums and centrally air-conditioned library. A Self-Learning Resource Center and a computer library with access to high-speed internet is also available.

[edit] Recognition

AMC is fully recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, the World Health Organization (WHO) and many reputed medical councils of the world. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan has recognized many of its departments for post-graduate training as well. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Britain has granted recognition to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at AMC for the clinical training of the MRCOG candidates.

[edit] Departments

[edit] Basic science departments

• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Community Medicine
• Forensic Medicine
• Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physiology

[edit] Medicine and allied departments

• Behavioural Sciences
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• General Medicine
• Neurology
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Radiotherapy
• Social and Preventive Medicine
• Urology

[edit] Surgery and allied departments

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiac Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Ophthalmology
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthopedics
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Pediatric Surgery
• Plastic Surgery
• Radiology
• General Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

[edit] Attached hospitals

• Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH)

[edit] Institutes, schools and centers

• Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (INOR)
• Ayub School of Nursing (ASN)
• Ayub Paramedical School (APS)
• Ayub Dental College (ADC)

[edit] Student life

[edit] Hostels

There are four boys hostels, located adjacent to medical college building and a girl's hostel is located along the northern boundary of the campus. Located adjacent to the girl's hostel is accommodation for medical officers, house officers, paramedics and nurses. Full-time resident wardens and provosts are provided and security is provided to all hostels 24 hours a day.

[edit] Societies

There are many societies at AMC, which include:

• Ayubian Welfare Society
• Bacha Khan Welfare Society

[edit] Activities

AMC has been heavily criticized for not providing much activities to its students. On rare occasions has the college promoted activities for students.

[edit] Alumni

More than 4,000 doctors have graduated from AMC, some of whom are holding high level positions in Pakistan as well as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States. Apparently, it has been claimed that ~70% of the Pakistani doctors in Ireland are graduates of AMC.

[edit] Journal of Ayub Medical College

The Journal of Ayub Medical College is the real pride of AMC and has been published since January, 1988. It has been indexed by Index Medicus/medline/Pubmed in 2001, (J Ayub Med Coll, Abbottabad NLM ID: 8910750 making it only the second journal from Pakistan to get indexed. It is a peer reviewed journal and has gained its place as a standard medical journal. http://ayubmed.edu.pk/jamc.html

[edit] See Also

• Ayub Dental College

[edit] External links

• Ayub Medical College
• Ayub Alumni Website

v • d • e AMC Ayub Medical College (AMC) • Ayub Dental College (ADC) • Ayub School of Nursing (ANS) • Ayub Paramedical School (APS) Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH) • Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (INOR) • Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)