Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College
সিলেট এম.এ.জি ওসমানী মেডিকেল কলেজ

Logo of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College
Former name
 Sylhet Medical College
Type Public medical school
Established 1962 (1962)
Academic affiliation
 SUST
Principal Morshed Ahmed Chowdhury
Director Brig. Gen. Md. Abdus Sabur Miah
Academic staff
 160
Administrative staff
 350
Students 1,400
Undergraduates 1,000
Postgraduates 400
Location Sylhet, Bangladesh
24°54′02″N 91°51′12″E / 24.9005°N 91.8532°E / 24.9005; 91.8532Coordinates: 24°54′02″N 91°51′12″E / 24.9005°N 91.8532°E / 24.9005; 91.8532
Campus Urban
Language English
Website magosmanimedical.com

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College (SOMC) (Bengali: সিলেট এম.এ.জি ওসমানী মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1962. It is located in Sylhet. Originally named "Sylhet Medical College", it was renamed in 1986 in honour of General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani, Commander-in-chief of Bangladesh Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The college is affiliated with Shahjalal University of Science and Technology under the School of Medical Sciences.

It offers a five-year course of study leading to a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. A one-year internship after graduation is compulsory for all graduates. The degree is recognised by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council. It admits approximately 200 undergraduate and a good number of postgraduate students every year.

Campus

The college and hospital extends over an area of 206,355 sq m divided into new site and old site. The Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical college situated in the new site covers an area of 191,977 sq M.

Main campus comprises individual facilities of:

Other many nearby hospitals are also affiliated with main academic schedule. These include:

Hostel

There are five hostels for boys' & four for the girls'.

Boys' hostels includes - 1. Shahid Dr.Shamsuddin Ahmed Hostel 2. Abu Sina Hostel 3. Colonel Zia Hostel 4. Hazrat Shahjalal Hostel 5. Shahid Dr. Milon Intern Hostel.

Girls' hostels includes - 1. Dr. Dilruba Begum Hostel 2. Dr. Shayamol Kanti Lala Hostel 3. Hazrat Shahporan Hostel 4. Intern Hostel ( female)

Academics

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College now offer 20 postgraduate courses. The presently available courses are M.D. (Internal medicine, Pediatrics and Cardiology), M.S. (|General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Pediatric surgery and Orthopaedics), M.Phil (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathology and Psychiatry), one year Diploma (Forensic Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Child Health, Anesthesia, Dermatology & Venereal Disease and Obstetrics Gynaecology). The college now has more than 150 faculty members, around 350 staffs for 1000 undergraduate students and around 400 postgraduate students. All the courses are certified by Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (both undergraduate and postgraduate courses) are recognized by the National regulatory agency Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.[1]

Two journals are published. Both are BMDC recognized. These are

  1. Osmani Medical Teacher's Association Journal (OMTAJ), published in January and July every year.
  2. Bangladesh Medical Journal, published twice yearly by BMA.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://bmdc.org.bd/recognized-medical-and-dental-colleges/
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