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Rules & regulations
Rules and regulations
proposed for the BHMS degree course based on the
recommendations of the central council of Homoeopathy, 1983,
as amended on 2003 are detailed in short under the following
heads
1. Introduction
2. General
considerations and teaching approach
3. Admission, selection
& migration.
4. Examination
regulations.
1. Introductions
Organization of teaching
of clinical subjects should be done concentrating on vertical
integration, incorporating the teaching staff of pre-clinical
and Para- clinical subjects also. Uniform timetable for
clinical postings and lectures/ practical is presented.
2. general
considerations and teaching approach
1. graduate medical
curriculum is oriented towards training students to
undertake the responsibilities of a physician of first
contact who is capable of looking after the preventive ,
curative, rehabilitative aspects of medicine.
2. with a wide range
of carrier opportunities available today, a graduate
training through based and flexible should aim to provide an
educational experience required for health care in our
country.
3. to undertake the
responsibilities of service situations, which is changing
condition and of various types, it is essential to provide
adequate placement training to the needs of such services as
to enable the graduate to become effective instruments of
implementation of those requirements. to avail of
opportunities and be able to conduct professional
requirements, the graduate shall endeavour to have acquired
basic training to different aspect of medical care.
4. The importance of the community aspects
of health care and of rural health care service is to be
recognized. This aspect of education and training of graduates
should be adequately recognized in the prescribed curriculum.
Its importance has been systematically upgraded over the past
years and adequate exposure to such experiences should be
available throughout all the 3 phases of education and
training. This has to be further emphasized and intensified by
providing exposure to field practice areas and training during
the internship period. The aim of the period of rural training
during internship is to enable the fresh graduate to function
efficiently under such settings.
5. The educational experience should emphasize health and
community orientation instead of-only disease and hospital
orientation or being concentrated on curative aspects. As such
all the basic concepts of modern scientific medical education
are to be adequately dealt with.
6. There must be enough experiences provided for
self-learning. The methods and techniques that would ensure
this must became a part of teaching and learning process.
7. The importance of social factors in relation to the
problems of health and diseases should receive proper emphasis
throughout the course and to achieve this purpose the
educational process should also be community based than only
hospital based. The importance of population control and
family welfare planning should be emphasized throughout the
period of training with the importance of health and
development duly emphasized.
8. Adequate emphasis is to be placed on cultivating logical
and scientific habits of thought, clarity of expression,
independence of judgment and ability to collect and analyze
information and to correlate them.
9.The
educational process should be placed in a historic background
as an evolving process and not merely as an acquisition of a
large number of disjointed facts without a proper perspective.
The history of medicine with reference to the evolution of
medical knowledge both in this country and the rest of the
world should form a part of this process.
10. Lectures alone are generally not adequate as a method of
training and are a poor menace of transferring / acquiring
information and even less effective at skill development and
in generating the appropriate attitudes. Every effort should
be made to encourage the use of active methods related to
demonstration and on first hand experience students will be
encouraged to learn in small groups through peer interactions,
so as to gain maximal experience through contacts with
patients and the communities in which the live. While the
curriculum objectives often refer to ceases of knowledge or
science, they are best taught in a setting of clinical
relevance and hands on experience for students who assimilate
and make this knowledge apart of their own working skills.
11. Graduate medical education in clinical subjects should be
based primarily on outpatient teaching, emergency departments
and within the community including health care institutions.
The outpatient departments should be suitably planned to
provide training to graduates in small groups
12. Proper records of the work should be maintained which will
form the basis of the student's internal assessment and should
be available to the inspectors at the time of inspection of
the college by the CCH
13. Maximal efforts have to be made to encourage students to
participate in group. discussions and seminars to enable them
to develop personality, character expression and other
faculties which are necessary for a medical gradate to
function either in so as to practice or as a team leader when
he begins his independent career. A discussion group shouldn't
more than 20 students.
14. Faculty members should avail
modern educational technology while teaching the students and
to attain this objective, medical educational
units/departments should be established in all homoeopathic
medical colleges for faculty development and providing
learning resource material to teachers.
15. In order to implement the revised curriculum in to state
Governments and Institutional Bodies must ensure that adequate
financial and technical inputs are provided.
OBJECTIVE OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL GRADUATE TRAINING
PROGRAMME
1. Natural Goals
At the end of undergraduate programme, each homoeopathic
medical student shall endeavor to be able to,
a. Recognize “health for all” as a national goal and health
right of all citizens and by undergoing training for medical
profession, fulfill his/her social obligations towards
realization of this goal.
b. Learn every aspect of national policies on health and
devote himself or herself to its practical implementations.
c. Achieve competence in practice of holistic medicine
encompassing promotive, preventive, curative and
rehabilitative aspects of common diseases.
d. Develop scientific temper, acquire educational experience
for proficiency in profession and promote healthy livings.
e. Become exemplary citizen by observation of medical ethics
and fulfilling social and professional obligations, so as to
respond to national aspirations.
2. Institutional Goals
(i) In consonance with the national goals each medical
institution should evolve institutional goals to define the
kind of trained man power (or professionals) they intend to
produce. The under graduate students coming out of medical
institute should be competent in diagnosis and
management of common health problems of the individual
and the community, commensurate with his/her position as a
member of the health team at the primary, secondary or
tertiary levels, using his/her clinical skills based on
history, physical examination and relevant investigations;
(ii) Be competent to practice preventive, curative and
rehabilitative medicine in respect to the commonly encountered
health problems;
(iii) Appreciate rationale for different therapeutic
modalities; be familiar with the administration of the
“essential drugs” and their common side effects;
(iv) Be able to appreciate the socio psychological,
cultural, economic and environmental factors affecting health
and develop human attitude towards the patients in discharging
one’s professional responsibilities;
(v) Posses the attitude for continued self learning and to
seek further expertise or to pursue research in any chosen
area of medicine;
(vi) Be familiar with the basic factors which are essential
for the implementation of the National Health programmes
including practical aspects of the following.
(a) Family welfare and Maternal and Child
Health (MCH)
(b) Sanitation and water supply
(c) Prevention and control of communicable and non
communicable diseases
(d) Immunization
(e) Health Education
(vii) Acquire basic management skills in
the area of human resources, materials and resource management
related to health care delivery; .
(viii) Be able to identify community health problems and learn
to work to resolve these by designing, instituting corrective
steps and evaluating outcome of such measures;
(ix) Be able to work as a leading partner in health care teams
and acquire proficiency in communication skills;
(x) Be competent to work in a variety of health care:
settings;
(xi) Have personal characteristics and attitudes required for
professional life such as personal integrity, sense of
responsibility and dependability and ability to relate to or
show concern for other individuals.All efforts must be made to
equip the medical graduate to acquire skills.
SPECIAL RESERVATION OF SEATS FOR BHMS COURSE
The number of seats reserved under nominees and special
reservation categories are given.
|
Sl. No. |
Category |
KKD |
|
1. |
Andaman
Nicobar Nominee |
- |
|
2. |
Lakshadeep
Nominee |
1 |
|
3. |
Sports
Quota |
1 |
|
4. |
NCC Quota |
1 |
|
5. |
Ex-Servicemen Quota |
- |
|
6. |
Service
defence (SD) Quota |
- |
|
7. |
Nurses
quota (Homoeo) |
1 |
|
|
Total |
4 |
The number of seats earmarked under various categories/
communities as per the mandatory reservation will be finalised
before allotment process.
In the case of BHMS course the seat reserved for Nurses and
such candidate should have passed the Higher Secondary or
equivalent examnation in addition to the Government recognised
course in Nursing (Homoeo) candidate should attach a service
certificate obtained from the head of the office in Kerala
stating that he / she is a regular employee in Government
service working as muse (Homoeo).
BHMS Course:
The duration of BHMS course is 5 ½ years including one year
compulsory internship. The details of the hours and marks of
the examinations for each phase is given below:
INTERNSHIP
Each candidate shall be required to undergo compulsory
rotating internship of one year, after passing the final BHMS
examination to the satisfaction of the Principal the
Homoeopathic college. Thereafter only, the candidate shall be
eligible for the award of the Degree of bachelor of
Homoeopathic Medicine and surgery (BHMS) by the University.
Each candidate shall complete shall complete the internship
training at the maximum within a period of 24 months after
passing the final year examinations.
MEDICAL COUNCIL REGISTRATION
After successful completion of internship each candidate
shall apply for permanent registration to Travancore Cochin
Medical Council and after verifying the claim they will be
awarded the permanent registration.
Only after getting permanent registration they become
registered Homoeo Medical Practitioner and are eligible to
practice Homoeopathic medicine. Permanent registration is also
necessary for applying for various posts under state/ union
Government as well as applying for MD (Hom) course.
POSTGRADUATE COURSES
The following post graduate courses in Homoeopathy are
offered in the Government Homoeopathic Medical College at
Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.
1. Title of the Course
(a) MD (Hom) Materia Medica
(Doctor of Medicine in Homoeopathy Materia Medica)
(b) MD (Hom) Homoeopathic Philosophy
(Doctor of Medicine in Homoeopathy Homoeopathic Philosophy)
(C) MD (Horn) Repertory
(Doctor of Medicine in Homoeapathy - Repertory)
2. Duration of Course
Each course shall be of three years duration including one
year house job.
3.. Eligibilities for Admission
(a) Educational qualification :- The candidates should
have passed the BHMS (Direct or Graded) degree or its
equivalent declared thereto by the Central Council of
Homoeopathy. Those who have completed the pre¬scribed
internship on or before the last date for submission of
application alone are eligible for admission. Candidates who
have passed the final year examination with more than three
chances are not eligible for admis¬sion. Recognition of the
college and course by the university as well as Central
council of Homoeopathy must be essential for under graduate
level.
(b) Age: The candidates otherwise eligible for admission
should not be more than 45 years as on 1st day of January of
the succeeding year, subject to a relaxation to a maximum of
five years in the case of SC/ST and to the teachers of
Homoeopathic Medical College and Research Officers of Central
council for Research in Homoeopathy.
(c) Nationality: Only the Indian citizens are eligible for:
admission to the Post Graduate courses.
4: Availability of Seats
There are 6 seats in each subject in the Government
Homoeopathic Medical College, Kozhikode
5. Mode of Admission
Admission to the PG courses shall be made on the basis of
merit from the category mentioned above. The admission in the
seats reserved for the teachers of the private Homoeopathic
Medical Colleges in Kerala
will be made on the basis of seniority among the concerned and
there will not be Entrance Examination for the purpose.
6. Entrance Examination
The commissioner for Entrance Examination, Government of
Kerala in due course, will notify the venue, date and schedule
of Entrance Examination.
7.
Application Form
Application form can be had
from the Principal of the Government Homoeopathic Medical
Colleges at Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode and from other
institutions notified by the controller of Entrance
Examination on payment of prescribed amount. Amount once paid
shall not be refunded on any account.
A candidate can apply for admission in more than one subject
of a time in one and the same application. He or she needs
only indicate the order of preferences of the subject chosen
in it. Candidates who are included in the select list of
higher choice will not be considered for lower choice.
8. Admissions to the
Course
The chairman and convener of the selection
committee will forward the select list to the college
concerned for nuking admission. Failure to take up interview
at the appointed time and date will result in forfeiture of
their chance. At time of interview the candidate should bring
their original certificates and testimonials detailed earlier
for verification. Note: Candidates called for written test in
Entrance Examination or Interview are not eligible for TA or
DA any other allowances.
10. Payment of Fees
(a) Annual Fees: The annual fees should be remitted
for the first year at the time of admission and for the
subsequent year at the time of commencement of the respective
classes within a period of fortnight positively. Further delay
to a fortnight will entail a fine of Rs. 10. I# it is delayed
further it will end in the loss of attendance
(b) Students of SC/ST and Backward classes eligible for
educational concessions are exempted for payment of fees as
per orders of the Government issued in this regard from time
to time. SC/ST students need remit the caution deposit and van
fees only.
Note:- No exemption from payment of fees will be granted to the
candidate who is likely to be eligible for any other type of
fee concession. But in such cases fees paid by them will be
reimbursed as and when the competent authority has sanctioned
the serve. All the fees are subject to modification and
changes from time to time as the Government and University
decided.
10. Attendance
80% attendance is necessary for appearing university
examinations.
11. Uniform
Male students should wear pants and shirts while the
female shall wear saree and blouse / churidar. Both of them
should have white apron during the class hours and while
attending laboratories and clinical duties.
12. Hostels
Hostel accommodation will be provided as and when the
facilities are ready.
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