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Academic activity: Teaching and training
Undergraduate Courses
MBBS: MBBS Students are trained in the Department of Microbiology for 3 semesters of 18 weeks each, during the second phase of their course. The students concurrently study other paraclinical subjects- Pathology, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine. Students attend lectures in clinical subjects and do clinical rotations in this phase. At the end of this phase they attempt the Second Professional examination in the second phase subjects, including Microbiology. The department provides 270 hours of teaching to students, more than the minimum hours recommended by MCI. Teaching is done through interactive lectures, small group demonstrations, tutorials and hands -on -practical classes. Lectures are held in an airconditioned lecture theatre complex; the Kalam center. A mix of chalk and talk and multimedia is used for lectures. Some lecture material is also available online at the KGMU website. There are four well-equipped dedicated rooms for tutorials. Practical classes are held in a large well-lit practical laboratory with good infrastructure. Formative assessments of students are done during tutorial and practical hours. Students maintain practical notebooks, which is evaluated regularly to check progress of learning. Class tests are held regularly as part of internal assessment, in addition to terminal examinations.
Teaching Hours Distribution: Semester -wise credit hours for entire course for MBBS
Teaching Hours Distribution
Semester wise
Credit hours for entire course
Theory lectures- 1-2 hours/week Tutorials-small group teaching: 1-2hours/week
Practical labs- 2 hours/week
Total (54 week)- 270 hrs
Each semester
Theory lectures-27 hours
Tutorials-27 hours
Practical - 36 hours -90 hrs/semester
Theory- 4.5
Tutorial-4.5
Practical- 3
Total: 12
BDS: The department of Microbiology provides training to 75 BDS students from the Faculty of Dentistry, in their Second professional year. A mix of didactic and practical applied teaching learning methods are used, to cover the syllabus for Microbiology, provided by the Dental Council of India. The students are trained for about 100 teaching hours, including. Internal assessments are regularly conducted. A theory paper and practical examination is conducted at the end of the professional year, with internal and external examiners.Pass scores have to be obtained in both the theory paper and practical examinations by students to be declared passed in the subject.
B Sc (Nursing): Nursing Students in their first year are taught Microbiology, by the department faculty, for a total of 60 teaching hours, with 45 interactive theory lectures and 15 hours in the practical laboratory. Internal assessment exams are regularly conducted and students appear in one paper on the subject at the end of the year.
DMLT(Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology) :Students receive training in laboratory Microbiology, as part of their course, with 34 theory lectures and six months supervised hands-on practical training in the clinical laboratories of the department. Students are required to pass a theory and practical examination.
Postgraduate Teaching:
MD(Microbiology): The MD (Microbiology) course was started in year 1987. The degree is recognized by MCI. Each year 6 students are enrolled for MD. More than 70 MD students have passed so far and are well placed in various academic Institutes or private practice. Students enter the postgraduate course through an extremely competitive examination process- the national level PG-NEET examination.
The postgraduate students are appointed as Junior resident doctors and receive a salary for the three years of their course. On campus residential accommodation is provided.
Teaching- learning activities of the postgraduate students is through guided, supervised practice, with extensive inputs of experienced faculty members. Students are actively involved in patient care, through specimen processing and reporting activities in the clinical laboratories, clinical rounds and emergency duties.Postgraduates are posted in various clinical laboratories by rotation. Students receive training in Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology, Immunology and Serology and Virology. Postgraduates also do rotations in various national program laboratories. Hospital infection control activities are an integral part of the training.
Students have access to a well -stocked library in the department and a central library, which includes an e-library.Several participative, interactive academic activities with faculty members are organized in the department for development of up-to-date theoretical concepts. These activities include:-
Post graduate Seminars: 1 per week
Journal Club: 1 per week
Case discussion: 1 per week
General Microbiology tutorials: 5 days a week
Teaching of undergraduates, MBBS, BDS, nursing and DMLT, in the form of practical and tutorial classes: 2-4 hrs. per week
To meet the research training component of the program, each MD candidate is allocated a faculty guide and thesis topic in the first year. The thesis is completed by end of second year of the course. Students are expected to publish an original article based on their thesis work. Students are encouraged to participate research work and apply for research grants. All postgraduate students are required to attend conferences and CME's during their training.
A logbook is maintained by the PG students to document progression of learning and milestones achieved.
PhD Course: The department provides a vibrant research and academic ambience for PhD students. Faculty members with requisite teaching experience are recognized as PhD guides by the university, and mentor 1 to 5 PhD students at a time.
MD- PhD Course: This unique program sponsored by the Indian Council of Medical research, encourages post-MD students to pursue a PhD, while doing a senior residency. Entrance is through a competitive examination. Every year one to two students opt for the program and are mentored by senior faculty members of the department.
PDCC (Infectious Disease) :This newly introduced one year program provides an opportunity for post-MD(Microbiology) students to gain experience in clinical aspects of infectious disease though clinical ward rotations and involvement in patient care. PDCC students are selected through a competitive process and are appointed as Senior residents. Currently the department offers three PDCC seats. While gaining additional much needed experience in independent laboratory work, teaching and research, these senior residents also support the training of Junior Residents of the department.