Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Science and Research Center
Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Science and Research Center
Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre was set up in 1979 at Bangalore, Karnataka, for development and imparting quality healthcare education, research and training facilities to the young and future generation of medical students. The vision of the inception of the medical institute and the hospital was to provide affordable and highly expertise delivery of healthcare facilities. The college was set up as per the sponsorship of Sri Srinivasa Educational Charitable Trust. Different medical degree and diploma courses are notified by the National Medical Commission or NMC and are affiliated with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Passing candidates receive medical degrees and diplomas from NMC and RGUHS.
Admission Procedure of the Medical College
The college is famous for studies in different specializations of Medicine, Surgery, Forensic Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Community Medicine, and Physiology, etc. The entry into 5.5 year MBBS course, including one year internship, is made on the basis of previous academic records. A candidate should possess a minimum 50 marks each in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and English at the higher secondary examination and a NEET qualified candidate is eligible to take admission in the undergraduate courses of medicine. A student’s minimum age of 17 years old on December 31st of the MBBS year shall be required. The Pre-University Course examination is to be validated by RGUHS. Each year the college admits 150 students for MBBS course following the guidelines of NMC.
Academic and Practical Training Methods
Mentoring in education and practical training approaches are the same as in any other national standards. A focus is made on intensive and extensive exposures of students in any undergraduate and postgraduate course of study. With the supervision of NMC and RGUHS guidelines, comprehensive and meticulous practice is carried out by intellectual lectures, intensive care medicine and pain introduction, Anesthesiology clinic, procedural training in Operation Theatres and Intensive Care Units. Interactive tutorials, case-study presentations, focused-thinking sessions, problem solving skills-training and so on, are included in the syllabus. Integrated and inter-departmental conferences and seminars are conducted regularly.
Infrastructural Facilities Offered
The hospital, having 1200 beds as affiliated to the college, has super-specialized, computerized laboratories and operation theatres to meet the investigation in Pathology, Pharmacology, Anaesthesia, Medicine, Forensic Medicine and many other fields. Spacious lecture halls, fully equipped libraries, computer laboratories updated, internet connectivity and seminar rooms, auditorium, community center, sports complex, hostel and mess facility, cultural activity center, ATM and many more to provide dissemination of world-class academic services to students. The college strives for a whole approach to the medical education and practice for both communities, rural and urban. Student tracking system through Information Management System or IMS provides regular updates to guardians about the progress in academics of their wards. Student insurance facility is provided to all enrolled students. The provision of other types of non-academic, literary, cultural, and sports activity contributes to, the, all-round, development, of, students.
Faculty and Fees Structure
Faculty is comprised of highly reputed medical practitioners actively taking part in many intensive and prolonged research activities in modern medicine and the newest surgical techniques in the hi-tech college laboratories. The majority of the professors are eminent experts in their own subject involving Pre-Clinical, Para Clinical and Clinical fields. Digitalized laboratories are fully equipped to perform a wide range of studies with modern diagnostic tools, etc. The department of medicine publishes a diverse range of research articles and journal publications both nationally and internationally. The annual tuition fee for MBBS is Rs. 1,10,000 approximately, which may vary due to decision of the college administration and RGUHS.
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