Institute of Medicine, Nepal
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Institute of Medicine Nepal
, located in the capital city-Kathmandu, is the premier medical institution of Nepal.
Institute of Medicine has been entrusted with :
Institute of Medicine (IOM), established in 1972 at Tribhuvan University
, was entrusted with the responsibility of training health care workers at all levels for the health care manpower needs of Nepal. Within the first decade of its establishment, the IOM developed a total of 12 campuses scattered over the country -- 3 campuses in Kathmandu and 9 campuses outside the Kathmandu Valley.
Initially, the emphasis of IOM was on the training of middle-level health workers. Programmes serving this purpose include ANM, CMA, Proficiency Certificate Course in General Medicine, Pharmacy, Radiology, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Health Laboratory and Traditional Medicine.
With the passage of time, the institutional goals of IOM have continued to change. The mission of the IOM eventually expanded into training tertiary level health professionals. By 1977 it had at the graduate level a 2-year Bachelor of Nursing Programmes in Community Nursing, Paediatric Nursing and Adult Nursing.
In 1978, a community-oriented integrated MBBS programme was started with intake of 22 students. Subsequently the class size was increased to 60, and plans are underway to increase the number.
The official website is http://www.teachinghospital.org.np
BPKLCOS is the place where MD Ophthalmology resident doctors and B. Optometry students have their clinical rotations and other academic activities.
With support from the University of Calgary
, Canada, a three-year Postgraduate Generalist (family physician) training
and one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthesiology were started in 1982 and 1984, respectively.
Today the IOM has a total of 29 different programs, from proficiency certificate level to the highest postgraduate degree in medicine,
public health, paramedical, nursing and traditional Ayurveda
medicine through
Tribhuvan University Hospital and 9 campuses scattered all over the country.
National Health Profession Council (NHPC)with the recommendations of Nepalese Association of Optometrists (NAO) is the regulating body of Optometrists in Nepal as there is no separate optometry-council yet. However, like in other countries, recognition of Optometrists (Recently recognized as 'Doctors of Optometry' by the NAO as in US, Australia, Philipinnes etc., is increasing and their vital role in Eye-care field is being realized.
Optometry in IOM is under Department of Ophthalmology. It is a unique place in the world where Optometrists are trained along with the MD Ophthalmology residents by the ophthalmology and optometry faculties.
In 1987, following a major review process which extended over a period of several years, a new primary health-care oriented curriculum was introduced. This curriculum intends to meet the health-care needs of the people of Nepal. Therefore, the aim is to produce graduates who have the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to provide preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative aspects of care, to individuals, families and community.
The existing two-track post basic BN program was started in 1968. The decision to start the revised program was based on having just one nursing program at the Bachelor level with two tracks/community nursing and hospital nursing. Having two tracks with students taking common one course in areas of teaching, leadership management and research helped to prepare nurses to be flexible and adapt to any area of nursing practice. Since the introduction of the first post-basic program, 404 nurse have graduated.
The recent development in nursing education is a program leading to a master's degree in nursing (MN). The result of a study conducted in 1991 to determine the need for and the feasibility of introducing an MN program, indicated that with the expansion of health services, there would be a need for more nursing positions requiring higher level qualifications. The study results also indicated that with the expansion of health services, there would be a need for more nursing positions requiring higher level qualifications. The study results also indicated that 90 percent of the BN graduates surveyed were interested in undertaking study at the masters degree level in Nepal. The curriculum for the MN program was developed and plans were implemented in April, 1995.
The most recent program in Nursing is B.Sc Nursing which was started in 2005 AD with 20 students. The program was focused in meeting the international standard of four years bachelor degree and provide the nation with high skilled manpower in the field of nursing.
Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS)
The BAMS programme enables the learners:
- to be competent, capable to providing ayurveda health services in Nepal, identifying and managing health institutions.
Course of Study::
The curriculum is divided into the professionals of 18 months each. The students have to pass in all the subjects before being promoted to the next professional. To be able to take the professional examinations, one must pass the internal assessment.
National Centre for Health professions Education (Former Medical Education Department)
Training of teachers on medical education: IOM teachers as well as teachers from other medical colleges.
Training of trainers to help different program of Ministry of Health and population
Assisted in the development of national policy on education of health professionals education.
Health Learning Materials Center::
Played a pioneering role in the development of learning materials to assist the primary health care movement of the government as well in training the writers, editors and illustrators for the development of learning materials in the country.
Mental Health Project:
Provide community based mental health care in the country.
It is working at various levels including developing needed human resources and raising the awareness in the community. It is working to uplift the mental health status for positive psychological and social development of children.
Postgraduate education and research support center::
Central Library
Tribhuvan University, Teaching Hospital (TUTH) Library under institute of Medicine, started since 1978, previously known as Central Campus Library, IOM which was established from 1972. This Library is also the deposited center of WHO publications.
Department of Information Technology::
Development of a sustainable Internet Service Provider inside the premises of Institute of Medicine. It has played a key role in enhancing the access to internet to the faculty and students of the institute.
http://www.iom.edu.np/
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
, located in the capital city-Kathmandu, is the premier medical institution of Nepal.
Institute of Medicine has been entrusted with :
Institute of Medicine (IOM), established in 1972 at Tribhuvan University
Tribhuvan University
Tribhuvan University [त्रिभुवन विश्वविध्यालय] is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest of the five universities in Nepal...
, was entrusted with the responsibility of training health care workers at all levels for the health care manpower needs of Nepal. Within the first decade of its establishment, the IOM developed a total of 12 campuses scattered over the country -- 3 campuses in Kathmandu and 9 campuses outside the Kathmandu Valley.
Initially, the emphasis of IOM was on the training of middle-level health workers. Programmes serving this purpose include ANM, CMA, Proficiency Certificate Course in General Medicine, Pharmacy, Radiology, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Health Laboratory and Traditional Medicine.
With the passage of time, the institutional goals of IOM have continued to change. The mission of the IOM eventually expanded into training tertiary level health professionals. By 1977 it had at the graduate level a 2-year Bachelor of Nursing Programmes in Community Nursing, Paediatric Nursing and Adult Nursing.
In 1978, a community-oriented integrated MBBS programme was started with intake of 22 students. Subsequently the class size was increased to 60, and plans are underway to increase the number.
Hospital
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, a 300-bed teaching hospital, was completed in 1984 with support from JICA, and another 100 beds were added in 1993. At 444 beds, Tribhuvan University Hospital is currently the largest hospital in country, providing new tertiary level health service to the Nepalese people. This hospital is the site of teaching and research activities of IOM.The official website is http://www.teachinghospital.org.np
B. P. Koirala Lions Center for Ophthalmic Studies
B. P. Koirala Lions Center for Ophthalmic Studies (BPKLCOS)- a collaborative project of Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine, B.P. Eye Foundation and Lions Club International District 325, is an important landmark in the history of blindness prevention in Nepal. Established with funds partially provided by Lions Club International Sight First Program and co-financed by Lions Club International Multiple District 102 Switzerland and Liechtenstein, this center has provided its services to about 82,000 eye patients in the last two years of its establishment. The Center provides services not only at its premises but also at satellite clinics and eye camps in the far-flung areas of the country.BPKLCOS is the place where MD Ophthalmology resident doctors and B. Optometry students have their clinical rotations and other academic activities.
New buildings
Four other centers have started functioning since early 2009. Those includes-- Ganesh Man Singh Center for Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Surgery-The out-patient department is functioning fully. Still the in-patient and operative procedures are carried out in the old building of the main Teaching Hospital Complex.
- Manamohan Cardiovascular and Transplant Center-Center is fully functioning with its own sets of faculty and medical officers.
- Gynaecology and Obstetrics Centre-under-construction.
- Paediatric Center-It is fully functioning.
- New Emergency Building-It was recently inaugurated by honorable president of Nepal, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav. It was built by the owner of Bhatbhateni Super market in the memory of his parents.
Recent addition
- Emergency DepartmentEmergency departmentAn emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
-with the financial aid from the Bhatbhateni Supermarket, a new infra-structure for emergency department is constructed. It is still in the phase of construction.
Central University Nursing Schools and Hospitals
- Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Maharajgunj (Also known as The Central Campus, IOM)
- Ayurved Campus, Kirtipur
- Maharajgunj Nursing Campus, Maharajgunj
- Pokhara Nursing Campus, Pokhara
- Birgunj Nursing Campus, Birgunj
- Biratnagar Nursing Campus, Biratnagar
- Nepalgunj Nursing Campus, Nepalgunj.
Major Affiliated Hospitals, Nursing and medical colleges
- Peoples' Dental College, Nayabazar, Kathmandu
- Lalitpur Nursing Campus, Lalitpur
- Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairhawa
- National Medical College, Birgunj
- Janaki Medical College, Janakpur
- Chitwan medical College, Bharatpur
- Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara
With support from the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
, Canada, a three-year Postgraduate Generalist (family physician) training
and one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthesiology were started in 1982 and 1984, respectively.
Today the IOM has a total of 29 different programs, from proficiency certificate level to the highest postgraduate degree in medicine,
public health, paramedical, nursing and traditional Ayurveda
Ayurveda
Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...
medicine through
Tribhuvan University Hospital and 9 campuses scattered all over the country.
Optometry
There are no independent optometry colleges in Nepal. In 1997, Bachelor of Optometry was introduced in IOM initially as a 3-yr course. In 2003, the course was revised and made a four-year course to meet the international standards.National Health Profession Council (NHPC)with the recommendations of Nepalese Association of Optometrists (NAO) is the regulating body of Optometrists in Nepal as there is no separate optometry-council yet. However, like in other countries, recognition of Optometrists (Recently recognized as 'Doctors of Optometry' by the NAO as in US, Australia, Philipinnes etc., is increasing and their vital role in Eye-care field is being realized.
Optometry in IOM is under Department of Ophthalmology. It is a unique place in the world where Optometrists are trained along with the MD Ophthalmology residents by the ophthalmology and optometry faculties.
Faculty of Nursing
In 1972, with the introduction of the New Education System Plan, nursing education became the responsibility of the Institute of Medicine (IoM), Tribhuvan University. The first Nursing school then became an IoM campus and the second one, an extension campus. These campuses ran a three-year nursing certificate programme that remained very much oriented to hospital nursing. Although the curriculum continued to be that to preparing nurses for hospital services.In 1987, following a major review process which extended over a period of several years, a new primary health-care oriented curriculum was introduced. This curriculum intends to meet the health-care needs of the people of Nepal. Therefore, the aim is to produce graduates who have the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to provide preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative aspects of care, to individuals, families and community.
The existing two-track post basic BN program was started in 1968. The decision to start the revised program was based on having just one nursing program at the Bachelor level with two tracks/community nursing and hospital nursing. Having two tracks with students taking common one course in areas of teaching, leadership management and research helped to prepare nurses to be flexible and adapt to any area of nursing practice. Since the introduction of the first post-basic program, 404 nurse have graduated.
The recent development in nursing education is a program leading to a master's degree in nursing (MN). The result of a study conducted in 1991 to determine the need for and the feasibility of introducing an MN program, indicated that with the expansion of health services, there would be a need for more nursing positions requiring higher level qualifications. The study results also indicated that with the expansion of health services, there would be a need for more nursing positions requiring higher level qualifications. The study results also indicated that 90 percent of the BN graduates surveyed were interested in undertaking study at the masters degree level in Nepal. The curriculum for the MN program was developed and plans were implemented in April, 1995.
The most recent program in Nursing is B.Sc Nursing which was started in 2005 AD with 20 students. The program was focused in meeting the international standard of four years bachelor degree and provide the nation with high skilled manpower in the field of nursing.
Faculty of Ayurveda
Ayurveda Campus is the only centre for Ayurvedic education in Nepal. It resulted from the merging of HMG's Ayurveda Vidhyalaya and Chikitsalaya with the Institute on Medicine in 1972. History reveals that Rajakiya Ayurveda Vidhyalaya was the first to start technical education in the country in 1993 BS. Though striving for infrastructure since more than two decades. Bachelor and Certificate admissions were interrupted in 1991 and 1993 and was restarted in 1996. It admits 15 students every year into its 5½ years course with 3 professionals of 18 months each, followed by an internship of one year.Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS)
The BAMS programme enables the learners:
- to be competent, capable to providing ayurveda health services in Nepal, identifying and managing health institutions.
Course of Study::
The curriculum is divided into the professionals of 18 months each. The students have to pass in all the subjects before being promoted to the next professional. To be able to take the professional examinations, one must pass the internal assessment.
Departments & Support Centres
National Centre for Health professions Education (Former Medical Education Department)
Training of teachers on medical education: IOM teachers as well as teachers from other medical colleges.
Training of trainers to help different program of Ministry of Health and population
Assisted in the development of national policy on education of health professionals education.
Health Learning Materials Center::
Played a pioneering role in the development of learning materials to assist the primary health care movement of the government as well in training the writers, editors and illustrators for the development of learning materials in the country.
Mental Health Project:
Provide community based mental health care in the country.
It is working at various levels including developing needed human resources and raising the awareness in the community. It is working to uplift the mental health status for positive psychological and social development of children.
Postgraduate education and research support center::
Central Library
Tribhuvan University, Teaching Hospital (TUTH) Library under institute of Medicine, started since 1978, previously known as Central Campus Library, IOM which was established from 1972. This Library is also the deposited center of WHO publications.
Department of Information Technology::
Development of a sustainable Internet Service Provider inside the premises of Institute of Medicine. It has played a key role in enhancing the access to internet to the faculty and students of the institute.
http://www.iom.edu.np/