Government Medical College, Patiala

Government Medical College, Patiala is affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot and was established in the year 1953. The institution is approved by Medical Council of India (MCI). The institution offers a variety of undergraduate courses in nursing, medicine and related areas and offers postgraduate courses in all the basic and clinical medical super-specialities.

Campus

The institution is situated in Sangrur Road Patiala. The institution is less than 2.6 km from Patiala railway station. The campus has a globally remarked infrastructure and consists of modern facilities which are required for a medical college.

Facilities

The institution provides separate residential facilities for boys and girls along with the mess facility. It has spacious and air-conditioned classrooms with the facility of overhead projector, LCD projector and laptop. The institution has a library which has a gathering of books, newspapers, magazines, online databases and periodicals. The institution has an auditorium for various cultural events. It has conference hall, seminar hall. Besides these various other recreational facilities are also provided by the institution such as gymnasium, swimming pool, cafeteria and sports facility etc.

Programmes

Government Medical College offers undergraduate and postgraduate programme in the medical field. The institution offers undergraduate programme in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme and postgraduate course in the field of MD programme. The duration of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme is four and a half years with the compulsory internship of one year while the duration of the MD programme is two years.

Undergraduate Medical Course

MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)

Postgraduate Medical Course

MD (Doctor of Medicine)

Internship

All the students pursuing Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme has to do the compulsory rotational internship of one year. It refers to one-year compulsory work in the hospital attached to a medical college or in any other approved hospital as allowed in some medical colleges (also known as teaching hospital) for one year.