Armed Forces Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Phone: 01775021519,
Email : info@afmcbd.com , Website : Armed Forces Medical College
Phone: 01775021519,
Email : info@afmcbd.com , Website : Armed Forces Medical College
The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) is a military medical college in Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is run by the Military of Bangladesh and is under the Ministry of Defense of Bangladesh. A Major General of Bangladesh Army's Medical Corps is the Commandant of the College. It has two types of students. Medical Cadets (AFMC cadets) and Army Medical Corps Cadets (AMC cadets). AFMC cadets can become civilian doctors after completing the MBBS course but AMC cadets should join the Army Medical Corps (AMC) of Bangladesh Army .
The college is listed in the AVICENNA Directory for Medicine (previously known as the WHO World Directory of Medical Schools)
Subjects and examinations
Like any other medical college in Bangladesh, the five year course is divided into three parts (the first part being preclinical), with each part leading up to a professional examination (or 'prof') and consisting of subjects specific to that prof.The First Professional Examination (done in second year) consists of:
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Community Medicine
- Forensic Medicine
- Microbiology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Gynecology
- Medicine
- Surgery
AFMC is the only medical college in Bangladesh affiliated with Bangladesh University of Professionals (until recent years it was affiliated with University of Dhaka)
The internship that follows completion of the course is carried out for a year at the nearby Combined Military Hospital (CMH). Internship there is compulsory, though foreign students are not paid.
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