Courses

1. For Undergraduate 2^nd M.B.B.S Course (recent curriculum)

Title of the Course : Second M.B,B.S. Physiology Course

Duration of course: 1½ years

Teaching methodology

• Lecture
• Tutorial
• Practical
• Integrated teaching: CBL
• TPPD

Overview Topics

Sr. No.	Contents	Lecture hours	Integrated/ applied lecture hours	Seminar	Tutorial hours	Practical hours	Total hours
1	General physiology	7			6		13
2	Cell physiology	12			6	3	21
3	Physiology of blood	18	5		12	21	56
4	Excitable tissues	20			12		32
5	The autonomic nervous system	8			4		12
6	Cardiovascular physiology	18	3	3	17	15	56
7	Physiology of respiration	15	5		16	12	48
8	Gastrointestinal physiology	15			12		27
9	Renal physiology/ body fluid	21	2		13	3	39
10	Physiology of skin & Thermoregulation	8			4	3	15
11	Endocrinology	31		3	15	-	49
12	Reproduction	12	2		4	3	21
13	Neurophysiology	24	2		15	18	59
	Total hours	233			137	78	448

 

Teaching Hour

System Teaching + integration                                                                                         448hrs
15	Practical Test						20 hrs
16	Revision						24hrs
	Tests 4* 11 hours						44hrs
	Grand total						536hrs

 

Assessment

• Four class tests and one practical test are conducted during academic year as formative assessment

• Final theory exam including 2 theory papers and one practical test is conducted at the 15^th month of academic year as summative assessment

• Compartment system is used for the 2^nd MBBS students
• Three compartments: Class Work (30%), Final Theory (50%) and Final Practical (20%). Class Work includes 4 class tests and one practical test. Final Theory includes 2 theory papers. In each class test and final exam,
  • • Multiple Choice Questions: 40 stems (200 responses), multiple responses, minus system, not carried over for two hours
    • Multiple Short Questions: 6 in number for one hour

• In practical test/ exam,
  • • Objective Structured Practical Examination (OPSE) includes 10 stations (one station for 5 minutes)
• Viva voce: only for potential distinction candidates
• Supplementary exam including 2 theory papers and one practical test is conducted 6 weeks after the announcement of final exam result.

Proposed curriculum

For Foundation Year

Title of the Course : Foundation Year, Functional Principle Bloc

After completion of this functional principle block, the learner should

• have acquired knowledge of the fundamental principles for understanding of physiologic processes and interaction of body systems
• enable to integrate/correlate with clinical and other medical related subjects

Teaching hours: 36 hours (Teaching Hours may be changed)

Teaching methodology

• Lecture
• Small Group Discussion
• Practical
• Group presentation
• Assignment
• TBL
• TPPD

Overview Topics

The functional principle bloc consists of SIX components such as

1. Cells, levels of body organization and environments of the body
2. Homeostasis
3. Membrane transport
4. Electrical properties of nerve and muscle cells
5. General principles of neurophysiology
6. General principles of endocrine physiology

SN	Subject topics and contents	Teaching Learning Methods				Total Hours
		Lecture	Small Group Teaching
			Discussion/ Assignment	Group discussion,  Group presentation, TBL	Practical
1.	Cells, Level of body organization and Environments of the body	1	1	-	1	3
2.	Homeostasis	1	1	1	-	3
3.	Membrane transport	3	2	2	-	7
4.	Electrical properties of nerve and muscle cells	5	2	2	-	9
5.	General principles of Neurophysiology	4	4	2	-	10
6.	General principles of endocrine physiology	1	1	2	-	4
	Total Hours	15	11	9	1	36

Assessemnt

Continuous assessment (50%)

• Group presentation and discussion (8)                                   40%                
• TBL (1)                                                                                   10%    

Summative assessment (50%)

• MCQs (single response: 30 responses)                                                 

Pass/ Fail criteria

• Pass: if score for each continuous and summative assessment is more than 23%
• Fail: if score for each continuous and summative assessment is less than 23%

Remedial test

• If fail, the first resit on next week
• If fail in the first resit, the second resit at the end of Principle bloc

For promotion to Year 1

• If student passes all 6 modules, the student is progressed to Year 1.

Title of the Course : Year 1

After completion of this functional principle block, the learner should

• have acquired knowledge of the fundamental principles for understanding of physiologic processes and interaction of body systems
• enable to integrate/correlate with clinical and other medical related subjects

 

Teaching hours: Teaching methodology

• Lecture
• Small Group Discussion
• Self directed learning
• Practical
• Group presentation
• Assignment
• TBL
• TPPD

 

Overview topics

SN	Modules	Teaching Learning Methods				Total Hours
		Lecture	Small Group Teaching
			SDL	SGD	Practical
1.	Musculoskeletal module	7	2	3		12
2.	Cardiovascular module	19	12	13	12	56
3.	Respiratory module	11	4	4		19
4.	GI , Liver and Nutrition module	5	11	11		27
Total		42	29	31	12	114

Title of the Course : Year 2

After completion of this functional principle block, the learner should

• have acquired knowledge of the fundamental principles for understanding of physiologic processes and interaction of body systems

• enable to integrate/correlate with clinical and other medical related subjects

 

Teaching hours: Teaching methodology

• Lecture
• Small Group Discussion
• Self directed learning
• Practical
• Group presentation
• Assignment
• TBL
• TPPD

 

Overview topics

SN	Modules	Teaching Learning Methods				Total Hours
		Lecture	Small Group Teaching
			SDL	SGD	Practical
1.	Haematology module	4	7	11		22
2.	Immunology module	9	7	7		23
3.	Endocrinology module	18	5	18 (combined)		41
4.	Renal and reproductive Health module	27	5	21	4	57
5.	Neurology and Psychiatry module	19	13	12	12	56
Total		77	37	69	16	199