NTRUHS PG Curriculum

Can you please give here Curriculum /Syllabus for MDS PG course offered by Dr.NTR University of Health Science (NTRUHS) ?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

As you want I am here giving you Curriculum /Syllabus for MDS PG course offered by Dr.NTR University Of Health Science (NTRUHS).

Curriculum /Syllabus in various specialties for MDS course as :

Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Dental Materials
Paper – II - Removable Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology
Paper – III - Fixed Prostodontics
Paper – IV - Essay

Periodontology
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology&Pharmacology
Paper – II - Etiopathogenesis
Paper – III- Clinical Periodontology & Oral Implantology
Paper – IV- Essay


Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
Paper – II - Minor Oral Surgery and Trauma
Paper – III- Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Implantology
Paper – IV- Essay

Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Dental Materials
Paper – II - Conservative Dentistry and Aesthetic Dentistry
Paper – III- Endodontics
Paper – IV- Essay

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Genetics Physical
Anthropology & Dental Materials
Paper – II - Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Paper – III- Clinical Orthodontics and Mechanotherapy
Paper – IV- Essay

Oral Pathology & Microbiology and Forensic Odontology
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Research Methodology
Paper – II - Oral Pathology, Microbiology and Oncology
Paper – III- Laboratory Techniques and Diagnosis
Paper – IV- Essay

Public Health Dentistry
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Research Methodology
Paper – II - Public Health
Paper – III- Dental Public Health
Paper – IV- Essay


Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Microbiology, Nutrition & Dietics
Paper – II - Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
Paper – III - Preventive & Community Dentistry as applied to Pediatric Dentistry
Paper – IV - Essay

Oral Medicine & Radiology
Paper – I : Applied Human Anatomy, Applied Human Physiology, Biochemistry,
Pharmacology and Pathology & Microbiology
Paper – II : Diagnosis, Diagnostic Methods, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and
Applied Oral Pathology.
Paper – III: Oral Medicine, Therapeutics and Laboratory Investigations.
Paper – IV: Essay

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MDS course curriculum

12. Syllabus distribution among 4 papers in various specialties

Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Dental Materials
Paper – II - Removable Prosthodontics and Oral Implantology
Paper – III - Fixed Prostodontics
Paper – IV - Essay

Periodontology

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology&Pharmacology
Paper – II - Etiopathogenesis
Paper – III- Clinical Periodontology & Oral Implantology
Paper – IV- Essay


Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology
Paper – II - Minor Oral Surgery and Trauma
Paper – III- Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Implantology
Paper – IV- Essay
Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Dental Materials
Paper – II - Conservative Dentistry and Aesthetic Dentistry
Paper – III- Endodontics
Paper – IV- Essay


Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Genetics Physical
Anthropology & Dental Materials
Paper – II - Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Paper – III- Clinical Orthodontics and Mechanotherapy
Paper – IV- Essay


Oral Pathology & Microbiology and Forensic Odontology

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Research Methodology
Paper – II - Oral Pathology, Microbiology and Oncology
Paper – III- Laboratory Techniques and Diagnosis
Paper – IV- Essay


Public Health Dentistry

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Research Methodology
Paper – II - Public Health
Paper – III- Dental Public Health
Paper – IV- Essay


Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry

Paper – I - Applied Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Microbiology, Nutrition &
Dietics
Paper – II - Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
Paper – III - Preventive & Community Dentistry as applied to Pediatric Dentistry
Paper – IV - Essay

Oral Medicine & Radiology

Paper – I : Applied Human Anatomy, Applied Human Physiology, Biochemistry,
Pharmacology and Pathology & Microbiology
Paper – II : Diagnosis, Diagnostic Methods, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and
Applied Oral Pathology.
Paper – III: Oral Medicine, Therapeutics and Laboratory Investigations.
Paper – IV: Essay


13. Criteria for declaring as pass

To pass in the university examination a candidate shall secure in theory examination and practical / clinical including viva – voce independently an aggregate of 50% of total marks allotted [150 marks out of 300 allotted for theory and 150 out of 300 for practical & clinical and Viva – Voce together]. A candidate securing less marks as described above shall be declared to have failed the examination. A candidate who is declared successful in the examination shall be granted a degree of Master of Dental Surgery in the respective speciality.


14. Nomenclature of specialties for MDS degree

• Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge
• Periodontology
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
• Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• Oral Pathology and Microbiology
• Public Health Dentistry
• Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
• Oral Medicine & Radiology




15. Definitions of Various Specialties

i. Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge

Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge and Oral Implantology is the branch of Dental art & science pertaining to the restoration & maintenance of oral function, health, comfort and appearance by the replacement of missing or lost natural teeth and associated tissues either by fixed or removable artificial substitutes.

ii. Periodontology

Periodontology is the science dealing with the health and diseases and investing and supporting structures of the teeth and oral mucous membranes.

iii. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery deals with the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects of the human jaws and facial structures.

iv. Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics deals with prevention and treatment of the disease and injuries of the hard tissues, pulp of the tooth and associated periapical lesions.

v. Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics deals with prevention and correction of oral anomalies & malocclusion and the harmonizing of the structures involved, so that the dental mechanism will function in a normal way.

vi. Oral Pathology and Microbiology
Oral Pathology and Microbiology, deals with the nature of oral diseases, processes and effects. It relates the clinical manifestations of oral diseases to the physiologic and anatomic changes associated with these diseases.

vii. Public Health Dentistry
Public Health Dentistry is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts.

viii. Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry
Paedodontics & Preventive Dentistry deals with prevention and treatment of oral and dental ailments that may occur during childhood.

ix. Oral Medicine & Radiology
Oral Medicine is that specialty of dentistry concerned with the basic diagnostic procedures and techniques useful in recognizing diseases of the oral tissues of local and constitutional origin and their medical management.
Radiology is a science dealing with x – rays and their uses in diagnosis and treatment of diseases in relation to orofacial diseases.


16. Goals and Objectives of the Curriculum

Goals

The goals of postgraduate training in various specialties is to train B.D.S graduate who will:
• Practice respective specialty efficiently and effectively, backed by scientific knowledge and skill.
• Exercise empathy and a caring attitude and maintain high ethical standards.
• Continue to evince keen interest in continuing professional education in the specialty and allied specialties irrespective of whether in teaching or practice.
• Willing to share the knowledge and skills with any learner, junior or a colleague.
• To develop the faculty for critical analysis and evaluation of various concepts and views, to adapt the most rational approach.

Objectives

The objective is to train a candidate so as to ensure higher competence in both general and special areas of interest and prepare him for a career in teaching, research and speciality practice. A candidate must achieve a high degree of clinical proficiency in the subject matter and develop competence in research and its methodology as related to the field concerned.

The above objectives are to be achieved by the time, the candidate complete the course. The objectives may be considered as under;

1. Knowledge (cognitive domain)
2. Skills (psycho motor domain)
3. Human values, ethical practice and communication abilities

Knowledge

• Demonstrate understanding of basic sciences relevant to speciality.
• Describe etiology, pathophysiology, principles, diagnosis and management of common problems within specialty in adults and children.
• Identify social, economic, environmental and emotional determinants in a given case and take them into account for planning treatment.
• Recognize conditions that may be outside the area of specialty / competence and to refer them to an appropriate specialist.
• Update knowledge by self study and by attending courses, conferences and seminars relevant to specialty.
• Undertake audit, use information technology and carry out research both basic and clinical with the aim of publishing or presenting the work at various scientific gatherings.


Skills

• Take a proper history, examine the patient, perform essential diagnostic procedures and order relevant investigations and interpret them for proper diagnosis.
• Acquire adequate skills and become competent in performing various procedures as required in the specialty.


Human values, Ethical Practice and Communication Skills

• Adopt Ethical Principles in all aspects of practice
• Professional honesty and integrity are to be fostered.
• Patient care is to be delivered irrespective of social status, caste, creed or religion of the patient.
• Develop communication skills in maintaining rapport with patient and to obtain true informed consent from the patient.
• Provide leadership and get the best out of his team in a congenial working atmosphere.
• Apply high moral and ethical standards while carrying out human or animal research.
• Be humble and accept the limitations in knowledge and skill and ask for help from colleagues when needed.
• Respect patient’s rights and privileges including patient’s right to information and right to seek second opinion.


17. Teaching and learning activities

All the candidates registered for MDS course in various specialties shall pursue the course for a period of 3 years as full time students. During this period each student shall take part actively in learning and teaching activities designed by the Institution / University. The teaching and learning activities in each specialty are:

i. Lectures
There shall be some didactic lectures in the specialty and in the allied fields. The
postgraduate departments should encourage guest lectures in the required areas to strengthen the training programmes. It is also desirable to have certain integrated lectures by multi disciplinary teams on selected topics.




ii. Journal Club
The journal review meetings shall be held once a week. All trainees are expected to participate actively and enter relevant details in log book. The trainee should make presentations from the allotted journals of selected topics.

iii. Seminars
The seminars shall be held at least twice a week in each postgraduate department. All trainees are expected to participate actively and enter relevant details in log book. Each trainee shall make at least 5 seminar presentations in each year.

iv. Symposium
It is recommended to hold symposium on topics covering multiple disciplines.

v. Clinical postings
Each trainee shall work in the clinics on regular basis to acquire practical skills and competency in managing various cases to be treated by specialist.

vi. Clinico Pathological Conference
Clinico Pathological conference should be held once in month involving the faculties of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Oral Pathology and concerned clinical department.

vii. Interdepartmental Meetings
To bring in more integration among various specialties, there shall be interdepartmental meeting chaired by the Dean with all the Heads of the Departments at least once in a month.

viii. Teaching Skills
All the trainees shall be encouraged to take part in undergraduate teaching programmes either in the form of lectures or group discussions.

ix. Continuing Dental Education Programmes
Each postgraduate department shall organize these programmes on regular basis involving the other institutions. The trainees shall also be encouraged to attend such programmes conducted elsewhere.

x. Conferences / Workshops / Advanced Courses
The Trainees shall be encouraged not only to attend conferences / workshops / advanced courses but also to present at least 2 papers at State / National specialty meetings during their training period.

xi. Rotation & Posting in other departments
To bring in more integration between the specialty and allied fields, each postgraduate department shall work out a programme to rotate trainees in related disciplines.



xii. Dissertation / Thesis
Research activity is very important for the growth of the profession. Trainees shall prepare a dissertation based on the clinical or experimental work or any other study conducted by them under the supervision of the postgraduate guide.

18. Rules and regulations for the Postgraduate Students

• The PGs are expected to sign in their attendance register every morning by 9.00 am and before leaving at 4.00 PM.
• During the college hours the PGs have to note their movements in the movement register whenever they have to leave the department, countersigned by the staff present in the department at that time.
• The PGs have to maintain a logbook individually according to the guidelines provided, for the work done on each day, evaluated and signed by a staff member. The work may be preclinical exercises or the clinical work which are recorded individually in preclinical record or clinical case sheets.
• In addition the PGs have to enter the cases done in the common case register for each appointment countersigned by a staff member.
• In case of absence or leave of any PG student, they have to inform in writing to the HOD or staff member in-charge and request any of Co-PGs to attend their work or patient in their absence.
• All the treatment details and the subsequent appointments given to the patients are to be recorded particularly in their case records.
• The PGs are expected to use all the prescribed personal protection equipments (gloves, masks etc) and follow universal precautions to all the patients. They are also expected to use clean and sterile instruments.
• Cleanliness and maintenance of the dental chair allotted to them and the surroundings of the PG clinic are the responsibilities of the individual PG students.
• The PG students are expected to have thorough knowledge about the clinical procedure, instrumentation and materials used. Evaluation of the PGs is done chair side and if they are found lacking in any area they are not allowed to handle the cases until they gain knowledge in the same.
• After the college hours the PGs are expected to utilize the college library for reference books and journals, preparing seminars, journal clubs, index cards for library dissertation and university dissertation.
• The PGs are expected to be responsible for the books, instruments or material taken from the department. Due entry of the books or instruments to be there in the register countersigned by the staff in-charge. They have to be returned duly after utilization, to allow others to use them.
• Weekly seminars, journal and case discussions will be conducted in the department on rotation basis for the PG students. The students are expected to report the seminar topic, outline of the topic, topic of the journal discussion or case presentation to be done one week before presentation and take approval from the HOD or the staff in charge.

Address:
Dr. NTR Health University
New Government Hospital Road, NH-5 Frontage Road
Mahanadu Road Circle Point, Beside General Hospital, Gunadala
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520008

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[sumit]

Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, formerly Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences, is a public university in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

It was Founded in 9 April 1986

PG Curricula
Diploma

1. Diploma in Anesthesia
2. Diploma in Clinical Pathology
3. Diploma in DVL
4. Diploma in ENT
5. Diploma in Health Education
6. Diploma in Immunohaematology
7. Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
8. Diploma in Occupational Health
9. Diploma in Ophthalmology
10. Diploma in Orthopaedics
11. Diploma in Paediatrics
12. Diploma in Psychiatry
13. Diploma in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
14. Diploma in Pulmonary medicine
15. Diploma in Radio-diagnosis
16. Diploma in Radiation Medicine
17. Diploma in Sports Medicine
18. Diploma in Tropical medicine
19. Diploma in Allergy & Clinical Immunology


MD

1. MD in Aerospace Medicine
2. MD in Anatomy
3. MD in Anesthesia
4. MD in Biochemistry
5. MD in Community medicine
6. MD in Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy
7. MD in Family Medicine
8. MD in Forensic Medicine
9. MD in General Medicine
10. MD in Geriatrics
11. MD in Health Administration
12. MD in Hospital Administration
13. MD in Immunohaematology
14. MD in Microbiology
15. MD in Nuclear medicine
16. MD in Paediatrics
17. MD in Pathology
18. MD in Pharmacology
19. MD in Psychiatry
20. MD in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
21. MD in Physiology
22. MD in Pulmonary medicine
23. MD in Radiodiagnosis
24. MD in Radiotherapy
25. MD in Sports Medicine
26. MD in Tropical Medicine
27. MD in Family Medicine
28. MD in Palliative Medicine
29. MD in Marine Medicine


MS

1. MS in ENT
2. MS in General Surgery
3. MS in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
4. MS in Ophthalmology
5. MS in Orthopaedics
6. MS in Traumatology & Surgery


DM

1. DM in Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
2. DM in Critical Care Medicine
3. DM in Hepatology
4. DM in Neuroanesthesia
5. DM in Neuroradiology
6. DM in Organ Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care
7. DM in Paediatric Oncology
8. DM in Paediatric Hepatology
9 DM in Paediatric Neurology
10. DM in Virology
11. DM in Infectious Diseases
MCH

1. MCh in Gynaecological Oncology
2. MCh in Hand Surgery
3. MCh in Hepato Pancreato Biliary Surgery
4. MCh in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery
5. MCh in Vascular Surgery


Address:

Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences
On National Highway,N.T.R University, Gunadala, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520008

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