Goa Medical College

Goa Medical College
Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de (Nova) Goa

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Seal of Goa Medical College
Latin: Goa Medical College
Motto Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Motto in English
 Truth is Eternal and Beautiful
Type Health Services, Medical Education and Research Institution
Established 1842
Parent institution
 Goa University
Dean Dr. Pradeep G. Naik[1]
Administrative staff
 2048[2]
Undergraduates 150[3]
Postgraduates 31 (MD students)
13 (MS students)
30 (Diploma students)[4]
Location Bambolim, Goa, India
Campus Urban 1,134,798 Sq Mts[5]
Acronym GMC
Website www.gmc.goa.gov.in , www.gmcmec.gov.in

Goa Medical College (GMC) is a medical college and hospital in Goa, India. It was built during Portuguese rule in 1842 as the Escola Médico-Cirúrgica de (Nova) Goa (Medical-Surgical School of Goa). It is one of the older medical colleges in Asia.[6][7][8] JIPMER in 21st June, 1823, while Calcutta Medical College started as The Native Medical Institution[9][10][11] which is considered as the oldest medical school in Asia as well as India. These were built by the erstwhile British Raj.[12] The college also has one of the oldest medical libraries (since 1845).[13]

Originally located in Panjim,at the present Inox theater area.The college was moved to Alto-Bambolim in 1993. The college has been under Goa University since 1986 before which it was under the Bombay University.[14] The Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (Bambolim), the TB and Chest Disease Hospital (St. Inez), The Rural Health and Training Centre (Mandur) and the Urban Health Centre (St. Cruz) form parts of the Establishment. The college is affiliated to Goa University, and offers the MBBS course, several MS and MD courses, and some super-specializations. Goa Medical College (GMC) and Goa Dental College are located opposite each other on either side of the road connecting Panjim and Cortalim. The area in between these colleges has shops and vendors selling home-made food, groceries, refreshments, coconut water etc...with a Hanuman temple as a cental-area landmark.

The renovated GMC building in Goa (April 2005)

.The current acting dean of Goa Medical College is Dr. Pradeep G. Naik, an ophthalmologist.[15]

Admissions

Under Graduate

The total intake is 150 for MBBS course. Of this 85% is filled through the GCET conducted by the Government of Goa and only residents of Goa are eligible. The rest 15% is All India Quota, open to any citizen of India, and is filled through the All India Pre Medical Test.

Post Graduate

It has intake of 86 seats for PG courses in which 50% is by All India Quota.

Courses offered

[16][17]

UG Course

M.B.B.S. - extending for at least 4 1/2 years followed by 1 year of compulsory rotational internship.

PG Courses

M.D.

M.S.

P. G. Diploma Courses

Superspecialization

M.Ch Neuro Surgery : 2 seats offered per year (Approved by MCI, yet to be recognised)

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Goa Medical College, Panaji at Medical Council of India Website". View details of college – Goa Medical College, Panaji. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Goa Medical College". Goa Medical College- Staff Details. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Goa Medical College". Goa Medical College- Information on MBBS. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Goa Medical College". Goa Medical College- Admissions for the Post Graduate seats. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Goa Medical College". Goa Medical College- Particulars of the Organization, Function and Duties. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Faridah Abdul Rashid (July 2012). Research on the Early Malay Doctors 1900–1957 Malaya and Singapore. Xlibris Corporation. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-4691-7243-9. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. ↑ Narendra K. Wagle; George Coehlo (1995). Goa: Continuity and Change. University of Toronto, Centre for South Asian Studies. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-895214-12-3. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  8. ↑ The Hindu Weekly Review. K. Gopalan. January 1968. p. 19. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  9. ↑ Uma Das Gupta (1995). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C.1784-1947 (History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilisation, Vol. XV, Part 4). XV, Part 4. Pearson Longman. p. 483. ISBN 978-8-131728-18-5. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  10. ↑ VED from VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS (1995). The SHROUDED SATANISM in FEUDAL LANGUAGES! Tribulations and intractability of improving others!!. VICTORIA INSTITUTIONS. p. 320. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ↑ David Arnold (2000). Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-521-56319-2. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Supe, A.; Burdick, W. P. (2006). "Challenges and Issues in Medical Education in India". Academic Medicine. 81 (12): 1076–1080. doi:10.1097/01.ACM.0000246699.94234.ab. PMID 17122473.
  13. ↑ Godfrey Oswald (2009). Library World Records. McFarland. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7864-3852-5. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Goa Medical College 2009". Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  15. ↑ Dr Pradeep Naik is new Goa Medical College and Hospital dean TNN | Jul 31, 2014, 02.12 AM IST
  16. ↑ http://www.mciindia.org/InformationDesk/ForStudents/ListofCollegesTeachingMBBS.aspx
  17. ↑ http://www.gmc.goa.gov.in/images/Site_Images/PDF/GMC_MCI_website_2014_28_03_2014.pdf
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