NIMC determined to provide better medical education
Sunday, 7 December 2008
FE Special
DESPITE some shortcomings, Northern International Medical College (NIMC) is determined to provide better medical education to students who successfully passed HSC examinations from science group and failed to get admission into government medical colleges.
NIMC was established in the capital in 2005 with a vision to develop it as a dignified institution in pure science to ensure a high standard of undergraduate education in medicine.
The construction work of the 300-bed hospital of the Medical College on its own campus at Dhanmondi 15 in the city is going on fast and it will be open in January 2009.
The college offers five-year MBBS course as approved by BMDC leading to MBBS Degree of the University of Dhaka. As a government approved private Medical College it has fulfilled the requirements as laid down in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOB Rules 2005. The NIMC has been founded and sponsored by IBAT Trust, a non-political and non-profit organisation.
The NIMC is providing an excellent broad-based education with a focus on professional development for the students to equip them with knowledge, skill and attitude necessary not only to address the priority health problems of the community, but also to acquire a firm basis for future training and studies and confidence to compete at the international level.
The present campus houses the administrative offices, four adequately equipped pre-clinical and clinical departments and the library including the computer laboratory.
The NIMC departments are well furnished, fully air-conditioned, adequately equipped to accommodate classrooms, dissection halls, laboratories and museums.
The college also accommodates three lecture halls, three seminar/tutorial rooms equipped with visual equipments including multimedia facility. Its library has a good collection of textbooks, references, monographs and journals in various subjects with a reading space, which can accommodate 30-50 students at a time. Students can also borrow books from the library.
At present the college is accommodating 128 students including 48 in NIMC-1, 50 in NIMC-2 and 30 in NIMC-3 batches.
The first batch successfully completed the first Professional MBBS Examination in January 2008 with an excellent result, scoring 4th position among the government and private medical colleges under the medical faculty of Dhaka University. Individual percentage of pass is 87.50. They are now regularly attending classes of pre-clinical and clinical subjects.
The students of the second batch have been attending the classes of pre-clinical and clinical subjects since August 25, 2008 after appearing at the first Professional Examination in July 2008. The students of the third batch are attending the classes of pre-clinical subjects regularly.
Faculty members of the college consist of 39 full-time teachers including 10 Professors, two Associate Professors, three Assistant Professors, 21 Lecturers, two Registrars and one Assistant Registrars led by its Principal AK Shamsuddin Siddiquey, former Principal of Rajshahi and Solimullah Medical College and former DG of Health Directorate in the country.
The college is implementing a well-designed curriculum, utilising modern and effective instructional methods and aids including multi-media and computer software programmes, providing the right environment for faculty development, continuous monitoring and rigorous evaluation of all the activities and systems.
Each month NIMC provides with an academic calendar -- a detailed timetable -- showing what exactly students will be doing each day of the month, indicating the class/assignment/evaluation, topics, teacher and venue.
In-course evaluations are being held through regular examinations, periodic class tests/assignments, card completion and term examinations. After every end-term examinations, guardians are informed about the progress of their children.
DESPITE some shortcomings, Northern International Medical College (NIMC) is determined to provide better medical education to students who successfully passed HSC examinations from science group and failed to get admission into government medical colleges.
NIMC was established in the capital in 2005 with a vision to develop it as a dignified institution in pure science to ensure a high standard of undergraduate education in medicine.
The construction work of the 300-bed hospital of the Medical College on its own campus at Dhanmondi 15 in the city is going on fast and it will be open in January 2009.
The college offers five-year MBBS course as approved by BMDC leading to MBBS Degree of the University of Dhaka. As a government approved private Medical College it has fulfilled the requirements as laid down in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOB Rules 2005. The NIMC has been founded and sponsored by IBAT Trust, a non-political and non-profit organisation.
The NIMC is providing an excellent broad-based education with a focus on professional development for the students to equip them with knowledge, skill and attitude necessary not only to address the priority health problems of the community, but also to acquire a firm basis for future training and studies and confidence to compete at the international level.
The present campus houses the administrative offices, four adequately equipped pre-clinical and clinical departments and the library including the computer laboratory.
The NIMC departments are well furnished, fully air-conditioned, adequately equipped to accommodate classrooms, dissection halls, laboratories and museums.
The college also accommodates three lecture halls, three seminar/tutorial rooms equipped with visual equipments including multimedia facility. Its library has a good collection of textbooks, references, monographs and journals in various subjects with a reading space, which can accommodate 30-50 students at a time. Students can also borrow books from the library.
At present the college is accommodating 128 students including 48 in NIMC-1, 50 in NIMC-2 and 30 in NIMC-3 batches.
The first batch successfully completed the first Professional MBBS Examination in January 2008 with an excellent result, scoring 4th position among the government and private medical colleges under the medical faculty of Dhaka University. Individual percentage of pass is 87.50. They are now regularly attending classes of pre-clinical and clinical subjects.
The students of the second batch have been attending the classes of pre-clinical and clinical subjects since August 25, 2008 after appearing at the first Professional Examination in July 2008. The students of the third batch are attending the classes of pre-clinical subjects regularly.
Faculty members of the college consist of 39 full-time teachers including 10 Professors, two Associate Professors, three Assistant Professors, 21 Lecturers, two Registrars and one Assistant Registrars led by its Principal AK Shamsuddin Siddiquey, former Principal of Rajshahi and Solimullah Medical College and former DG of Health Directorate in the country.
The college is implementing a well-designed curriculum, utilising modern and effective instructional methods and aids including multi-media and computer software programmes, providing the right environment for faculty development, continuous monitoring and rigorous evaluation of all the activities and systems.
Each month NIMC provides with an academic calendar -- a detailed timetable -- showing what exactly students will be doing each day of the month, indicating the class/assignment/evaluation, topics, teacher and venue.
In-course evaluations are being held through regular examinations, periodic class tests/assignments, card completion and term examinations. After every end-term examinations, guardians are informed about the progress of their children.