Internal Medicine or General Medicine is the special branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases and focuses on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases that affect adults. The Department plays an important role in rendering medical services, both on outpatient and inpatient.
It includes training in primary patient care and is the foundation for vital super specialties such as Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, etc. This department provides the much-coveted outpatient and inpatient services apart from providing comprehensive support to the intensive care units.
The department focuses on the method of micro-teaching, where one faculty member is allotted to a small batch of students. This allows for greater student-teacher interaction and provides an edge in learning.
In the first year, they are learning about complex cardiac diseases, how to run an OPD and how to perform Echocardiogram. In the second and third years, they will learn the diagnosis and plausible interventions.
Along with well-equipped ICUs and OTs, the department features adult and pediatric Echo facilities. In addition, it also has a non-invasive facility for dobutamine stress echo and treadmill outfit. Students get to learn about the nervous, cardiovascular, endocrinal, respiratory and musculoskeletal systems in the body. The training also exposes them to the super-specialities of genetics, immunology, geriatrics and nephrology.