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Army Medical College, Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan is the medical training institute of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is a unit of the National University of Science and Technology. It was established in 1977; the 1st course of 99 girls & boys was inducted on 26 March, now celebrated as the "Raising Day". Within years it became one of the most sought after medical colleges in Pakistan.[1]

History

Need for establishing Army Medical College was felt after many years of experience of commissioning the medical graduates of civil medical colleges of Pakistan into the armed forces, the majority of whom were either conscripted or joined the Army on emergency basis and did not stay permanently in the Army. This had resulted in a chronic shortage of doctors in the Armed Forces of Pakistan and unbalanced career structure of regular cadre of medical officers of the Army Medical Corps (Pakistan). Thus Army Medical College was established in 1977, by the Government of Pakistan to provide well-trained, competent, disciplined and confident medical officers who would long cherish their career in the Army Medical Corps.

Founder principal of the college, Lt Gen (Retd) Ayub Khan, affectionately called "Baba" by all Amcolians (graduates of Army Medical College), took the tough challenge of getting the institution recognized against all odds. He not only succeeded in doing so on national level but soon the college was recognized for its excellent academic records the world over.

The College, formerly a completely residential institute, started imparting medical education to the selected Medical Cadets of the first MBBS course in 1977. Successful training lead to the graduation and award of MBBS Degree by the Quaid-i-Azam University. Since 1998, the College has been affiliated with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST).

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) classes commenced in 1998 and the first BDS course passed out in 2002.

List of principals

  1. Lt Gen Ayub Khan
  2. Lt Gen Safdar Choudhary
  3. Lt Gen Mahmood Ahmad Akhtar
  4. Lt Gen Zaheer
  5. Lt Gen Ayub Khan
  6. Lt Gen Arshad Hussein
  7. Lt Gen Mustafa Kamal Akbar
  8. Lt Gen Najam Khan
  9. Maj Gen Asad Mahmud Malik
  10. Maj Gen Shujaat Hussain
  11. Maj Gen Masood Anwar
  12. Maj Gen Mushtaq Ahmed Baig
  13. Maj Gen Muhammad Aslam
  14. Maj Gen Tassawar Hussain
  15. Maj Gen Muhammad Naeem Khan

Academics

Army Medical College (AMC) has its curricula expanded over 5 years for Medicine (MBBS) and 4 years for Dentistry (BDS). The graduates are then required to go through internship for a period of one year to qualify for complete registration with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC).

Medical (MBBS) Students

For Medical Students the five year course covers:

First and second years

Third Year

Fourth year

Final year

Clinical clerkships also start from third year onwards till the final year.

Dental (BDS) Students

First and Second years:

Third year and fourth years of study are more clinically oriented and cover:

Islamic and Pakistan Studies are compulsory and all students are expected to qualify in these subjects in order to be eligible for the grant of degree. This is as per the rules of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.

Categories of students (Cadets)

Students at the Army Medical College are allotted roll numbers and Companies (Hostels). A two to four letter prefix to the roll number indicates the category of the cadet.

Medical Students have the following categories:

  • Medical Cadets (MC)
  • NUST Cadets (NC)
  • NUST Foreign Cadets (NFC)
  • Paying Cadets (PC)
  • Additionally Selected Cadets (ASC)

Similarly dental students are categorized as:

  • Medical Dental Cadets (MDC)
  • NUST Dental Cadets (NDC)
  • NUST Foreign Dental Cadets (NFDC)
  • Paying Dental Cadets (PDC)
  • Additionally Selected Dental Cadets (ASDC)

Grant of Commission

After graduation and basic military training, the Medical Cadets (MC) and the Medical Dental Cadets (MDC) are granted commission in the Pakistan Army Medical Corps and the Army Dental Corps respectively, as officers of the rank of Captain.

Hostels

For the first 8 batches, male cadets occupied the barracks across the main college building, while female cadets were housed near CMH Rawalpindi.

Presently, residential arrangements for medical students and cadets are divided into 7 hostels or Companies. Male cadets are allotted one of five companies ie Qasim, Razi, Sina, Ayub and Luqman. Females are divided between the newly built Ayesha and Fatima companies.[2]

Ayub company has the distinction of being the only company to be named after a contemporary personality, in honour of the first Principal; Lt Gen (Late) Ayub Khan.

Amcolians, and the College

Cadets and graduates of Army Medical College are referred to as Amcolians.

Within the Amcolian community, Army Medical College is simply, and endearingly, referred to as the 'College'. Hence the query, "Are you from the College"? (asking a doctor if he is a graduate of Army Medical College). While this colloquial reference is not intended to be prejudicial to graduates of other medical colleges, some non-amcolian doctors have been known to take offense to the term.

Alumini Association

Amcolians Alumini Association is essentially an academic and a research body constituted for the graduates of Army Medical College under the patronage of Principal of the College with the President of Pakistan as its Patron in Chief. This body has been formed with the full support and endorsement of the good offices of Pakistan Army. This is to put Pakistan and Armed Forces on the international map in the field of health, medical education and research.

Amcolians@Net

Amcolians@Net is a two part unofficial resource for graduates of Army Medical College. The first part is the website, which provides general information about the institution. It also hosts a password protected database of members. The second part of the resource is an exclusive mailing list, in which emails are sent to all members.

Membership is free, and web hosting and mailing list expenses are borne by volunteers. The only requirement for membership is to be a graduate of Army Medical College.

Amcolians@Net was founded by Dr. Muhammad Babar Khan (8th MBBS) and grew rapidly into a thriving meeting point for all Amcolians. While Dr. Babar Khan remains the webmaster and retains overall responsibility for Amcolians@Net, the mailing list is moderated by Dr. Farrukh Kazmi (6th MBBS).

The mailing list boasts more than a thousand members and is continuously growing, and as such is an unparalleled forum of medical graduates in Pakistan.

Attached Hospitals & Institutions

Following hospitals & institutions are attached as teaching units with the college:

A 1600-bed hospital with 3 Medical units, departments of Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Nephrology, Paediatric Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics and Psychiatry.
Recognized by General Medical Council of UK for post-graduate training in Medicine.
A 1200-bed hospital with 4 surgical units & departments of General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Urology, Fascio-maxillary surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics and Physical Medicine. It also has a Burn Care Unit and a Trauma Center.
Recognized by General Medical Council of UK for post-graduate training in Surgery.
The Institute was established in June 1982 by Brigadier PHK Niazi. It is located just near the College in a newly constructed grand building and has outpatient departments as well as facilities of a hundred beds for the disabled persons. The aim of AFIRM is to rehabilitate handicapped persons of Armed Forces and their families to regain physical, social and mental capabilities. Special care is offered to disabled persons having musculoskeletal ailments, neurological disorders, amputees, deaf, mute and blind children by various measures like Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy, Occupational therapy and Speech therapy.
  • Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) Rawalpindi
Founded June 1978. A new modern building was later on constructed, with 250 bed capacity. The institute provides specialized cardiology care, not only to the Armed Forces personnel, but also to the civilians from all over the country.
  • Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry (AFID) Rawalpindi
Two multi-storey buildings comprising of the following departments: orthodontics, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, prosthodontics, operative dentistry, endodontics and pediatric dentistry, an out-patient department as well as many dental laboratories and radiology departments.
At the time of independence, it was functioning as the Command Laboratory, Northern India. It was converted into Central Military Pathology Labs for the medical units of armed forces. On 20 August, 1957 it was re-designated as the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Later on, a new building was constructed. AFIP is working as the central reference laboratory for Pakistan, with the latest scientific equipments and widest range of diagnostic tests in the country. It also acts as a post-graduate training institute for Histopathology, Hematology, Microbiology (including bacteriology & virology), Biochemistry, and Immunology.
It carries out research in various projects approved by the Armed Forces Medical Research Council and the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC).[3]
  • Armed Forces Institute of Transfusion (AFIT) Rawalpindi
  • Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Center (AFBMTC) Rawalpindi
  • Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) Rawalpindi
  • Armed Forces Institute of Urology (AFIU) Rawalpindi
  • Armed Forces Institute of Rehab Medicine (AFIRM) Rawalpindi
  • Armed Forces Nuclear Medical Center (NMC) Rawalpindi


Pakistan Army webpage on Army Medical College
NUST webpage on Army Medical College

References

  1. ^ http://www.nust.edu.pk/usr/viewmore.aspx?mdl=470&obj=AAEAAAD%2f%2f%2f%2f%2fAQAAAAAAAAAMAgAAAEhBcHBfQ29kZS55bWFhY19jcSwgVmVyc2lvbj0wLjAuMC4wLCBDdWx0dXJlPW5ldXRyYWwsIFB1YmxpY0tleVRva2VuPW51bGwFAQAAABtOVVNUUG9ydGFsLmxpYi52aWV3aG9tZWRlc3ABAAAAA2lkdAECAAAABgMAAAADQU1DCw%3d%3d
  2. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_University_of_Sciences_and_Technology
  3. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFIP_Rawalpindi

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