The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was founded in Kathmandu in 1972, and Tribhuvan University, which had the mission and the valley, operated nine campuses outside of Kathmandu. IOM oversees 29 distinct programmes, ranging from educating all health proficiency certificate categories to providing the highest quality of postgraduate manpower required in the nation. In the ten years following its founding, it built twelve campuses of traditional medicine (Ayurvedic science) through nine campuses spread around the nation, of which three campuses were dispersed throughout the nation. This included degrees in medicine, public health, paramedical, and nursing.
In order to address issues related to medicine and healthcare, the National Academy of Sciences granted permission for the Institute of Medicine to be established in 1970. At least two of the Institute's past presidents and a large number of its members are also members of the Association. I'll give a quick rundown of the Institute's background and goals for those who don't know. In order to provide the government with advice on scientific and technological matters, President Lincoln and the US Congress established the National Academy of Sciences in 1863. The National Research Council was founded by the Academy as its purview grew in order to provide staff and an operational framework for the numerous topics that members of the Academy and other volunteers researched.
Founded in the 1960s, the closely connected National Academy of Engineering made use of the National Research Council's personnel and resources. The necessity for the creation of a body intimately associated with the National Academy of Sciences that could offer studies, advise, and counselling on challenging problems in medical and the social, political, and economic facets of healthcare grew during the 1960s. These discussions gave rise to the Institute of Medicine, which, like the National Academy of Sciences, is an autonomous, nonprofit, non-governmental organisation whose mission is to offer independent advise, counsel, and research on important healthcare issues to the government and other relevant parties.
| Course | Mode | Duration | Fees | Exam | Eligibility |
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| DM | Part Time | 3 years | Candidates must have completed their MBBS degree, followed by an MD or equivalent postgraduate degree in the relevant field |
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| MD/MS | Part Time | 3 years | Candidates pursuing an MBBS degree or who have completed it from institutions recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI) |
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| BAMS | Full Time | 5.6 years | Candidates should pass 10+2 or any the equivalent examination with 50% aggregate |
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| BDS | Full Time | 5 years | Candidates to have completed higher secondary education with science subjects (including biology, chemistry, and physics) and to have passed a relevant entrance examination such as NEET. |
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| MBBS | Full Time | 5.5 years | 50% in 12th class with Physics, Biology & Chemistry |
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| BSc Nursing | Full Time | 4 years | Passed the Higher Secondary or Senior Secondary or Intermediate or 10+2 or an equivalent examination recognized by the university |
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| B.Pharm | Full Time | 4 years | Candidates should pass 10+2 or any the equivalent examination with 50% aggregate |