Department of Anatomy

About Department

Established in 1989, the Department of Anatomy is committed to offering a robust education in the field of anatomy. The department has enhanced its infrastructure facilities over the years to cater to the needs of the students and conducts enriching academic and social outreach activities.

Academic Curriculum

The new CBME curriculum that has been implemented in 2019 focuses on self-directed learning and learner-centric instruction. It gives special attention to skill development and offers early clinical exposure to the departmental and hospital environments.

Academic Programmes

The Anatomy department offers a plethora of programs including MBBS, MD having specialization in (Gross Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology, Embryology and Applied Anatomy), MSc, and Ph.D.

In addition to these courses, it offers other courses like Physiotherapy, B.Sc. Nursing, B.Sc. Skills and Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. It also offers various electives to desirous undergraduate students.

Research

The dedicated researchers of the Department of Anatomy are engaged in high-quality research. They use cutting-edge research methods to understand how the body functions and how it reacts when a disease or injury occurs.

Faculty

The department faculty consists of highly qualified and experienced teachers who are well trained in the teaching and learning process.

Recognition

The Anatomy Department has an M.C.I. recognized postgraduate (M.D.) department where 18 students have completed post-graduation so far.

Goals

To provide comprehensive knowledge of gross structure, microscopic structure, and development of the human body necessary to understand the anatomical basis for the disease presentations and various interventional methods.

Cadaveric Oath

The Department of Anatomy has made it mandatory to take a Cadaveric Oath on the very first day in the dissection hall. The Oath teaches students to respect the dignity and integrity of the human remains in the form of a cadaver and regard them as not only the first patient but also their first teacher.

When a student takes the Cadaveric oath, he/she solemnly pledge that:

I will always treat you with respect and dignity of the highest order, as you are my first Anatomy teacher.
I will always respect your privacy and confidentiality.
I will use this knowledge for the service of society.
In all my deeds from now onwards, I will do justice to your great sacrifice.
My heart fills with gratitude as I realize your kind and courageous act of donating your body for our learning.
I will be grateful to you and your family for this act of ‘Living After Death.’

Highlights

National and State-level Workshops

Endoscopic sinus surgery workshop
Neuro-spine cadaveric workshop
Temporal bone dissection workshop

Best Practices

The Department of Anatomy has a ‘voluntary body donation drive’ programme to fulfill the social commitment.
The Department of Anatomy encourages the U.G. students to participate in conferences, ‘Model preparation competition’, and national level ‘Anatomy Quiz competition’.
Department has started ‘Bone bank’ for students, which helps them in self-directed learning.

Key Features

It has an M.C.I. recognized postgraduate (M.D.) department which has awarded the M.D. Anatomy degree to eighteen students.
The postgraduate department has been awarded the M.Sc. Medical Anatomy degree to nine students until now.
The department faculty consists of highly qualified and well-experienced teachers, who are dedicated and trained in Medical Education Technology.
The department is spread over a 1700 square meter area comprising a spacious dissection hall with an attached embalming facility and dissection equipment.
The department houses a well-equipped Histology practical hall with separate U.G. and P.G. laboratories.
ICT facilities are available in the classrooms and demonstration rooms.
Adequate number of teaching material in the form of bones, specimens, histology slides, embryology models is available.
Bone retrieval by maceration technique is done in the department and a bone bank facility is available for the students.
The department has a state-of-the-art museum with systematically arranged and cataloged specimens and models.
The department library is well-stocked with 654 textbooks, reference books, and journals and is equipped with an internet facility.
Online teaching facility for lectures as well as practical’s is available and has been in use since April 2020.
The faculty and students are encouraged to participate and present their research work in various national and state conferences.

Achievements

The exceptional medical students of our Anatomy department have been conferred several awards for their outstanding performance in academia and research. Our faculty members have also been rewarded for contributing positively to the learning environment.