Shyamanuru Shivashankarappa Institute of Medical Sciences Davangere
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Doctor of Medicine(MD) Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine(MD)Psychiatry
Course
MD Psychiatry is a three-year postgraduate medical program in Psychiatry offered by Shyamanuru Shivashankarappa Institute of Medical Sciences Davangere. MBBS holders from MCI approved university are eligible for this program. The program creates competent psychiatrists to diagnose, counsel, treat, prevent, and ensure patients' mental well-being. They also handle substance abuse disorders. Some psychiatrists opt for advanced specializing, including child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, psychosomatic, psychoanalysis, or psychiatry research. Shyamanuru Shivashankarappa Institute of Medical Sciences is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)Bengaluru. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)Bengaluru syllabus consists of papers like psychology, anatomy, physiology, the biochemistry of the brain, neurology and neurosurgery, child psychiatry, community psychiatry, social psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, preventive psychiatry, practical training at mental asylums, biostatistics, research methodology and clinical epidemiology, ethics,medico-legal aspects of psychiatry, psychiatry health policy issues. On completion of the course, Psychiatrists can find out their career opportunities in hospitals, mental health institutes, clinics, community agencies, courts, jails, nursing homes, military, rehabilitation centres, colleges, universities.
Duration
3 years
Eligibility
Candidates must have pass MBBS Graduation from a recognized University
Higher Studies
M.Ch (Master of Chirurgiae)
MS (Master of Surgery)
DM (Doctorate of Medicine)
PhD Psychiatry
Career Opportunities
- Psychiatrist
- Medical Article Publisher
- Mental Healthcare Consultant
- Doctor
- Medical curriculum/policy maker
