Institution of MedicineTribhuvan University

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established in 1972 under Tribhuvan University with the mandate and the responsibility of training all the categories of health manpower needed in the country.

Maharajgunj in the early days of IOM

First building of IOM

Goals of IOM

History

Year 1972

The first decade

• 12 campuses – 3 campuses in Kathmandu Valley– 9 campuses outside the Kathmandu Valley

• Programs– Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)– Community Medical Assistant (CMA)– Proficiency Certificate Course in General Medicine– Pharmacy– Radiology– Physiotherapy– Nursing– Health Laboratory– Traditional Medicine

Year 1977

The new responsibility of training the tertiary

level health professionals

• Bachelor of Nursing– Community Nursing– Pediatric Nursing– Adult Nursing.

Year 1978

MBBS program was started – Beginning - 22 students– Now - 76 students

Year 1983

• Trivhuvan University Teaching Hospital was completed in 1983 with support from JICA

• Three years Postgraduate Generalist (Family Physician of MD General Practice) Training was started with the collaboration of Calgary University

Under construction At present

Year 1984

One - year Postgraduate Diploma in Anesthesiology with

the support from the University of Calgary, Canada.

Year 2008

M Ch program started in Surgery

– Gastroenterology– Urology– Neurosurgery– Cardiothoracic and Vascular

Year 2009

Forty-five programs– Certificate 4– Bachelor level 11– Postgraduate level 26 – M Ch Program 4

Campuses– Constituent 7 – Affiliated 10

Year 2013

Forty-nine programs– Certificate 1– Bachelor level 11– Postgraduate level 26 – DM / M Ch Program 11

Campuses– Constituent 7 – Affiliated 16

Organgram, IOM

Organogram of Institute of Medicine

Management and Development Council

Implementation Committee

Faculty Board Standing Committee

Faculty Board

Dean

Assistant Dean(Planning)

1. Planning Section 2. Foreign Aids 3. Monitoring 4. Projects

Assistant Dean(Exam)

2. Monitoring

1. Examination Section

3. Academic Activity

Assistant Dean (Administration)

1. Personnel Administration 2. General Administration 3. Fiscal Section

1. Constitutated Campuses 2. TU Teaching Hospital3. B.P. Koirala Center for Ophthalmic Studies 4. Identified Other Centers 5. HLMC6. Medical Education Department 7. Affiliated Campuses 8. Information Technology

Assistant Dean (Academic)

1. Academic Section

2. Subject Committee

3. P.G. Centre

1. Production of human resources for health services, education and research

2. Provide health services through its health institutions

3. Conduct research in health sciences

Committees of the Dean Office

• Management and Development Council

• Implementation Committee

• Faculty Board

• Faculty Board Standing Committee

• Monitoring Committee

• Subject Committees

• Research Committee

• Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Departments under the Dean’s office

• Research Department

• Department of Information Technology (DIT)

• National Centre for Health Professions Education (NCHPED)

Other Activities of IOM

• IOM – College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) Linkage Program

• Journal of Institute of Medicine (JIOM) 

• Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies (HOPE)

• Health Learning Materials Centre

Executives of IOM

Dean

Prof. Dr. Rakesh P. Shrivastav

Assistant Deans

– Planning - Prof. Dr. Bimal Kumar Sinha– Academic - Prof. Dr. Sarad Raj Onta– Examinations - Prof. Dr. Bharat Mani Pokharel– Administration - Prof. Dr. Sarala Shrestha

Dean’s Office

Campuses

1. Prof. Dr. Jeevan Kr. Shrestha - Campus Chief, Maharajgunj Campus2. Mrs. Nira Pandey - Campus Chief, Nursing Campus3. Dr. Dev Bahadur Rokka- Campus Chief, Ayurveda Campus4. Mrs. Bhagabati K.C. - Campus Chief, Pokhara Campus5. Mrs. Mathura Nepal - Campus Chief, Biratnagar Nsg. Campus6. Ms. Bhuvan Kumari Dangol - Campus Chief, Birgunj Nsg. Campus7. Mrs. Bina Adhikari - Campus Chief, Nepalgunj Nsg. Campus

8. Prof. Dr. Hari Bhattrai - Asst. Campus Chief, Maharajgunj Campus8. Mrs. Raj Devi Adhikari - Asst. Campus Chief, Maharajgunj Nursing

Campus

Hospital / Centers

1. Prof. Dr. Ishwor Lohani - Act. Executive Director, TUTH2. Prof. Dr. Jeevan Kumar Shrestha - Executive Director, BPKLCOS3. Prof. Dr. Ratna Raj Poudel - Executive Director, MCVTC4. Prof. Dr. Jagadish Prasad Agrawal - Executive Director, NCHPED

5. Prof. Dr. Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand - Director, Research Department 6. Prof. Dr. Pradeep Vaidya - Director, Information Technology

Department

Campuses and Programs

Constituent Campuses(n = 7)

1. Maharajgunj Campus, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu 2. Maharajgunj Nursing Campus, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu3. Ayurved Campus, Kritipur, Kathmandu4. Nursing Campus, Biratnagar5. Nursing Campus, Birgunj6. Nursing Campus, Pokhara7. Nursing Campus, Nepalgunj

Affiliated Campuses(n = 16)

SN Campus Programs

1.Lalitpur Nursing Campus,Sanepa

PCL Nursing / BN /B.Sc.Nursing

2.National Medical College,Birgunj

MD / MS / MBBS / BN / B.Sc.Nursing

3.Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa

MD / MS / MDS / MBBS / BDS / BN / B.Pharm / B.Sc. MLT / B.Sc. Nursing

4.Janaki Medical College,Janakpur

MBBS / BN / B.Sc. Nursing

5.People’s Dental College and Hospital, Balaju, Kathmandu

BDS

6.MB Kedia Dental College,Birgunj

BDS

7.KIST Medical College,Kathmandu

MBBS / BDS

SN Campus Programs

8.Chitawan School of Medical Sciences,Bharatpur

MPH / M.Sc. MLT / MN / MBBS / BDS / BN / B.Pharm / B.Sc. MLT / B.Sc. MIT / B.Sc. Nursing

9.National Model College for Advanced Learning

B. Pharma

10.Sunsari Technical College,Dharan

B. Pharma

11.Metrix College,Birgunj

B. Pharma

12.Janamaitri Foundation,Balaju

B.Sc. MLT / BN / B.Sc. Nursing

13.NIST College,Lainchaur

B. Pharma

14.Nepali Sena Swasthya Bigyan Sansthan,Sano Bharyang

MBBS / BN / B.Sc. Nursing

15.Manmohan Institute of Health Sciences,Nakkhu, Lalitpur

B.Sc. MLT / BN / BPH / Pharmacy / B.Sc. Nursing

16.Gandaki Medical College,Pokhara

MBBS

Academic programs in IOM

Certificate Level(n = 1)

• PCL Nursing

• Bachelor in Medicine and Bachelor in Surgery (MBBS)

• Bachelor in Public Health (BPH)

• Bachelor in Medical Lab Technology (BMLT)

• Bachelor in Pharmacy (B Pharm)

• Bachelor in Optometry (B. Optm.)

• Bachelor in Nursing (BN)

• B.Sc. Nursing

• Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS)

• B.Sc. Radio Imaging Technology

• Bachelor in Speech Language Pathology (BASLP)

• Bachelor in Ayurveda Medicine & Surgery (BAMS)

Bachelor level(n = 11)

Postgraduate level(n = 23)

MD : 13– General practice– Internal Medicine– Ophthalmology– Pediatrics– Pathology– Gynecology and Obstetrics– Psychiatry– Radiology– Dermatology– Anesthesiology– Clinical Anatomy– Clinical Pharmacology– Clinical Physiology

MS : 3– General Surgery– Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery– Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

MN: 3– Adult Nursing– Women Health and Development– Pediatric Nursing

Others: 4– Master in Public Health– Master in Clinical Biochemistry– M.Sc. MLT - Microbiology– M. Phil. In Clinical Psychology

Super specialization(n = 11)

MCH : 5

– Surgical Gastroenterology– Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery– Urology– Neurosurgery– Plastic Surgery

DM : 6

– Cardiology– Nephrology– Neurology– Neurosurgery– Emergency Medicine– Critical Care Medicine

Hospitals

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital(TUTH)

About TUTH

• Established in 1983 with the cooperation of the Government of Japan.

• provides practical field for the academic training programs (basic, graduate and postgraduate).

• It has the largest number of medical specialties in any hospital in Nepal with 22 departments.

• It has 500 beds and expanding.

Role of TUTH

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital has been established to fulfill the following roles:

– To provide a teaching base for the Institute of Medicine for all types of academic programs.

– To provide tertiary level of health services to the patients in Nepal and be a lead national hospital in this area.

– To act as the main center to conduct health researches in Nepal and resolve problems in this area in Nepal.

Mission of TUTH

• TUTH will provide the best care to every patient through integrated clinical services, education and research.

• Services will be provided by a team of compassionate multi-disciplinary, highly trained doctors, nurses, technician and others.

• It will provide best quality services to the seekers at an affordable cost within Nepal and serve appropriately to patients who cannot afford it.

Investigative services

Investigative services….

• X-rays

• Ultra sounds• Biopsy• Doppler• Trans rectal• Trans vaginal

• Echo• Fluoroscopy• C T Scan

• Biopsy• C arm

Endoscopy•Polypectomy•Stenting

• UGIS• Sigmoidoscopy• Colonoscopy• ERCP

BPK Center for Ophthalmic Studies• Established under the umbrella of IOM with the

mission of to improve the eye health status of people of Nepal.

• With service as priority, the centre has yet another equally important purpose of producing highly skilled ophthalmic human resource determined to fight against blindness.

• The struggle of the centre to minimize blindness does not remain confined to the national territory only its also trains ophthalmic manpower for many other developing countries as well.

BPK Center….

• The postgraduation education in ophthalmology at the centre aims to produce specialized medical professionals for nations.

• Apart from developing models for prevention of blindness from ocular trauma at primary, secondary and tertiary levels.

• the centre also aims to serve as a resource centre for collection and dissemination of information and knowledge through library, museum, instrumentation and documentation facilities.

Established on 26th April 2009 under T.U. Institute of Medicine (IOM) with the following principle objectives:

– To provide the best specialized care  to the patients with Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular diseases.

– To provide highly skilled human resource in the aforementioned fields and

– To carryout continuous research to contribute in the advancement of these services.

Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center

Center is running with a overall Bed capacity of:

– 61 bed that includes 45 general beds

– 6 ICU beds

– 8 CCU beds

– 8 emergency

– 3 general Cabin beds

– 1 special CCU cabin.

MCVTC Facilities

Emergency service– offers cardiothoracic and vascular emergency service for

round the clock.

– A well equipped 8 bedded emergency care section is specially oriented for Cardiac emergencies.

– Patients are taken care by on duty house officers under direct supervision of DM residents and by consultants if required.

Operation Theater– recently completed the construction of 3 world class

modular operation theatre.

– it will also help TUTH extend transplantation services.

MCVTC Facilities….

Cath Lab– Cardiac Cath Lab (Philips) has been installed.

– Center is providing all adult and pediatric cardiac intervention.

– Perticularly Coronary Angiogram, Elective and Emergency Coronary Angioplasty, Pacemakers including ICD and CRT implantation, device closure of congenital heart disease and many more percutaneous catheter intervention are  provided.

MCVTC Facilities….