Cox's Bazar Medical College

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Cox's Bazar Medical College
কক্সবাজার মেডিকেল কলেজ
CoxMC Logo.jpg
Symbol of Cox's Bazar Medical College
Other name
CBMC (Bengali: কমেক)
TypePublic medical school
Established2008 (2008)
Academic affiliations
Chittagong University (From MBBS Session 2008-09 to 2016-17), Chittagong Medical University (From MBBS Session 2017-18 to present)
PrincipalAnupam Barua [1]
Academic staff
76 [2]
Students300
Location
Cox's Bazar
,
Bangladesh

21°25′14″N 92°00′54″E / 21.4206°N 92.0149°E / 21.4206; 92.0149Coordinates: 21°25′14″N 92°00′54″E / 21.4206°N 92.0149°E / 21.4206; 92.0149
CampusUrban
LanguageEnglish
Websitecoxmc.edu.bd
Logo of CoxMC.png

Cox's Bazar Medical College (Bengali: কক্সবাজার মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 2008. It is located in Cox's Bazar.

There are two separate Hostels for Male & Female students with all sorts of facilities. The students can perform all sorts of their professional competence at 250 bedded Cox's Bazar District Sadar Hospital, the temporary facility for Medical College Hospital. It has all the major branches of medical education.

It's an WDOMS enlisted Medical School[3]

History[]

In the year 1978–1979 Bangladesh government planned to establish medical colleges at Bogra, Comilla, Dinajpur, Faridpur, Kushtia, Khulna, Noakhali and Pabna with a view to improve the healthcare services in the country. Subsequently, the programme was abandoned. Than the government felt the need for more medical colleges for medical education facilities. Accordingly, the government committed to establish two new medical colleges at Noakhali and Cox's Bazar with annual intakes of 50 students at each. The college was established in 2008. In 2008 it started educational service in a part of general hospital.

Campus[]

Cox's Bazar Medical College moved to the permanent campus with its own Academic buildings and hostels for students in 2017.[4] There is a Mosque and a beautiful .

The whole Campus is secured under 24 hours CCTV surveillance.

It has a 250-bed hospital where the students do their internship after completing the 5-year MBBS course. The work for hospital building will be started soon.

Administration[]

Currently there are 76 teachers working in different departments.[2] Prof. Dr. is the current principal.[1]

Cox's Bazar Medical College is affiliated under Chittagong Medical University. The students receive MBBS degree from Chittagong University after completion of their fifth year and passing the final Professional MBBS examination. The Professional examinations are held under the university and results are given thereby. Internal examinations are also taken on regular interval namely Card completions, term end and regular assessments.

From the MBBS Session 2017–18, Affiliation of Cox's Bazar Medical College has been changed to the newly established Chittagong Medical University.[5]

Design of main campus

Departments[]

  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Community Medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Pathology
  • Microbiology
  • Surgery
  • Medicine
  • Gynae & Obstetrics
  • Paediatrics
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Ophthalmology
  • ENT
  • Anesthesiology
  • Cardiology
  • Orthopaedics
  • Dermatology
  • Radiology & Imaging
  • Transfusion Medicine [6]

Admission[]

Cox's Bazar Medical College admits 70 students into the MBBS programme yearly under the government medical admission test. Admission of Cox's Bazar Medical College is administrated by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health, Government of Bangladesh and curriculum by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council.

Basic requirement for admission is that a candidate must have passed Secondary School Certificate (SSC)/'O' Level and Higher School Certificate (HSC)/'A' Level or their equivalent examinations although the minimum grade points required vary from year to year. It is also required that a candidate must have Biology, Chemistry and Physics among the subjects taken in HSC.

The admission test is conducted centrally by Director of Medical Education under DGHS. The test comprises a written MCQ exam, which is held simultaneously in all government medical colleges on the same day throughout the country. Candidates are selected for admission based on national merit and district, whether they are sons or daughters of freedom fighters, and to fill tribal quotas.

Entrance of the Academic building

Voluntary organisations[]

The students of this college are also involved in many extracurricular and social welfare activities. There are two voluntary organisations-

  • Sandhani, Cox's Bazar Medical College Unit[7][8]
  • Medicine Club, Cox's Bazar Medical College Unit[9]

They provide humanitarian works like free blood grouping, blood transfusion, Voluntary blood donation & vaccination campaigns, relief works, health awareness & free health check-up campaigns in the urban and rural areas etc. These two organisations were pioneered by former vice principal Dr. Arup Dutta Bappi.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Organisation Registry, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
  2. ^ a b HRM Status of Cox's Bazar Medical College, DGHS
  3. ^ Cox's Bazar Medical College, World Directory of Medical Schools
  4. ^ Cox's Bazar Medical College Shifted in New Campus
  5. ^ "Chittagong Medical University, Bangladesh University Grants Commission". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  6. ^ Departments of Cox's Bazar Medical College, DGHS
  7. ^ "Units of Sandhani". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  8. ^ Sandhani, Cox's Bazar Medical College Unit, BD Yellow Page
  9. ^ "Medicine Club, Cox's Bazar Medical College Unit". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

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