K.A.P. Viswanatham Medical College is a medical college started in 1997 and named after famous Tamil scholar K. A. P. Viswanatham. It started with a capacity to accommodate 100 Under graduate students. Since the year 2007, Post graduate courses were also started. Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital is attached to K.A.P.V Medical College. It is situated 2 km away from the college campus. It run by the state government of Tamil Nadu, which is recognized by the National Medical Commission. It is located in the city of Trichy, in Tamil Nadu. The college was ranked third by students in counselling in 2010.
Admission The college admits 150 students to the MB BS course once every year through NEET. Of this 85% is state quota which is allotted by DME of Government of Tamil Nadu and the remaining 15% is All India Quota allotted by MCC of Central Government of Republic of India.
Facilities The college has more than 30 departments. There are three men's hostels and two women's hostels on campus. It has a stadium that seats 750. There are four lecture halls with over 150 seats. The Central Library is home to over 7,000 books and national and international journals. It has two reading halls, one for masters and the other for professors. There are two indoor and outdoor sports facilities, including a gymnasium, a basketball court, a feather ball stadium, a badminton and two volleyball courts. It also has the ability to play round ball, golf ball, table tennis, soccer and foot ball.
Courses offered
Undergraduate Medical Course
+ List of Under graduate courses offered No Course Name No of Seats per year Course Duration 1 MBBS 150 5½ years
Allied health sciences courses
+ List of Allied health sciences courses offered No Course Name No of Seats per year Course Duration 1 BSc Medical Laboratory Technology 20 4 years 2 BSc Cardiac Technology 20 4 years 3 BSc Critical Care Technology 20 4 years 4 BSc Accident & Emergency Care Technology 20 4 years 5 BSc Dialysis Technology 20 4 years 6 BSc Physician Assistant 20 4 years 7 BSc Operation Theatre and Anesthesia Technology 20 4 years 8 BSc Radiography and Imaging Technology 20 4 years 9 B.Optometry 20 4 years
Postgraduate Medical Courses
+ List of Post graduate courses offered No Course Name No of Seats per year Course Duration1MD Biochemistry53 years2MD Radio -Diagnosis33 years3MD Dermato-Venero-Leprology23 years4MD Psychiatry43 years5MD Anatomy33 years6MD Paediatrics93 years7MD Forensic Medicine33 years8MD Anesthesiology133 years9MD Microbiology33 years10MD Pathology63 years11MD Emergency Medicine53 years12MD General Medicine143 years13MS General Surgery163 years14MS Orthopedics53 years15MS Ophthalmology23 years16MS Oto-rhino-laryngology23 years17MS Obstetrics & Gynecology93 years
Super Speciality Courses
+ List of Super speciality courses offered No Course Name No of Seats per year Course Duration 1 DM Cardiology 2 3 years 2 DM Neurology 2 3 years 3 M.Ch Neurosurgery 2 3 years
Diploma Courses
+ List of Diploma courses offered No Course Name No of Seats per year Course Duration 1 Diploma General Nursing & Midwifery 1002Diploma Medical Laboratory Technology1003Diploma Radiodiagnosis Technology20
Technician Courses
+ List of Technician courses offered No Course Name No of Seats per year Course Duration 1 Emergency Care Technician 201 Year2Respiratory Therapy Technician201 Year3Anaesthesia Technician351 Year4Dialysis Technician201 Year5Theatre Technician351 Year6Orthopaedic Technician351 Year7Orthopedics Technician351 Year8Home Health Care Diploma Course101 Year9EEG / EMG101 Year10Multipurpose Hospital Worker501 Year See also List of Tamil Nadu Government's Educational Institutions List of Tamil Nadu Government's Medical Colleges
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