Eligibility
10+2 in Science stream
Syllabus Content
Medical microbiology deals with the study of micro-organisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites which are of medical importance and causing diseases in human beings. The syllabus covers the bacteriological, mycological, virological and parasitological aspects that include disease caused in human beings, its pathogenesis, lab diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment. After completion of 3rd year, 6 months internship in hospital is mandatory.
Scope
The scope of medical microbiology encompasses biomedical scientists who work in clinical chemistry, transfusion science, immunology, virology, mycology and bacteriology. Microbiologists are also employed as toxicologists, clinical associates in hospitals, forensic scientists and research scientists in different laboratories.
Career Prospects in the field of Medical Microbiology:
- Clinical Microbiologist.
- Teaching in all Medical Colleges as well as Paramedical colleges like dental science, physiotherapy, pharmaceutical science, nursing science, radiography, lab technology etc. Academic microbiologists are employed by universities, schools and teaching hospitals as Research Scientist, Toxicologist, Forensic Scientists, Biomedical Scientists etc.
Attachments with Multi Speciality Hospitals
Dolphin PG Institute of Biomedical & Natural Sciences (DIBNS), Dehradun has MoUs with leading Multi Speciality Hospitals 200-beded Dolphin Jan Kalyan Multi Specialty Hospital (DJKMSH), Dehradun and 200-beded Synergy Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun. Both the MoUs will facilitate the training, handholding and internship for the students of Dolphin PG Institute studying programs of Physiotherapy, Medical Lab Technology and Microbiology.