LIST OF MEDICAL COLLEGES IN BIHAR | TOP MEDICAL INSTITUTES IN PATNA
The Medical Council of India currently (2014) fully recognizes 381 medical colleges, which will train 50,078 medical students. The Medical Council of India’s motto is to provide quality medical care to all Indians through promotion and maintenance of excellence in medical education. Its website maintains an up-to-date list.
India’s medical schools are usually called medical colleges. Medical school quality is controlled by the central regulatory authority, the Medical Council of India, which inspects the institutes from time to time and recognises institutes for specific courses.Indian states with the most medical colleges include Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. States with the fewest include Manipur, Tripura, Chandigarh, Goa, and Sikkim.
Following is a list of best medical colleges in Bihar:
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
Location: Patna, Bihar
Website: http://aiimspatna.org/
Type: Autonomous College
Contact: 0612-2920182
- National lnstitute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur
Location: Hajipur, Bihar
Website: http://www.niperhajipur.ac.in/
Type: Institute of National Importance
Contact: 06224- 277225 06224- 277226 06224- 277224 06224- 277229
- Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura
Location: Madhepura, Bihar
Website: http://bnmu.in/
Type: State University
- Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital, Gaya
Location: Bodh Gaya, Bihar
- Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarai
Location: Darbhanga, Bihar
Website: http://darbhangamedicalcollege.in/
- Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
Location: Patna, Bihar
Website: http://www.igims.org/
Type: Autonomous College
Contact: 0612-2297631, 320683, 22297099,
- Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Bhagalpur
Location: Bhagalpur, Bihar
Website: http://www.jlnmcbgp.org/
- SK Medical College, Muzaffarpur
Location: Muzaffarpur, Bihar
- Bettiah Medical College and Hospital, Bettiah
Location: Patna, Bihar
Website: http://www.bettiahmedicalcollege.com/
The basic medical qualification obtained in Indian medical schools is MBBS. The MBBS course is four-and-a-half years, followed by one year of Compulsory Rotating Residential Internship (CRRI). The MBBS course is followed by MS, a post-graduation course in surgical specialties, MS or MD and DNB (Highly qualified P.G. and Super specialization), which are postgraduate courses in medical specialties usually of three years duration, or by diploma postgraduate courses of two years duration. Super or sub-specialties can be pursued and only a MS or MD holder is eligible. A qualification in a super- or sub-specialty is called DM or M.Ch.
In most Indian states, entry to medical education is based on entrance examinations. Some prestigious institutes like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH) Vellore, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal and Mangalore), Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), St. John’s Medical College (Bangalore) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)conduct entrance tests at the national level and attract candidates from all over India.