BAMS Course equal in duration to Modern Medicine Course

BAMS Course equal in duration to Modern Medicine Course

The duration of the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) course is five years and six months including one year Internship, which is equal to the duration of MBBS course. The names of the subjects being taught during the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) Course are as follows:

(i) Padarth Vigyan evam Ayurved Itihas.

(ii) Sanskrit.

(iii) Kriya Sharir (Physiology).

(iv) Rachana Sharir (Anatomy).

(v) Maulik Siddhant evam Ashtanga Hridaya (Sutra Sthan).

(vi) Dravyaguna Vigyan (Pharmacology and Materia Medica).

(vii) Rasashastra evam Bhaishajya Kalpana (Pharmaceutical Science).

(viii) Roga Nidan evam Vikriti Vigyan (Diagnostic Procedure and Pathology).

(ix) Charak Samhita-Purvardh (an ancient Ayurvedic text, Part -I).

(x) Agad Tantra Vyavahar Ayurveda evam Vidhi Vaidyaka (Toxicology and Medical Jurisprudence);

(xi) Charak Samhita-Uttarardh (an ancient Ayurvedic text, Part -II).

(xii) Swasthavritta and Yoga (Preventive and Social Medicine and Yoga).

(xiii) Prasuti evam Striroga (Obstetrics & Gynaecology).

(xiv) Bal Roga (Paediatrics).

(xv) Shalya Tantra (General Surgery);

(xvi) Shalakya Tantra (Diseases of Head and Neck including Ophthalmology, Ear, Nose, Throat and Dentistry);

(xvii) Kayachikitsa (Internal Medicine-including Manas Roga, Rasayan and Vajikarana);

(xviii) Panchakarma; and

(xix) Research Methodology and Medical-statistics

This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri ShripadYesso Naik in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.