Integrated Teaching | CMC

Integrated Teaching

Chittagong Medical College, abbreviated as CMC, is a public medical college located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is the second-oldest and second-largest medical educational institute and hospital in Bangladesh. It is affiliated with the Chittagong Medical University.

Integrated Teaching (Phase-wise)

Integrated Teaching in Phase I

Teachers of all departments of Phase I (Anatomy, Physiology & Biochemistry) must be present during these integrated sessions along with the concerned faculties those are mentioned in the column four in the table below. Teachers will be the speakers/facilitators in each session.

The students must actively participate in these sessions and have to submit the summary of each session to the concerned teacher/department as their assignments. This assignment will be a part of practical note book in the summative assessment. Students need to get some ‘take home message’ from every session.

Schedule for integrated teaching session will be set at the Phase I committee meeting in collaboration with Medical Education Unit (MEU).

Total 36 hour. Each session will be for 3 hour

A) Term-I

  1. Coronary artery disease
  2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  3. Anaemia

B) Term-II

  1. Diarrhea
  2. Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
  3. Jaundice
  4. Electrolyte imbalance
  5. Proteinuria

C) Term-III

  1. Thyroid disorder
  2. Cerebro-vuscular disease (CVD)
  3. Deafness
  4. Errors of refraction

Integrated Teaching in Phase II

All the departments of Phase II (Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology) must be present and take part in the integrated teaching while the faculty representatives from concerned clinical & other departments will also participate actively. Teachers will be the speakers in each session.

Participation of the students of Phase II should be ensured. Concern audiovisual aid, equipment and patient will be used. Students need to get some ‘take home message’ from every session.

To ensure presence of the students 10 (Ten) marks will be allocated from practical part of the professional examination as a part of integrated teaching and submission of write up on what was learned by the student as summary.

Schedule for integrated teaching session will be set at the Phase II committee meeting in collaboration with Medical Education Unit (MEU).

Total – 17 hour. Each session will be for at least 2 hour

  1. Electrocution and lightening
  2. Burn
  3. Drowning
  4. Death
  5. Poisoning
  6. Substance abuse
  7. Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  8. Malaria

Integrated Teaching in Phase III

All the departments of Phase III (Community Medicine & Public Health, Pathology, Microbiology) must be present and take part in the integrated teaching while the faculty representatives from concerned clinical & other departments will also participate actively.

Teachers will be the speakers in each session. Participation of the students of Phase III should be ensured. Students need to get some ‘take home message’ from every session.

Schedule for integrated teaching session will be set at the Phase III committee meeting in collaboration with Medical Education Unit (MEU).

Total – 18 hour. Each session will be for at least 2 hour

  1. Occupational and Environmental hazard
  2. Snake bite
  3. Transportation injuries
  4. Disaster management
  5. Shock
  6. Glomerulonephritis
  7. Rheumatoid Arthritis / Osteomyelitis
  8. Different Viral Fevers (Covid-19, Dengue, Chikungunya)
  9. Carcinoma Cervix

Integrated Teaching in Phase IV

All the departments of Phase IV (Medicine & Allied Topics, Surgery & Allied Topics and Gynecology & Obstetrics) must be present and take part in the integrated teaching while the faculty representatives from concerned clinical and other departments will also participate actively.

Teachers will be the speakers in each session. Participation of the students of Phase IV should be ensured. Students need to get some take home message from every session.

To ensure presence of the students 10 (ten) marks will be allocated from practical part of the professional examination as a part of integrated teaching and submission of write up on what was learned by the student as summary.

Schedule of integrated teaching session will be set at the Phase IV committee meeting in collaboration with Medical Education Unit (MEU).

Each session will be for at least 3 hours

  1. Hypertension
  2. Tuberculosis
  3. Thyroid Disorder
  4. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
  5. Fever
  6. Oedema
  7. Chest pain
  8. Acute respiratory distress
  9. DM
  10. Jaundice
  11. Diarrhea and vomiting
  12. Nutrition
  13. Pediatric Emergency
  14. Headache
  15. Anxiety
  16. Depression
  17. Psychosis
  18. Drug reaction
  19. Generalised pruritus
  20. Purpura
  21. STI
  22. Low Back Pain
  23. Joint Pain
  24. Osteoporosis
  25. Acute abdomen
  26. Thrombophlebitis / Phlebothrombosis
  27. Sepsis
  28. Infection Prevention & Control
  29. Shock
  30. Fluid and Electrolytes
  31. Burn
  32. Per rectal bleeding
  33. Vertigo
  34. Congenital anomalies
  35. Wound infection
  36. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
  37. AUB
  38. Convulsion
  39. Abdominal Lump
  40. Anaemia
  41. Unconsciousness
  42. Delirium & Dementia