JSS Medical College, Mysore

JSS Medical College, is located in a sprawling 43 acre campus in Sri Shivarathreeshwara Nagara, Mysore City, which is about 140 Km from Bangalore. The city is famed for its educational institutions, salubrious climate and beautiful gardens. The college which was started in 1984 has been designed and equipped for dispensation of quality medical education. The institution is backed by highly qualified and experienced staff, well equipped laboratories, library, and modern teaching aids.

The JSS Medical College since its inception in 1984 – is dedicated to serving society as a center of excellence with emphasis on socially meaningful medical education, research and health care. The college has emerged as a pioneer in the state of Karnataka by providing medical and health care programs through internationalization, innovation in academic and research studies. The college offers undergraduate course in medicine (M.B.B.S) and postgraduate degree (M.D/M.S) and diploma programmes in 18 medical disciplines. The sanctioned annual intake to the M.B.B.S programme is 150. The college of offering DNB in Urology and Radio-diagnosis also. The college is also conducting course for B.Sc., in Respiratory Care Technology and M.Sc., (Psycho Social Rehabilitation) The courses offered are a perfect blend of community oriented, problem based learning with high quality clinical reasoning. It is intended to provide M.Sc.,/ Ph.D., and M.D.,/ Ph.D., programmes in some subjects such as Physiology, Anatomy, etc., to encourage research in these basic subjects.

The graduate and postgraduate programmes of the college are recognized by the Medical Council of India. The courses offered are also recognized by General Medical Council (UK), Sri Lanka Medical Council and WHO. The college has been recognized by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UK for the award of MRCOG.

Library & Information Centre

The Central Library is spread over an area of 14,167 Sq. ft. JSS Hospital has a separate Library of its own. The Library is equipped with Medical and Allied Text Books, Reference Books, Encyclopedia, Dictionaries, Technical Reports, Monographs, Thesis and Dissertation works, Foreign and Indian Medical Journals of repute, as well as general reading material. The library also has an impressive collection of CD ROMs and Databases. A digital library with internet workstations is established.

Research

Research is being carried out in all departments, both in the clinical and basic sciences, under National and International funded projects. The staff and students are actively involved in Clinical and Research activities, including publication of papers in reputed professional journals. Depression Brain Bank, a unique project, has already started functioning. JSS Body Donation Association registers and receives donations of bodies.

Details of the courses offered

UG Medical Programmes	MBBS
Total MBBS admissions per year	150

Intake:

Course	Intake approved by MCI	Intake approved by University
M.B.B.S.	150	150
Post Graduate Courses:
MD Anatomy	02	02
MD Physiology	03	03
MD Biochemistry	02	02
MD Pharmacology	01	01
MD Pathology	05	05
MD Microbiology	01	01
MD Community Medicine	01	01
MD Forensic Medicine	01	01
MD General Medicine	08	08
MS General Surgery	08	08
MS OBG	06	06
MD Paediatrics	04	04
MS Orthopaedics	04	04
MS ENT	01	01
MD Anaesthesia	05	05
MS Ophthalmology	01	01
MD Dermatology, Venerology Leprosy	01	01
MD Psychiatry	01	01
Diploma Courses:
D.C.P.	06	06
DGO	06	06
DCH	03	03
D’Ortho	06	06
DLO	02	02
DA	04	04
DO	01	01
DDVL	01	01
DPM	01	01
Ph.D.,
Anatomy	Depend upon the eligible teacher
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Paramedical Courses: Degree Courses:
M.Sc., Psycho Social Rehabilitation	02	02
B.Sc., Respiratory Care Technology	05	05
Diploma Courses:
Medical Laboratory Technology	20	20
X-Ray Technology	20	20
Operation Theatre Technology	05	05
Dialysis Technology	05	05

For more details about the college please visit its website http://www.jssmedicalcollege.in/