The Department of Medicine is a core clinical department responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and comprehensive management of adult medical diseases. It also plays a major role in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, clinical research, and community-oriented healthcare.

• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic medical illnesses.
• Provide inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and critical care services.
• Ensure holistic and patient-centered care.

• Train MBBS students in history taking, clinical examination, diagnosis, investigations and management and help them to become competent Indian Medical Graduate (IMG).
• Develop clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.
• Teach appropriate communication, professionalism, and ethical practice.

• Provide structured training for MD Medicine residents.
• Develop competency in managing common and complicated medical disorders.
• Train residents in emergency medicine, intensive care, procedures and evidence-based practice.

• Teach proper history taking and systematic physical examination.
• Train students and residents in interpretation of ECG, imaging, laboratory investigations, and other diagnostic tests.
• Develop skills in common bedside procedures.

• Identify risk factors for non-communicable diseases.
• Promote screening, vaccination, lifestyle modification, and early diagnosis.
• Participate in health-awareness and community outreach programs.

• Encourage clinical research.
• Promote evidence-based medicine.
• Conduct seminars, journal clubs, case discussions, conferences, and CME programs.
• Encourage publication and presentation of research.

• OPD services for adult medical diseases.
• Inpatient management of medical wards.
• Emergency medical services.
• ICU/MICU care.
• Consultation services for other departments.
• Management of common and complex multisystem disorders.
• Provide necessary superspeciality services to needy patients.
• Continuity of care and follow-up.

• Competency Based teaching.
• Bedside clinical teaching.
• Lectures and interactive teaching, small group teachings.
• Case presentations and discussions.
• Tutorials and demonstrations.
• Clinical postings for undergraduate students.
• Seminars, journal clubs, and grand rounds for postgraduate students.
• Assessment of students through formative and summative examinations.

Residents and students should acquire competency in:

• Clinical history and examination.
• Differential diagnosis and clinical reasoning.
• Rational investigation selection.
• Interpretation of laboratory and imaging reports.
• Prescription and rational use of medicines.
• Emergency management.
• Common medical procedures.
• Patient counselling and communication.

• Conduct clinical research and audits.
• Encourage postgraduate dissertations and student research projects.
• Promote evidence-based clinical practice.
• Participate in multidisciplinary research.
• Disseminate research findings through publications and conferences.

• Maintain medical records and clinical documentation.
• Ensure appropriate utilization of hospital resources.
• Develop and follow departmental protocols and SOPs.
• Monitor quality of patient care.
• Participate in hospital infection-control and patient-safety activities.
• Maintain academic and departmental records.

To produce competent, compassionate, ethical, and evidence-based physicians while providing high-quality comprehensive medical care and contributing to medical education, research, and community health.