University of Medicine, Magway
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| Motto |
ဥပဌာနံ အနုကမ္မာ ဒယာ (Pali: upaṭhānaṃ, anukammā, dayā) |
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Motto in English
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Service, Sympathy, Humanity |
| Type | Public |
| Established | May 22, 2001 |
| Rector | Khin Zaw |
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Administrative staff
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426 |
| Students | 2086 (2015) |
| Location | Magway, Magway Region, Myanmar |
| Affiliations | Ministry of Health |
| Website | www |
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The University of Medicine, Magway (Burmese: ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မကွေး), pronounced [sʰé tɛʔkəθò (məɡwé)]) located in Magway, is one of five universities of medicine in Myanmar. The university offers an M.B.,B.S. degree program, and master's degree programs in medical science.
Up to 2011 December, the Ministry of Health-administered university was one of the most selective in the country, and accepts each year approximately 600 undergraduate students outside of Yangon Region and Mandalay Region based on their University Entrance Examination scores.
As it was the only university of medicine in the country that accepts students from the rest of the country, the university was reputed to have the most economically, culturally and ethnically diverse student population as the Union University, ပြည်ထောင်စု ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်, among all Burmese universities of medicine. But, when educational reforms are started under the New Regime, the numbers of fresher candidates is reduced to 99 (2012 December) and those fresher students are from Magway Region, Shan State(East), Rakhine State, Bago Region (West). The fresher students from Lower Myanmar are relocated to University of Medicine 2, Yangon, and those from Kachin State, Chin State and Sagaing Region are to University of Medicine Mandalay.
University of Medicine, Magway, is one of 4 schools in Myanmar recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
Students are also posted for 18 weeks each to the medical and surgical wards for clinical training.
All the government hospitals in Myanmar which have at least 4 specialties centers can be regarded as a field place for interns.
All students, after a successful completion of Final Part II examination, are required to continue with hands-on training for a period of one year as house surgeons in state-recognized teaching hospitals in Yangon and/ r the State and Division Hospitals. Training periods are:
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