Surgery

Observership:

1-3 months observership, clinical interneships or student exchanges are available for all subspecialties in surgery.

Surgeons or surgeons in training are given priority over other physicians for this program.

Qualified surgeons should send in a an application on plain paper with a photocopy of their postgraduate degree certificate in Surgery to the following address:

The Dean,
G.S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai 400 012.
(Residents in training should forward their application through their head of department/institution)

In the application please indicate the number of weeks you would like the obervership to be (minimum 4 , maximum 12 weeks) as also the subspecialty/ies you would like to observe.You will be notified the acceptance or otherwise of the application along with the allotted time slot.On the day of the commencement of the course, observers will have to pay a fee at the rate of Rs.1600/- per month for general surgery and Rs.3200/- per month foe specialties . Residents in training could seek waiver of this fee in their application form. Unfortunately, it is not possible for the institution to arrange for accommodation and observers from outside town are advised to arrange for the same before their arrival in the city. Students applying from other countries must get prior permission from Medical council of India. This needs an application form with six photographs to be sent to Students section, Seth G S Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 12. Besides access to clinical work, observers will be able to make free use of the department teaching files and , books and electronic media library.

On successful completion of the course, an appropriate certificate will be issued by the institution.