HISTORY
The academic activities of Armed Forces Medical College commenced through induction of 56 medical cadets on 20 June 1999. The college is affiliated to Bangladesh University of Professionals and recognized by Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BMDC). So far 17 batches of more than thirteen hundred students have been inducted. The students of the first 12 batches are now doctors and have completed their internship training in the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Dhaka as well as in Kurmitola General Hospital Dhaka. Remaining batches are progressing as per the academic schedule
DORMITORIES
AFMC is a residential institution, with the students viewed as 'Medical Cadets'. It is compulsory for cadets to stay in the dormitories as provided by the college authority. The cadets must follow all rules and regulations regarding customs and etiquette, decorum and decency of the dormitory living as framed (or will be framed from time to time) by the college authority. There are separate dormitories for male and female medical cadets near the college campus. The cadets are provided with messing and allied services including laundry facilities. The messing, laundry and allied charges are paid by the cadets. On arrival to the college, the medical cadets are issued with the necessary uniforms and other supporting items, the costs of which are included in the fees. The boys dorm and the girls dorm are identical in structure. Each dormitory is composed of two blocks and eight floors with a total of 160 rooms (80 rooms in each block) that hold two cadets each, so a potential total of 320 students can stay in each dormitory. There is also a TV room, a prayer room and a waiting room (for parents and guardians) on the first (ground) floor as well as a dining room on the second floor. After passing the final exam, interns must move out of the student dorms and thereafter they may choose whether to go to work from home or from the internee dormitory. It's not compulsory for interns to stay in the internee dormitory as it is for cadets. The internee dormitory itself is different in structure. SUBJECTS and EXAMINATION
Like any other medical college in Bangladesh, the five year course is divided into four parts according to new curriculum acquired by BMDC (the first part being pre-clinical), with each part leading up to a professional examination (or 'prof') and consisting of subjects specific to that prof.
>The First Professional Examination (done in second year) consists of:
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Physiology
>>The Second Professional Examination (done in third year) consists of:
Community Medicine
Forensic Medicine
>>The Third Professional Examination (done in fourth year) consists of:
Microbiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
>>>The Final Professional Examination (done in fifth year) consists of:
Gynecology
Medicine
Surgery
The internship that follows completion of the course is carried out for a year at the nearby Combined Military Hospital (CMH). Internship there is compulsory, though foreign students are not paid. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Only during certain times of the year (like Culture Week) do a range of extracurricular activities become available to the cadets, such as competitions of extempore, poetry reading, singing, dancing and a selection of sports. Otherwise there are some facilities provided inside or within the vicinity of both dormitories for cadets to play with in their free time - arrangements for chess, carrom, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, basketball, football and cricket.
