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Internship, Residency and Fellowship Programmes

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Aga Khan University

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Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction

The Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) programme at Aga Khan University aims to provide excellence and innovation in specialised Postgraduate Medical Education to promote evidence-based health care and research abiding by the principles of ethics and professionalism. 

The first postgraduate clinical training programmes were launched following the inauguration of Aga Khan University Hospital in 1985. Since critical thinking and analysis are the keystone of scientific thought and the prerequisite for meaningful scholarship and research, it is essential for any educational programme to encompass aspects such as biomedical ethics, teaching skills, research methodology as well as communication skills. Postgraduate medical education at AKU strives to instill these qualities into its graduates through carefully structured programmes, to facilitate a process of broad professional and personal development.

Requirements

All those medical graduates who could provide their final result transcript along with PMC/PMDC registration by 31st March will be eligible to apply.

INTERNSHIP (House Job)

All medical graduates, including those expecting their MBBS final results January 15, 2023 and are able to submit all relevant documents including valid/provisional PMC certificate by January 20, 2023 are eligible to apply.

RESIDENCY (Postgraduate Training)

Applications are invited for Residency programmes in following disciplines:

Adult Cardiology; Anaesthesiology; Cardio-thoracic Surgery - (4 yrs); Clinical Haematology; Community Medicine; Dermatology; Diagnostic Radiology; Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Gastroenterology; General Surgery; Internal Medicine - (2 yrs); Internal Medicine - (4 yrs); Medical Oncology - (3 yrs); Medical Oncology - (5 yrs); Nephrology; Neurology - (3 yrs); Neurosurgery - (4 yrs); Obstetrics/Gynecology; Operative Dentistry; Ophthalmology; Orthodontics; Orthopaedics - (4 yrs); Orthopaedics - (6 yrs); Otolaryngology Head /Neck Surgery; Paediatrics and Child Health; Pathology & Lab Medicine; (Chemical Pathology, Haematology, & Microbiology); Prosthodontics; Psychiatry; Pulmonary Medicine; Radiation Oncology; Urology - (4 yrs); Urology - (6 yrs); Flexible Training - Internal Medicine; Flexible Training - Paediatrics & Child Health. 

According to College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) guidelines, candidates applying in General Medicine or Surgery are required to take a final decision about their track before applying to the programme. Change will not be allowed after induction into the chosen specialty.

There are opportunities for flexible training programmes. Details are available on our website.

FELLOWSHIP (Post Residency)

Applications are invited for entrance into Fellowship (post Residency advanced training) in following disciplines:

Arthroplasty; Body Imaging; Breast & General Surgery; Cardio-thoracic Anaesthesiology; Cardiac Imaging; Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology; Clinical Neurophysiology & Electro-diagnostic Medicine; Critical Care Medicine (Anaesthesia); Critical Care Medicine (Medicine); Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism; Diagnostic Neuro-Radiology; Gastrointestinal Surgery/Surgical Oncology; Head & Neck Surgery; Hospital Medicine; Interventional Radiology; Neonatal Paediatrics; Neurovascular (Stroke); Obstetrics Anaesthesiology; Paediatric Cardiology; Paediatric  Critical Care Medicine; Paediatric Haematology/Oncology; Paediatric Infectious Diseases; Paediatric Neuro-Oncology; Pain Management; Surgical Neuro-Oncology; Uro-Gyn & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Women Imaging

Details are available on our website.

To Apply

​Only on-line applications will be accepted (www.aku.edu/apply-online). A candidate can apply for only one programme at a time be it Internship, Residency or Fellowship. 

Programme information, admission material and online application form are available on http://www.aku.edu/mcpk/pgme

All relevant information on admissions including eligibility criteria, requirements, selection process, salary, benefits is also available on our website.

Application Fee & Deadlines:

Application Deadline:                  July 29, 2022

Application Fee                            Rs. 5,000

Admission Test:

The Admission Test for candidates of Internship & Residency Programmes will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2022 simultaneously in Karachi, Hyderabad and Islamabad. Details will be notified through the admit card.

There is no admission test for entrance into Fellowship training. Selection will be based on academic qualifications, past experience and interviews.

Applicants selected from training programmes of other institutions must submit a “No Objection Certificate” or a copy of the resignation approved by the supervising consultant before joining.

Accommodation:

Accommodation is not guaranteed. Only limited accommodation is available on “first-come first-served” basis for outstation candidates.

Feel free to call PGME Office at (021) 3486-4546/ 3486-4583 / 3486-2355 or email at pgme.admissions@aku.edu.

Applications should be submitted latest by July 29, 2022