Academic Calendar & Curriculum for MBBS 2022-23 Batch
The Academic Cell of the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) has released an updated phase-wise academic calendar and curriculum for the 2022–2023 session of MBBS. All the Deans/Principals of medical colleges and registrars/vice chancellors of concerned institutions may put the same into practice for the MBBS batch accepted during the academic session 2022–2023.
Academic Calendar for Phase-I of MBBS
| DATE | 15th Nov 2022 – 15th Dec 2023 |
| TIME ALLOTTED | 13 Months (Approx.. 57 weeks) |
| TIME AVAILABLE | Approx. 42 Weeks (Excluding 15 weeks)
(10 Weeks for Prelim/University Exam & Results + 3 Weeks for Vacation + 2 Weeks for Public Holidays)
Time available in hours: 42 weeks x 39 hrs = 1638 hrs available hours for Teaching Learning
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Academic Calendar for Phase II of MBBS
| DATE | 16th Dec 2023 – 15th Jan 2025 |
| TIME ALLOTTED | 13 Months (Approx. 57 Weeks) |
| TIME AVAILABLE | Approx. 42 Weeks (Excluding 15 Weeks)
(10 Weeks for Prelim/University Exam & Results + 3 weeks for Vacation + 2 Weeks for Public Holidays)
Time available in hours: 39 hrs/week = 1638 hrs
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Academic Calendar for Phase-III of MBBS
| DATE | 16th Jan 2025 – 30th Nov 2025 |
| TIME ALLOTTED | 10.5 Months (Approx. 46 Weeks) |
| TIME AVAILABLE | Approx. 35 Weeks (Excluding 11 Weeks)
(6 Weeks for Prelim/University Exam & Results + 3 weeks for Vacation + 2 Weeks for Public Holidays)
Time available in hours: 39 hrs/week = 35 x 39 = 1365 hrs
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Academic Calendar for Phase-IV of MBBS
| DATE | 1st Dec 2025 – 15th May 2027 |
| TIME ALLOTTED | 17.5 Months (Approx. 78 Weeks) |
| TIME AVAILABLE | Approx. 57 Weeks (Excluding 21 Weeks)
(16 Weeks for Prelim/University Exam & Results + 3 weeks for Vacation + 2 Weeks for Public Holidays)
Time available in hours: 39 hrs/week = 57 x 39 = 2223 hrs
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Total Time in Hours: 6864
Clinical Postings: 132 Weeks
Total: 176 Weeks
Electives:
Block: 1 of 15 days may be offered in Final MBBS Part 1
Subjects: Anatomy/Physiology/Biochemistry/Pathology/Blood Banking/Microbiology/Pharmacology/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology.
Block: 2 of 15 days may be offered in Final MBBS Part 2
Subjects: Gen. Medicine and allied, Gen. Surgery and allied
Key Changes from GMER 2019:
The following changes have been proposed to ensure easy rotation in postings, and minimize headcount in each posting. This will also provide increased hours and shift postings to the final year in some allied subjects based on feedback from faculty from these departments.
- Dermatology, Radiology, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Respiratory Medicine Theory sessions have been shifted to the final phase.
- Otorhinolaryngology & Ophthalmology theory sessions have been reduced while the remaining sessions have been shifted to the final phase.
- Clinical postings of Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology have been shifted from Phase II to Phase III Part I and Part II.
- Updated elements of the Pandemic Module and Family Adoption Programme in Community Medicine have been included.
- There will be no postings during electives.
- Clinical postings have been rescheduled to promote learning and assist students in adjusting to the implementation of the common national exit test.
- No supplementary batches and supplementary exams are to be conducted by the end of one month of results of regular exams. Results will be declared within a fortnight of the last exam.
Timetable – Curriculum 1st Year MBBS – Phase I
| Subject | Lectures | Small Group Teaching/Tutorials/Integrated Learning/Practical
(Hours) |
Self-directed Learning (Hours) | Total |
| Foundation Course | 39 | |||
| Human Anatomy | 220 | 410 | 20 | 650 |
| Physiology (Including Molecular Biology) | 138 | 308 | 15 | 461 |
| Biochemistry | 80 | 150 | 15 | 245 |
| Early Clinical Exposure (Hours to be divided equally into all 3 subjects.) | 60 | – | 0 | 60 |
| Community Medicine (+ Family Adoption Program) | 20 | 20 (+27) = 47 | 67 (40+27) | |
| AETCOM (This module shall be a longitudinal program)
|
– | 26 | – | 26 |
| Sports and extracurricular activities | – | – | – | 10 |
| Formative Assessment and Term Examinations | – | – | – | 80 |
| Total | 518 | 941 | 50 | 1638* |
*Includes hours for Foundation course + Sports & ECA + FA & Term Exams.
Timetable – Curriculum: II MBBS, Phase II
| Subject | Lectures | Small Group Teaching (Tutorials/Seminars)/Integrated Learning
(Hours) |
Clinical Postings (Hours)* | Self-directed Learning (Hours) | Total |
| Pathology | 80 | 158 | – | 17 | 255 |
| Pharmacology | 80 | 158 | – | 17 | 255 |
| Microbiology | 70 | 140 | – | 10 | 220 |
| Community Medicine (+ Family Adoption Program) | 20 | 023 | (27) | 10 | 80 (43+10+27) |
| Forensic Medicine and Toxicology | 15 | 28 | – | 5 | 48 |
| Clinical Subjects | 75** | – | 585*** | – | 660 |
| Attitude, Ethics & Communication Module (AETCOM) | – | 29 | – | 8 | 37 |
| Sports and extracurricular activities | – | – | – | 20 | 20 |
| Pandemic Module | 28 | ||||
| Total | 340 | 612 | 1603 | ||
| Surplus Hours | – | 35 | |||
| Final Total | 340 | 536 | 612 | 87 | 1638## |
Surplus hours can be given to FAP/second-year subjects needing more teaching hours, skill lab training/artificial intelligence, and information technology in pre-clinical and para-clinical subjects.
## Includes 28 hrs of Pandemic module and 35 hrs of Surplus.
Timetable – Curriculum: III MBBS, Part 1/Phase I
| Subject | Teaching Hours | Tutorials/Seminars)/Integrated Teaching
(Hours) |
Self-directed Learning (Hours) | Total |
| Electives | 78 | |||
| Gen. Medicine | 25 | 35 | 5 | 65 |
| Gen. Surgery | 25 | 35 | 5 | 65 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 25 | 35 | 5 | 65 |
| Pediatrics | 20 | 30 | 5 | 55 |
| Orthopaedics + Physical Med. & Rehab | 15 | 20 | 5 | 40 |
| Forensic Medicine and Toxicology | 25 | 45 | 5 | 75 |
| Community Medicine + FAP | 40 | 60 + 27 | 5 | 132 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 15 | 21 | 5 | 41 |
| Ophthalmology | 20 | 20 | 3 | 43 |
| Clinical Postings* | – | – | – | 600 |
| Attitude, Ethics & Communication Module (AETCOM) | 0 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| Pandemic Module | 12 | 12 | ||
| Total | 222 | 347 | 49 | 1296 |
| Surplus | 69 | |||
| Final Total | 1365** |
**Includes hours for Electives + Clinical Postings + Surplus
Timetable – Curriculum: III MBBS, Part 2/Phase IV
| Subject | Teaching Hours | Tutorials/Seminars)/Integrated Teaching
(Hours) |
Self-directed Learning (Hours) | Total
(Hours) |
| General Medicine | 70 | 125 | 15 | 210 |
| Gen. Surgery | 70 | 125 | 15 | 210 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 70 | 125 | 15 | 210 |
| Pediatrics | 20 | 35 | 10 | 65 |
| Orthopaedics + PMR | 20 | 25 | 5 | 50 |
| Clinical Postings | – | – | – | 795 |
| Attitude, Ethics & Communication Module (AETCOM)*** | 28 | – | 16 | 44 |
| Dermatology | 20 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| Psychiatry | 25 | 10 | 5 | 40 |
| Respiratory Medicine | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 10 | 26 | 5 | 41 |
| Ophthalmology | 10 | 28 | 5 | 43 |
| Radiodiagnosis and Radiotherapy | 10 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| Anesthesiology | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| Pandemic Module | 28 | – | – | 28 |
| Electives | 78 | |||
| Total | 399 | 530 | 102 | 1904 |
| Surplus | 319 | |||
| Total | 2223** |
** Includes hours for Elective + Clinical postings + Surplus
Clinical posting re-scheduling:
- Each week, at least 3 hours of clinical teaching must be set aside for training in clinical and procedural skill labs. Depending on the practicalities of the institution, hours could be distributed every week or as a block in each posting.
- 15 hours a week may be assigned to the clinical postings (3 hrs per day from Monday to Friday).
Clinical Posting Schedules in Weeks
| Subject | Period of Training in Weeks | Total Weeks | ||
| II MBBS | III MBBS Part 1 | III MBBS Part II | ||
| Electives | 2 | 2 | 04 | |
| Gen. Medicine | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| Gen. Surgery | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| Pediatrics | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Community Medicine | 4 | 4 | 0 | 08 |
| Orthopaedics/PMR/Trauma | 2 | 2 | 4 | 08 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 0 | 4 | 4 | 08 |
| Ophthalmology | 0 | 4 | 4 | 08 |
| Respiratory Medicine | 0 | 2 | 2 | 04 |
| Psychiatry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 04 |
| Radio-diagnosis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 02 |
| Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 06 |
| Dentistry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 02 |
| Anaesthesiology | 2 (O.T.) | 2 (ICU) | 04 | |
| Casualty/Emergency Med. | 2 | 02 | ||
| Total | 39 | 40 | 53 | 132 |
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