Pass in MBBS from a recognized medical college with permanent registration of any State Medical Council. Candidate should be NEET-PG qualified.
Admission to both General and NRI category seats in MD/MS is based on inter-se merit in NEET-PG.
In addition to the basic eligibility criteria mentioned above, students seeking admission to MD/MS program will be required to qualify in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET-PG which will be conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) generally in January each year. The responsibility of NBE is limited to the conduct of NEET-PG, declaration of the result and providing the result to MCC, DGHS, MoHFW for onward transmission to State Counselling Authorities. NBE has no role in counselling and allotment of seats.
Application form for NEET-PG can be submitted online through the website www.nbe.edu.in on notification. Students are advised to carefully read the Information Bulletin and keep the correct details ready, before submission of the form. Kindly visit www.mcc.nic.in after announcement of the NEET-PG results to know the procedure of counselling in Deemed/Central Universities.
The fee structure of MD/MS is made available on our website www.nitte.edu.in
Paper I | General Respiratory Medicine and basic sciences |
Paper II | Clinical Respiratory Medicine including medical emergencies |
Paper III | Clinical Respiratory Medicine including critical care medicine. |
Paper IV | Recent advances in Respiratory Medicine, and research methodology |
Other requirements: Dissertation
At the end of the program, graduates will be able to...
P01: Interview the patient, elicit relevant and correct information and describe the history in chronological order. |
P02: Conduct clinical examination, elicit and interpret clinical findings and diagnose common pulmonary disorders and emergencies. |
P03: Perform simple, routine investigative and office procedures required for making the bedside diagnosis, especially sputum collection and examination for etiologic organisms especially Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB), interpretation of the chest x-rays and lung function tests. |
P04: Interpret and manage various blood gases abnormalities in various pulmonary diseases. |
P05: Develop management plans for various pulmonary diseases. |
P06: Assist in the performance of common procedures, like bronchoscopic examination, pleural aspiration and biopsy, pulmonary physiotherapy, endotracheal intubation and pneumo-thoracic drainage/aspiration etc. Recognize emergency situations in intensive care, respond to these appropriately and perform basic |
P07: Critical care monitoring and therapeutic procedures. |
P08: Collect, compile, analyse, interpret, discuss and present research data. |
P09: Teach Respiratory Medicine to undergraduate and postgraduate students. |