A.I.I.M.S.
All India Institute of Medical Science was established by
an Act of Parliament of 1956, as an autonomous institution of national importance and its
objectives and functions were defined. By virtue of this Act, the institute awards its own
medical degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions. The degrees and diplomas
awarded by the institute under the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act are
recognised medical qualifications for the purpose of the Indian medical Council Act and
notwithstanding anything contained in the Medical Council Act, are deemed to be included
in the first schedule of that Act, entitling the holders to the same privileges as those
attached to the equivalent awards from other universities of India.
The Institute is a residential university in which the faculty members,
staff and the students live on campus. There are 8 hostels for undergraduate students (6
for boys and 2 for girls) with a capacity to accommodate 850 students. There are separate
hostels for the postgraduate students. The hospital has 1560 beds including the beds in
Paying Wards.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
The prime concern of the Institute is to develop patterns of teaching in
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all the branches so as to demonstrate
a high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and allied institutions in
India. The other important objectives of the Institute are to bring together in one place
`21educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all the
important branches of health activities and to attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate
medical education. The educational principles and practices being adopted here are those
which are the best suited of the needs of the country. Adaptation of education to meet the
problems of community health is a major preoccupation. To this effect the institute has
been trying to initiate a model educational program which is undertaken in the Ballabgarh
Community Development Block in collaboration with the Haryana government. The Institute
has also been able to initiate model educational program in Community Medicine at the
urban field practice area in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi. Emphasis is laid on the active
learning process and on the cultivation of scholarly habits and scientific methods |
