Programme Description
Doctor of Medicine is a five-year programme which intends to train a general duty medical doctor who has broad knowledge of common human diseases and conditions with emphasis on diseases endemic in tropical countries. The programme is coined such that the graduates will have proper skills and competencies that will enable them to manage and deliver preventive and curative health services efficiently. To achieve these, the programme is clustered into two aspects of training: Basic Sciences and Clinical Training. The student will spend the first three years studying the relevant basic sciences before embarking onto clinical years at designated teaching hospitals in the last two years (Junior and Clinical Rotations).
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of normal and abnormal structure, function, development and growth of the human body and personality.
- Evaluate patients clinically and by laboratory investigations to reach appropriate diagnosis.
- Provide correct medical and surgical interventions to the patients and refer where appropriate.
- Manage health services at different levels of the health delivery system.
- Identify and provide relevant preventive and curative community health services according to national and community priorities.
- Conduct relevant training and supervision of other health personnel.
- Conduct research and utilize the findings to improve the quality of health services.
- Demonstrate good ethical conduct. 327
Programme Structure
Year 1
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 111 |
Gross and Neuroanatomy |
Core |
33 |
| MD 112 |
Medical Biochemistry |
Core |
23 |
| LG 105 |
Communication Skills |
Core |
7.5 |
| DS 105 |
Development Perspectives |
Core |
7.5 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 121 |
Human Embryology |
Core |
1E+1 |
| MD 122 |
Cell Biology and Histology |
Core |
16 |
| MD 123 |
Basic Physiology |
Core |
14 |
| MD 124 |
Behavioural Sciences |
Core |
14 |
| MD 125 |
Biostatistics and ICT |
Core |
7 |
Year 2
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 211 |
Clinical Physiology |
Core |
8 |
| MD 212 |
Medical Microbiology and Immunology |
Core |
24 |
| MD 213 |
Basic Pathology |
Core |
12 |
| MD 214 |
Basic Clinical Methods |
Core |
4 |
| MD 215 |
Epidemiology and Research Methodology |
Core |
12 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 221 |
Systemic Pathology |
Core |
24 |
| MD 222 |
Medical Parasitology and Entomology |
Core |
2E+1 |
| MD 223 |
Basic Pharmacology |
Core |
1E+1 |
| MD 224 |
Community Medicine I: Nutrition Field Work |
Core |
6 |
Year 3
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 311 |
Forensic Medicine |
Core |
4 |
| MD 312 |
Radiology I |
Core |
7 |
| MD 313 |
Clinical Pharmacology |
Core |
15 |
| MD 314 |
Psychopathology |
Core |
1E+1 |
| MD 315 |
Internal Medicine I |
Core |
15 |
| MD 316 |
Otorhinolaryngology I |
Core |
4 |
| MD 317 |
Orthopaedics and Traumatology I |
Core |
5 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 321 |
Ophthalmology I |
Core |
4 |
| MD 322 |
General Surgery I |
Core |
12 |
| MD 323 |
Psychiatry I |
Core |
12 |
| MD 324 |
Anaesthesiology and Critical Care I |
Core |
4 |
| MD 325 |
Paediatrics and Child Health I |
Core |
11 |
| MD 326 |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology I |
Core |
11 |
| MD 327 |
Community Medicine II: Communicable Disease Control Field Work |
Core |
6 |
Year 4
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 411 |
Community Medicine III: Community Medicine Rotation |
Core |
2E+1 |
| MD 412 |
Paediatrics and Child Health II: Junior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
2E+1 |
| MD 413 |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology II: Junior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
2E+1 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 421 |
General Surgery II: Junior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
2E+1 |
| MD 422 |
Internal Medicine II: Junior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
2E+1 |
| MD 423 |
Elective Research |
Core |
2E+1 |
Year 5
Semester One
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 511 |
Paediatrics and Child Health III: Senior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
12 |
| MD 512 |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology III: Senior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
12 |
| MD 513 |
General Surgery III: Senior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
12 |
| MD 514 |
Internal Medicine III: Senior Clinical Rotation |
Core |
12 |
| MD 515 |
Psychiatry II: Clinical Rotation |
Core |
12 |
Semester Two
| Code |
Course Title |
Status |
Credits |
| MD 521 |
Otorhinolaryngology II: Clinical Rotation |
Core |
1E+1 |
| MD 522 |
Ophthalmology II: Clinical Rotation |
Core |
1E+1 |
| MD 523 |
Anaesthesiology and Critical Care II: Clinical Rotation |
Core |
1E+1 |
| MD 524 |
Orthopaedics and Traumatology II: Clinical Rotation |
Core |
16 |
| MD 525 |
Medical Ethics |
Core |
4 |
| MD 526 |
Radiology II: Clinical Rotation |
Core |
1E+1 |
Special Programme Requirements
Field Practical Training • The students will be engaged in Nutrition Field in their second year, and in Communicable Diseases Control Field in their third year. They are conducted in various selected communities around Tanzania. • Nutrition Field Project is a community-based fieldwork practical training which aims to develop knowledge on nutrition and nutritional disorders to individuals and the community. It is done during the long vacation after second semester of year two. This field study provides broad based academic training that develops an understanding of nutrition and its role in the community health and diseases. • Community Health and Communicable Disease Control Field allows students to integrate theory into field practice on how to diagnose diseases at the community and take necessary preventive measures towards the control of such diseases. Clinical Rotations (Junior and Senior Clinical Rotations) • In this part, students are be exposed to Junior (fourth year) and Senior (firth year) clinical rotations where they learn apprenticeship as related to surgical and surgical specialties practice, internal medicine, community medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics and child health, and obstetrics and Gynaecology. • These clinical rotations aim at developing knowledge, practical skills, situation analysis, disease formulation and management of medical diseases to students who upon completion of the course should be competent without supervision to diagnose, treat, prevent comm on medical conditions, and recognize complex conditions needing referral to specialists and institute preventive measures where appropriate. Research Skills/Report • It is a training whereby a student conducts a health-related research project of his own choice under supervision. The research can be performed within the 330 country or abroad, and is co-coordinated by the Department of Community Health. It aims at developing an individualized practical experience in research methodology.
