Teaching Hospitals and Community Practice Areas
The clinical training programme of the faculty is primarily carried out in Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura (THA), the third-largest hospital in the country, as the affiliated teaching hospital. THA is equipped with modern diagnostic and management facilities. The academic staff of all clinical departments provides services as honorary specialists at THA. Moreover, nearly a hundred specialists in different specialities who are attached to the Ministry of Health – Sri Lanka serves as the extended faculty in THA. THA has a capacity of 2,200 beds. In 2021, it served 110,871 and 135,072 individuals on an out-patient and in-patient basis respectively. In addition to THA, clinical training conducts at Teaching Hospital Polonnaruwa as the second affiliated teaching hospital. Both the teaching hospitals affiliated with the faculty are very rich in a wide variety of clinical materials for training.
The extensive community practice area of the faculty including Medical Officer of Health (MOH) areas of Nuwaragampalatha Central (NPC), Nuwaragampalatha East (NPE), Thalawa, and Mihinthale consists of a socio-economically diverse population that enables comprehensive primary and preventive care training for the undergraduates. The above training is linked with extensive community services to ensure that students get hands-on experience in public health.
Hospital-based appointments
Observer positions for interested graduates and training positions for medical undergraduates are available in all the specialities in both teaching hospitals and community practice areas. The training period can be customised based on the student’s requirements. Clinical training and observer positions in all specialities are available throughout the year.
The following specialties are available for Clinical Training & Observer Positions
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General Surgery |
Gynaecology & Obstetrics |
Family Medicine |
Radiology |
| General Paediatrics |
Adult Psychiatry |
Otolaryngology |
Neonatology |
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Anaesthesiology |
Critical Care Medicine |
Forensic Medicine |
Respiratory Medicine |
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Cardiology |
Dermatology |
Paediatric Nephrology |
Nephrology |
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Chemical pathology |
Endocrinology |
Gastroenterology |
Rheumatology |
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Child Psychiatry |
Oncology |
Paediatric Neurology |
Neurology |
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Clinical Microbiology |
Destristy |
Gastroenterosurgery |
Transfusion Medicine |
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Clinical Parasitology |
Oncosurgery |
Paediatric Surgery |
Neurophysiology |
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Clinical Pathology |
Emergency Medicine |
Haematology |
Urology |
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Community Medicine |
Ophthalmology |
Paediatrics Critical Care |
Neurosurgery |
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General Medicine |
Orthopaedics |
Histopathology |
Venereology |
Clerkship programmes conducted in public health:
This is one of the main field-based teaching/training programmes in public health for medical undergraduates. This training is conducted as rotational appointments for fourth-year medical undergraduates.
The public health system in Sri Lanka has substantially contributed to the exemplary achievements in the Sri Lankan health indicators and the clerkship training programme provides a comprehensive overview of the public health system in the country.
The programme includes field visits to,
- meet and discuss with different public health professionals in the public health system at grass-root, divisional and regional levels,
- observe public health service provisions via a diverse set of clinics targeted at different population groups, and
- observe institutes providing services of public health significance (e.g. water treatment plant, care for children with special needs, elderly care, etc.).
Fees
130 USD/Week (No registration fee or other fees)
Admissions and Inquiries
Please refer to the Admissions page of the website (Click Here) or contact the faculty through admissions@med.rjt.ac.lk
Facilities for international students
Please refer to the Rajarata University International Relations Unit web page (https://www.rjt.ac.lk/ruiru-2/) or contact the faculty through admissions@med.rjt.ac.lk
