The department offers a postgraduate training course of three years. The course is designed to prepare students for a career in teaching and research in the specialty of Oral Medicine and Radiology by means of seminars, journal clubs and case presentations.

First Year Curriculum Includes the following

• PG orientation programme conducted by Medical Education department of KMC
• Lectures and practical training in Basic science subjects ( Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology and Microbiology)
• Case History taking and clinical examination of various cases seen in the department and medical management of oral mucosal lesions , facial pain etc: 100 cases
• Intraoral radiographic exercises – Practicing various intraoral radiographic techniques, manual and automatic processing and interpretation. Identification of landmarks in intraoral radiographs
• Extraoral radiographic exercises- Identification of various landmarks on tracings made of radiographic images, Practising various extraoral radiographic techniques
• 5 Seminars in Basic science subjects
• 5 Journal club presentations
• Basic training in Computers
• Library dissertation
• Selection of Topic for dissertation and submitting the protocol
• Undergraduate teaching- taking small group discussions
• 2 short studies – observational study or clinical trial
• Perform FNAC and Biopsy- atleast 2
• Present at least one poster/ paper at PG convention or Conference/ CDE
• 5 rare or interesting long cases will be presented every year

• Case History taking and clinical examination of various cases seen in the department and medical management of oral mucosal lesions, facial pain etc
• 5 Seminars in Oral Medicine/ Imaging
• 5 journal club presentations
• Attending course of Basic life support
• One month posting each in Radio diagnosis and Imaging , Oncology, Dermatology
• Present at least one poster/ paper at PG convention or Conference/ CDE
• Undergraduate teaching- taking small group discussions
• Undergraduate teaching- Two lecture classes
• Dissertation work
• Clinical club presentation

Third Year Curriculum Includes the following

• Case History taking and clinical examination of various cases seen in the department and medical management of oral mucosal lesions, facial pain etc
• Medically compromised patients- Dental management
• 5 Seminars in Recent advances in Diagnosis, management and imaging
• 5 Journal club presentations
• Present at least one poster/ paper at PG convention or Conference/CDE
• Extraoral radiographic exercises- Taking various extraoral radiographs, manual and automatic processing and interpretation
• Completion of Dissertation and presentation
• Publication of at least one case report/ short study in indexed journal (national or international)
• Model examination
• University Exam at the end of third year with four theory exams and clinical exam on two days with one long case, two short cases and 2 spotters, radiographic exercises, dissertation presentation, Viva.voce

Objectives of Postgraduate Course in Oral Medicine and Radiology:

At the end of three years of training, the candidate should be able to acquire adequate knowledge and skills pertaining to the discipline and inculcate the right attitude.


Knowledge:

Theoretical, clinical and practical knowledge of all oral and maxillofacial disorders, diagnostic procedures pertaining to them and the latest information of imaging modalities


Skills:

1. Diagnostic skills in recognition of oral and maxillofacial diseases
2. Skills to interpret and establish radiographic diagnosis
3. Research skills in handling scientific problems pertaining to oral diseases and their treatment
4. Teaching skills
5. Communication skills