Internship, Residency and Fellowship Programmes

The Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) programme at Aga Khan University aims to provide excellence and innovation in specialized postgraduate medical education to promote evidence-based health care and research abiding by the principles of ethics and professionalism. 

The first postgraduate clinical training programmes were launched following the inauguration of Aga Khan University Hospital in 1985. Since critical thinking and analysis are the keystone of scientific thought and the prerequisite for meaningful scholarship and research, it is essential for any educational programme to encompass aspects such as biomedical ethics, teaching skills, research methodology as well as communication skills. Postgraduate medical education at AKU strives to instill these qualities into its graduates through carefully structured programmes, to facilitate a process of broad professional and personal development.

Requirements

INTERNSHIP (House Job)

All medical graduates, including those expecting their MBBS final results by end November, 2016 and are able to submit all relevant documents including valid/provisional PMDC certificate by December 15, 2016 are eligible to apply. 

RESIDENCY (Postgraduate Training)

Applications are invited for Residency programmes in following disciplines:

Adult Cardiology; Anaesthesiology; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Chemical Pathology; Clinical Haematology; Community Medicine; Dermatology; Diagnostic Radiology: Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Gastroenterology; General Surgery; Haematology; Histopathology; Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology; Microbiology; Nephrology; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Operative Dentistry; Ophthalmology; Orthodontics; Orthopaedic Surgery; Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery; Paediatric Surgery; Paediatrics & Child Health; Plastic Surgery; Psychiatry; Pulmonary Medicine; Radiation Oncology and Urology.

As per CPSP guidelines, candidates are required to take a final decision about their specialty before applying to the programme. Change will not be allowed after induction into the chosen specialty.

There are opportunities for flexible training programmes. Details are available through our brochure and website.

FELLOWSHIP (Post Residency)

Applications are invited for entrance into Fellowship (post Residency advanced training) in following disciplines:

Breast Surgery; Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia; Clinical Neurophysiology and Electro-diagnostic Medicine; Critical Care Medicine; Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism; Diagnostic Neuro-Radiology; Feto-Maternal Medicine; Gastrointestinal Surgery; General Surgery; Neonatal Paediatrics; Neurovascular (Stroke); Obstetrics Anaesthesia; Paediatric Critical Care Medicine; Paediatric Infectious Diseases; Pain Management; Surgical Neuro-Oncology; Uro-gynaecology & Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery; Vascular and Interventional Radiology and Women Imaging.

Details are available through our brochure and website.