MD (Ayurveda)

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'''Medicine Doctor (Ayurveda)''' or '''''Ayurveda Vachaspati''''' is the three-year master's course in the Indian medical system of [[Ayurveda]]. MD/MS (Ayurveda) is offered in many medical colleges in India and Sri Lanka.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|title=MD Ayurveda entrance exam result out|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/md-ayurveda-entrance-exam-result-out/article3245037.ece|access-date=7 April 2018|work=The Hindu|date=26 January 2006|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Postgraduate Degree Course [MD/MS (AYU)] [VACHASPATHI]-2012/2015|url=http://iim.cmb.ac.lk/index.php/course/postgraduate-degree-course-md-ayu-vachaspathi-20122015/|website=Institute of Indigenous Medicine|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> The selection to the MD/MS (Ayurveda) course is generally done by a competitive National level written entrance examination which is called AIAPGET - [[All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test]], which is open to candidates with [[Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery|BAMS]] . <ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pitkar|first1=Urmila A.|title=Career options after Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery|journal= International Journal of Ayurveda Research|date=2010|volume=1|issue=3|pages=192–194|doi=10.4103/0974-7788.72495|pmid=21170215|pmc=2996581|issn=0974-7788}}</ref>

The Post-Graduate Course is of 3 Years duration. Some of the post-graduate courses are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Post-Graduate Course of MD/MS( Ayurveda)|url=http://www.nia.nic.in/?ref=12&id=43|website=www.nia.nic.in|publisher=National Institute of Ayurveda|access-date=7 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>

# MD Agad Tantra ([[Medical Jurisprudence]] & [[Toxicology]])
# MD Bala Roga ([[Pediatrics]])
# MD Dravya Guna (Materia Medica & [[Pharmacology]])
# MD Kayachikitsa ([[Internal Medicine]])
# MD Maulika Siddhanta (Fundamental Principles)
# MD Panchakarma (Penta Bio-Purification Methods)
# MD Roga & Vikriti Vijnana ([[Clinical Medicine]] & [[Pathology]])
# MD Rasa Shastra & Bhaishajya Kalpana Iatro-Chemistry (Rasa Chikitsa)
# MD Sharira Rachana ([[Anatomy]])
# MD Sharira Kriya ([[Physiology]])
# MD Swasthya Vritta (Preventive & Social Medicine)
# MD Rasayana & Vajikarana (Geriatrics and Aphrodisiacs)
# MS Prasuti Stri Roga ([[Gynaecology]] & [[Obstetrics]])
# MS Shalya Tantra ([[Surgery]])
# MS Shalakya Tantra ([[Otorhinolaryngology|ENT]] & [[Ophthalmology]])

==References==
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[[Category:Ayurveda]]
[[Category:Academic degrees of India]]
[[Category:Medical degrees]]
[[Category:Medical education in India]]

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