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.[1][2] 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 BAMS . [3]
The Post-Graduate Course is of 3 Years duration. Some of the post-graduate courses are:[4]
- 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 (ENT & Ophthalmology)
References
- ↑ "MD Ayurveda entrance exam result out". The Hindu. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ↑ "Postgraduate Degree Course [MD/MS (AYU)] [VACHASPATHI]-2012/2015". Institute of Indigenous Medicine. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ↑ Pitkar, Urmila A. (2010). "Career options after Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery". International Journal of Ayurveda Research. 1 (3): 192–194. doi:10.4103/0974-7788.72495. ISSN 0974-7788. PMC 2996581. PMID 21170215.
- ↑ "Post-Graduate Course of MD/MS( Ayurveda)". www.nia.nic.in. National Institute of Ayurveda. Retrieved 7 April 2018.