Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery (BEMS) or Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) is a bachelor's degree in
Unani
Unani or Yunani medicine (Urdu: ''tibb yūnānī'') is Perso-Arabic traditional medicine as practiced in Muslim culture in South Asia and modern day Central Asia. Unani medicine is pseudoscientific. The Indian Medical Association describes U ...
medicine and surgery awarded upon graduation from
medical school by universities in Pakistan,
India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and in South Africa as BCM Complementary Medicine: Unani Tibb.
In Pakistan
It's a form of
Oriental medicine
Traditional Asian medicine is a collective term for several types of traditional medicine practiced in Asia.
These include the medical traditions of:
* East Asia
** China
*** Tibet
** Japan (Kampo)
** Korea
** Mongolia
* Southeast Asia
** Camb ...
launched for the first time at the
Hamdard University
Hamdard University ( ur, ) is a private research university with campuses in Karachi and Islamabad, Pakistan.[Islamia University
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), formerly known as Jamia Abbasia, is a public university located in Bahawalpur, Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a ...]
in Pakistan.
Admission to 5-yearly BEMS degree/classified program/course is purely based on FSC (Pre-Medical). Internship Bachelor of Eastern Medicine and Surgery: After completing degree program and one-yearly house internship,
NCT licensed graduates can practice
Eastern medicine
Traditional Asian medicine is a collective term for several types of traditional medicine practiced in Asia.
These include the medical traditions of:
* East Asia
** China
*** Tibet
** Japan (Kampo)
** Korea
** Mongolia
* Southeast Asia
** Cambo ...
as registered Unani physician according to UAH Act 2002-1965. Qualified graduates can be enrolled in
Higher Education Commission registered private and public universities. They can also be enrolled for Eastern Medicine curriculum to receive M.Phil. And Ph.D. degrees inside and abroad. In 2020,
National Council for Tibb
National Council for Tibb ( ur, ) is a body corporate, established under section 3 of The Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965, to promote the Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic system of medicine. (NCT) announced that BEMS graduate will be regarded as "Doctor of Natural Medicine".
[NCT judgement, "15th Meet of the NCT", Date: 19 Jun 2020, REF: F.20-62/2018-NCT(M-15)/4009, page: 02]
References
Eastern Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of
Medical degrees
Eastern Medicine and Surgery, Bachelor of
Unani medicine
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