The University of Medicine 2, Yangon ( ; formerly, Institute of Medicine 2) is a university of medicine, located in North Okkalapa,

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

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. The university offers M.B., B.S. degrees and graduate (diploma, master's and doctoral) degrees in medical science. The university is one of the most selective in the country, and accepts approximately 300 students annually based solely on their

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scores. University of Medicine 2, Yangon is one of five medical schools in Burma recognized by the

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History

The university was opened initially in Mingaladon in the outskirts of Yangon as Medical College 2, as an affiliated college of Yangon University on 15 July 1963. The college became Institute of Medicine 2, an independent university per the University Act of 1964. The Institutes of Medicine were transferred to the Ministry of Health from the Ministry of Education on 1 October 1973 and were supervised by the Department of Medical Education. The Department of Medical Education is now designated as the Department of Medical Sciences as the production of all categories of human resources for health come under its jurisdiction. The institute was moved to the present campus in North Okkalapa on 25 September 1996 and is now situated approximately from downtown Yangon. In 1963, the 1000-bed Defence Services General Hospital was affiliated as the only teaching hospital of the institute. Affiliated hospitals include North Okkalapa General Hospital (since 1970), Insein General Hospital (since 1973), Thingangyun Model Hospital (since 1996), South Okkalapa Maternal and Child Hospital (since 1998), Mawlamyaing General Hospital in

Mon State Mon State (, ; ) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the north and Tanintharyi Region to the south, also having a short border with Thailand's Kanchanabu ...

and Pathein General Hospital in

Ayeyarwady Division Ayeyarwady Region ( , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division) is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bordered by the Rakhine State to the northwest, the Bago Region to ...

(since 1997), among others. In 1997, Field Training Centre for Community Medicine was established in Hlegu Township, which is about 13 miles from the campus and one of the townships of the Yangon Division. As for the graduate medical training, although only 50 students were accepted each year initially number of uptakes has been increased gradually over the subsequent years. Since the end of the year 2000, the university has been accepting around 500 uptakes every year. Postgraduate studies for master's degrees in

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and

Physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

started in 1973. Currently, the university has been conducting 6 Diploma courses, 19 Master's degree courses, 26 Doctor of Medical Science courses for clinical disciplines, and 8 Ph.D. courses in Basic Medical Science.

Leadership

Since 1963, UM-2 has been headed by an academic dean known as a rector. Past rectors include: #1963–1967: Ko Ko Gyi #1967–1973: U E #1973–1982: Khin Maung Nyein #1982–1987: Tin Aung Swe #1987–1989: Myo Thwe #1989–1992: Ko Lay #1992–2004: Tha Hla Shwe #2004–2007: Than Nu Shwe #2008–2014: Tint Swe Latt #2014–2015: Zaw Wai Soe #2015–2017: Aye Aung #2017–2021: Aye Tun #2021-2025: Aye Aye Khin #2025-: Moe Wint Aung

Students' Union

University of Medicine - 2 Students' Union was founded in 2015 by twelve students. The main purpose of the Students' Union is to represent the students within the institution. The Students' Union takes part in the administrative affairs of the university, academic affairs, and student affairs as well as political movements.

Admissions

The University of Medicine 2, Yangon is one of the most selective schools in the nation as the medical schools continue to be the top choice amongst top students in Myanmar. The students who want the admission to this school must make sure that they are in top 0.02% of the total exam candidates in college entrance exam of the year. The school admits about 300 students per year based on their Basic Education High School (college entrance) exam scores and their regions.

Programs

The university is one of three civil universities and one medical academy in Myanmar that offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. *

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M.B., B.S. * Diploma in Medical Science (Dip.Med.Sc.) * Master of Medical Science (M.Med.Sc.) * Doctor of Medical Science (Dr.Med.Sc.) * Ph.D.

Academic Years

Integrated curriculum

Old curriculum

Undergraduate curriculum

Integrated curriculum

Foundation Year

*1st semester Language 1 -

Language 2 - English Science 1 -

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

and

Botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

Science 2 -

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...

and

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

Science 3 -

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

*2nd Semester Structural Principle -

Functional Principle -

Molecular Principle -

Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

Principle of Disease Mechanism -

Pathology Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

Principle of Medical Microbiology -

Microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

Principle of Drug Therapy -

Pharmacology Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...

Pre-Clinical Years

Medical Year 1 (System Modules)

''Horizontal Modules'' *Module 1 -

Musculoskeletal The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems. The musculoskeletal system provid ...

and Skin (MSS) *Module 2 -

Medical Genetics Medical genetics is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. Medical genetics differs from human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to me ...

(GEN) *Module 3 - Cardiovasular System (CVS) *Module 4 -

Respiratory System The respiratory system (also respiratory apparatus, ventilatory system) is a biological system consisting of specific organs and structures used for gas exchange in animals and plants. The anatomy and physiology that make this happen varies grea ...

(RES) *Module 5 -

Gastrointestinal The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The tract is the largest of the body's systems, after the cardiovascular system. ...

Liver The liver is a major metabolic organ (anatomy), organ exclusively found in vertebrates, which performs many essential biological Function (biology), functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the Protein biosynthesis, synthesis of var ...

and

Nutrition Nutrition is the biochemistry, biochemical and physiology, physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into Macronutrient, macro- ...

(GLN)

Medical Year 2 (System Modules)

''Horizontal Modules'' *Module 1 -

Hematology Hematology (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to bloo ...

(HEM) *Module 2 -

Immunology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of Immune system, immune systems in all Organism, organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the Physiology, physiological functioning of the immune system in ...

(GEN) *Module 3 -

Endocrinology Endocrinology (from ''endocrine system, endocrine'' + ''wikt:-logy#Suffix, -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the ...

(END) *Module 4 -

Renal In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation. They are located on the left and right in the retrop ...

and

Reproductive System The reproductive system of an organism, also known as the genital system, is the biological system made up of all the anatomical organs involved in sexual reproduction. Many non-living substances such as fluids, hormones, and pheromones are al ...

(RNR) *Module 5 -

Neurology Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix wikt:-logia, -logia, "study of") is the branch of specialty (medicine) , medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous syst ...

and

Mental Health Mental health is often mistakenly equated with the absence of mental illness. However, mental health refers to a person's overall emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It influences how individuals think, feel, and behave, and how t ...

(NNM) ''Vertical Modules'' *Clinical Skill Management (CSM) * Community and Family Health (CFH) * Research and Culture Skills (RCS) * Ethics and Professionalism (ENP) * Social and Behavioral Science (SBS)

Clinical Years

Medical Year 3 (Junior Clerkship)

General Medicine Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of th ...

Infectious diseases infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...

Radiology Radiology ( ) is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose diseases and guide treatment within the bodies of humans and other animals. It began with radiography (which is why its name has a root referring to radiation), but tod ...

Dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the Human skin, skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A List of dermatologists, ...

, EENT *

General Surgery General surgery is a Surgical specialties, surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and Abdomen, abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, Appendix (anatomy ...

Orthopedics Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (American and British English spelling differences, alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgic ...

, Rehabilitation,

Forensic Forensic science combines principles of law and science to investigate criminal activity. Through crime scene investigations and laboratory analysis, forensic scientists are able to link suspects to evidence. An example is determining the time and ...

* 4-week Elective

Medical Year 4 (Speciality Clerkship)

Pediatrics Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, Adolescence, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many o ...

Obstetrics and Gynaecology Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obst and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and ...

Psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

Geriatrics Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on addressing the unique health needs of older adults. The term ''geriatrics'' originates from the Greek γέρων ''geron'' meaning "old man", and ιατρός ''iatros'' mean ...

Palliative Care Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...

Surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

Emergency medicine Emergency medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians (or "ER doctors") specialize in providing care for unscheduled and undifferentiated pa ...

Anaesthesia Anesthesia (American English) or anaesthesia (British English) is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prev ...

Forensics Forensic science combines principles of law and science to investigate criminal activity. Through crime scene investigations and laboratory analysis, forensic scientists are able to link suspects to evidence. An example is determining the time and ...

* 4-week Residential Field Trip (RFT)

Medical Year 5 (Senior Clerkship)

* 4-week Student Selected Component (SSC)

Traditional curriculum

First year M.B., B.S

* English *

Second year M.B., B.S

Third year M.B., B.S

*General

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Students are also posted for 18 weeks each to the medical and surgical wards for clinical training. Exam Marks from the clinical postings are not used in this year. They will be added to the final exam of the final year as “classwork”.

Final year (Part I)

Forensic Medicine Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...

(with two days a week morgue posting for teaching during post-mortem examination of real cases in North Okkalapa General Hospital) * Preventive and Social Medicine (with three weeks residential field training in the rural areas and one month of PSM posting which includes healthcare surveying of newly created urban areas and some community care units) *Systemic

and

Students attend lectures & clinics in Medicine, Surgery, Child Health, Obstetrics & gynecology, and are posted to the various teaching hospitals, including Urban Health facilities as part of Preventive and Social Medicine teaching.

Final year (Part II)

Distinguished into 2 parts: Pre-bloc posting and bloc posting In pre-bloc posting, students are posted to different specialities for overall 4 months in different hospitals. After each posting, students must take multiple choice questions of each subjects. *

Ophthalmology Ophthalmology (, ) is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of eye diseases and disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a ...

* ENT *

Anesthesia Anesthesia (American English) or anaesthesia (British English) is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prev ...

Infectious medicine Infectious diseases (ID), also known as infectiology, is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of infections. An infectious diseases specialist's practice consists of managing nosocomial (Hospital-acquired infection, healt ...

In Bloc- posting, students are trained intensively in major speciality through lectures, seminars, presentation, clinical and theory integration and with real patients. Each posting lasts for 3 months and at the end of each posting, students have to take completion tests which composed as written and bedside exam with real patients. Written exam has multiple choice questions and multiple short questions. Bedside exam has at least 3 patients and students have to take OSCE type exams. *

Final Exam of the final year

Students have to take 2 parts of exam, written and bedside exam. There are about 3 weeks between these two parts. Written exam lasts for 8 days because each subject has 2 paper of questions as follows. *Medicine paper 1 *Medicine paper 2 *Surgery paper 1 *Surgery paper 2 *Paediatrics paper 1 *Paediatrics paper 2 *Obstetrics paper *Gynaecology paper Bedside exam lasts for 4 days and students are differentiated into 4 groups and they have to take on different days of each subjects. Each table has two examiners, one from own university and another from other universities of medicine in Myanmar. The university use real patients from teaching hospitals. So, the students are banned from teaching hospitals at least one month before the exam to prevent foreknowledge of cases of the patients who are in potential situation to be placed in the exam. *Medicine bedside exam has -Imaging section -Clinical Case section -OSCE table -OSCE + history Table -Communication Table *Surgery bedside exam has -Imaging section -Photo section -History table -Physical Examination table *Paediatrics bedside exam has -Photo section -Case section -OSCE section 1 -OSCE section 2 -History section *Obstetrics and Gynaecology bedside exam has -O1 table (History and physical examination of pregnant women or post-partum women) -O2 table with simulators (Usage of obstetrics instruments such as forceps, Vacuum, And surgical instruments used in LSCS) -G1 table (History and physical examination of women with gynaecological disease) -G2 table with instruments used in gynaecology cases such as E&C vacuum or communication table. The results are usually out in the evening of the final day of the exam. And the students can be addressed as "Doctors" if they pass the exam. So most of them are students who was taking the exam in the morning and became doctors in the evening.

Internship

All students, after successful completion of the Final Part II examination, are continued to train hands-on for a period of one year as house surgeons in the recognized Teaching Hospitals in Yangon. Training periods are: Only after completion of house-surgeonship M.B., B.S. Degree is offered to the students. Before 1997, the degree was conferred upon completion of the second part of the final year.

Heads of Departments

Department of Medicine - Prof. Cho Mar Hlaing Department of Surgery - Prof. Moe Myint Department of O&G - Department of Pediatrics - Prof. Tin Moe Phyu Department of Orthopaedics - Prof. Myo Min Oo Department of Forensic Medicine - Prof. Chan Myae Thein Department of Pathology - Prof. Nyome May Thyn Department of Preventive and Social Medicine - Prof. Pa Pa Soe Department of Microbiology - Prof. Myo Pa Pa Thet Hnin Htwe Aung Department of Pharmacology - Prof. Myat Myat Soe Department of Anatomy - Prof. Thitsar Aye Maung Than Department of Physiology - Prof. Mya Thandar Sein Department of Biochemistry - Prof. Myat Mon Khine Department of Anaesthesiology - Prof. Htike Department of Ophthalmology - Prof. Khine Myat Su Department of Radiology - Prof. Nu Nu Aye Department of ORL-HNS - Prof. Phone Myint Tun Department of Haematology - Prof. Aye Aye Gyi Department of Rehabilitation Medicine - Department of Gastroenterology - Prof. Moe Myint Aung Department of Urology - Prof. Myo Than Department of Nephrology - Prof. Thuzar Thin Department of Mental Health - Prof. Nyo Nyo Aung Department of Cardiology - Prof. Tun Tun Oo Department of Neurosurgery - Prof. Kyaw Swar Hlaing Department of Neurology - Prof. Aye Aye Sann Department of Cardiac Surgery - Prof. Aung Thu Department of Dermatology - Prof. Myat Sandar Kyaw Department of Hepatology - Prof. Naing Naing Tun Department of Chest Medicine - Department of Endocrinology - Prof. Htet Htet Khin Department of Maxillofacial Surgery - Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery - Department of Oncology - Prof. Phyu Phyu Theint Department of Tropical Medicine - Prof. Sabai Phyu Department of Pediatric Surgery - Department of Emergency Medicine - Prof. Aye Thiri Naing Department of Medical Education - Prof. Aye Thida Department of Myanmar - Daw Nan Tawng Department of English - Daw Tin Hnin Aung Department of Chemistry - Daw Ei Ei Khaing Department of Physics - Department of Zoology - Department of Botany - Daw Khin May Myint Department of Maths - Dr. Aye Thanda Swe

Teaching Hospitals

* North okkalapa General Hospital * Thingangyun Sanpya General Hospital * Insein General Hospital * Yankin Children Hospital * Ywarthargyi Psychiatric Hospital

Notable alumni

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* Chit Thu Wai * Aye Zan * Zaw Wai Soe

References

External links

IM-2 alumni website
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaWwe9-q-s {{DEFAULTSORT:Medicine 2 Universities and colleges in Yangon Medical schools in Myanmar Educational institutions established in 1963 1963 establishments in Burma

History

Leadership

Students' Union

Admissions

Programs

Academic Years

Integrated curriculum

Old curriculum

Undergraduate curriculum

Integrated curriculum

Foundation Year

Pre-Clinical Years

Medical Year 1 (System Modules)

Medical Year 2 (System Modules)

Clinical Years

Medical Year 3 (Junior Clerkship)

Medical Year 4 (Speciality Clerkship)

Medical Year 5 (Senior Clerkship)

Traditional curriculum

First year M.B., B.S

Second year M.B., B.S

Third year M.B., B.S

Final year (Part I)

Final year (Part II)

Final Exam of the final year

Internship

Heads of Departments

Teaching Hospitals

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links