M.D. (Anaesthesia)

Doctor of Medicine in Anaesthesia

Duration:	2 Years
Level:	Post Graduation
Type:	Degree
Eligibility:	M.B.B.S.

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M.D. Anaesthesia or Doctor of Medicine in Anaesthesia is a postgraduate Anaesthesia course. Anaesthesiology focuses on utilization of drugs that minimize pain by causing insensibility. Under this degree, students learn about areas such as ambulatory anesthesia, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, pediatric anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia, obstetrical anesthesiology and pain management. Anesthesia controls pain during surgery or other medical procedures. It includes using medicines, and sometimes closes monitoring, to keep you comfortable. It can also help control breathing, blood pressure, blood flow, and heart rate and rhythm, when needed. Some of the types of Anasthesia are local anesthesia, regional anesthesia and general anesthesia. The duration of the course is two years and it is an important and job orienting in nature.

M.D. Anaesthesia Eligibility

• M.B.B.S. with minimum 55% marks.
• Some reputed colleges and institutes do conduct entrance examination to get admission to Degree course.

M.D. Anaesthesia Syllabus

Syllabus of M.D. Anesthesia by various universities and colleges in India

Subjects of Study

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Pharmacology

Pathophysiology of various diseases

Medicine

Physics

Perioperative Anaesthesia management

Theory and practice of various techniques/ aspects of Routine & Emergency cases of General Anaesthesia

History of Anaesthesia

Airway Management

Basic & Advanced Cardiopulmonary & Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR)

Acid base & Fluid management

Arterial, Central Venous and P.A. Lines

Anaesthetic drugs used in perioperative care

Equipments

Medical gases

Day Care/ Outpatient Anaesthesia

Remote Location Anaesthesia

Emergency Anaesthesia

Monitored Anaesthesia

Labour Analgesia

Pain relief

Critical care practice

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

Occupational Hazards

Safety in Anaesthesia

Complications of Anaesthetic procedures, its prevention, detection and management

Record keeping in Anaesthesia

Medical Audit

Quality Assurance

Anaesthesia standards: e.g., Minimum monitoring standard

Medicolegal aspects in Anaesthesia

Ethics in Anaesthesia

Principles of Evidence Based Medicine

Basic Research Methodology and Clinical Trials

Bio-statistics

Computers

M.D. Anaesthesia Course Suitability

• Those who want to deliver services in the preoperative setting, pain management and critical care, excellence in the education of medical students, residents and fellows and to contribute to the specialty of anesthesiology through our commitment to education, research, and scholarly activities care good match for it.
• They should be good in patient care, education, research, faculty development and the advancement of the specialty of anesthesiology.
• Those who want to become teacher/lecturer and want to have further higher studies also suitable for it.
• They should be able to perform pre-operative examinations of patients to determine appropriate anaesthetic and sedation in concurrence with Internal Medicine Specialists and Surgeons

How is M.D. Anaesthesia Course Beneficial?

• The Master degree course is beneficial for further higher studies such as Ph.D. etc.
• The degree course teaches the students to provide direct medical care to patients requiring general or local anaesthesia for surgical, diagnostic and other procedures such as prevention of pain and maintenance of body function.
• They can have jobs relating to administering local, regional and general anaesthetics using a variety of methods such as inhalational and intravenous administration.
• They can teach in schools both on government and private basis as teachers and after passing UGC-NET exam they can go for lecturer jobs.

M.D. Anaesthesia Employment Areas

• Health Centres
• Laboratories
• Nursing Homes
• Hospitals
• Private Practice

M.D. Anaesthesia Job Types

• Registrar - Cardiac Anaesthesia
• Senior Residents - Anaesthesia
• Consultant Anaesthesia
• Anaesthetist
• Senior Registrar Anaesthesia
• Asst. Professor - Anaesthesia
• Critical Care Specialist