Exploring Trivandrum Medical College - UG life

MBBS course is four and half years long and these whole years is full of stress and emotional outburst. Portions covered are so vast which is covered in a minimum of 10 -13 months in the first three years and on one and half years on the fourth year. So there is no enough time for a student to study all these topics . KUHS has never been student friendly.

We can do internship in the health centres and hospitals under Medical college trivandrum after passing out fourth year for one year . We will get stipend over 27000 rupees monthly . There are department wise postings and the work load during this period is a mess with limited number of holidays which may again stress us out. There can be 24 hr postings and all which can drain interns . But still this is the period where we truly enter the community as doctors so it would be emotionally satisfying to treat patients and make them better .

Tution fees for each year is approximately above 22000 rupees . There are also other fees for exam fees and additional amount has to be paid for books which can be up to 10000 rupees . There are also scholarships for students for economically backward communities and based on caste . For certain communities full tution fee gets refunded once the scholarship is granted while certain other communities doesn't even have to pay the tution fees . These tution fees are certainly low when compared to MBBS tution fee in other states. Internship can be done in hospitals under medical college like Primary health center or other general hospitals from which there is a stipend of about 27000 rupees monthly but the workload during this period too par the level .

Campus life is the little happy things that happens in the between those academic stress. In Trivandrum Medical college (TMC) there are various celebrations happening throughout the year like Holi , Valentines day , Onam celebrations , Halloween , New year celebrations. There is an yearly inter batch culturals known as euphoria which is truly colorful with lots of exciting events . The college also makes us ready to participate in intercollegiate culturals. There is 2 college grounds with limited facilities where students can join any sport and train in it . There are also interbatch athletics and intercollegiate events for each sport like kho kho , volleyball , basketball etc. There are so many clubs in the college including Queer club ,Dance club , Music Club , Literary Club , Theatre Events Club , Oratory Club , Quiz club etc. These clubs are active and programmes are conducted timely and student participation is ensured in every club activities . Library is filled with all book

Hostel facility is poor with very congested rooms even 9 people in a room . Hostel infrastructure is also not that good. There are bunk beds and single beds in the room with two fans which makes hard for students to live in summer season . Meals order is taken in contract which is also not that good . Food quality and quantity is limited and is not for everyone's tastebuds . Hostel is affordable and is available for all students . There is only a rent of 50 rupees per month . Mess fees should be 110 rupees per day . There can be additional establishment fee and fee for additional facilities like wifi . There are also so much PGs available nearby .

Admission in to the college is via All INDIA NEET exam which is held yearly . NEET exam difficulty level has been easy to moderate these years . So there have been large number of students with high marks thus having high cut offs . NTA has been conducting NEET exam over the years and application form its verifications fees all are done through NTA website . Eligibility for writing the NEET exam is getting passed the twelth grade on biology chemistry physics subjects . There is reservation for communities during the allotment process . Admission have always been hectic , the documents to be submitted and the fees should be paid within days after getting allotted to college . Admission is held in three phases and after that there is also spot allotment to fill in the rest of medical seats.

For lecture hours all students sit together so the faculty to student ratio is 1 :250 so attention to students may be reduced. But after that there are separate practical sessions where 250 students are divided into batches of four each batch consisting of 65 or 66 students. In those practical sessions there are 1 or 2 teachers so the faculty to student ratio is 1:33 so faculty given attention to each one of them and are well taught and mananged. There are separate mentor groups in each subjects where each faculty mentors 20 students and help them out academically and emotionally. The faculty does weekly meetings and small group discussions are conducted on some academic topics.This helps student to improve their knowledge and skill. Faculties are well educated and have medical experience of over our age so they are well motivated and enthusiastic to make us study. Some Faculties are really friendly and we can even contact them for doubts on phone .