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It carries out education and academic programs in family medicine. From 1980 to 1989 it formed and administrated the first private medical school in the country, the North Colombo Medical College offering its own MBBS degree. [1] Since 1979, it has been publishing the journal of the CGPSL, Sri Lankan Family Physician.
Pages in category "Medical schools in Sri Lanka" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo; K.
The inaugural meeting of the College was held on 26 September of that year. All those who attended the meeting, as well as those applying for membership within a month, qualified as founder members of the College. [3] Dr E. M. Wijerama gave the first lecture of the College on 19 February 1968, with the subject 'Physicians, ancient and modern'. [3]
Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia. It is considered to be the top most medical faculty in the country which requires the highest entry qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination.
In 1960, the society reached a state of dormancy. In 1970, some keen public health practitioners formed the Sri Lanka association of preventive and social medicine. Dr. M.P.M.Cooray was its inaugural president while Dr. Terrance Fernando was the secretary. The association was again renamed as the Sri Lanka association of Community Medicine.
The first batch of students began graduating in 1990. Founded by the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka, Dr. G. M. Heenilame was its first chairman and Dr. W.D. Ratnavelle, its first director. It was nationalized in 1989 and became the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. The first batch of students of the Faculty of Medicine ...
In 1980 it was reorganized and renamed under the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Act No.1 of 1980. [1] It is the only institute in Sri Lanka responsible for conducting postgraduate programs in medicine; and its MD program requires a minimum of one year of training in a recognized institute in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, or ...
Physicians who specialize in family medicine must successfully complete an accredited three or four year long family medicine residency in the United States in addition to their medical degree. They are then eligible to sit for a board certification examination, which is now required by most hospitals and health plans. [ 9 ]