University of Medicine-1, Yangon

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motto = Service, Sympathy, Humanity
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city = Yangon
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country = Myanmar
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campus = 3 campuses
former_names = Institute of Medicine-1, MC1
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type = Public
faculty = 350
rector = Dr. Aye Maung Han
undergrad = 2500
main campus = Lanmadaw Campus
campus_2 = Pyay Road Campus
campus_3 = Thahton Road Campus
website = [http://www.um1ygn.edu.mm/ University Official web site]

footnotes = The University of Medicine-1 (, formerly the Institute of Medicine-1), is the oldest of four medical institutions in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Its students are selected from those who graduate with the highest science scores in their matriculation exams. The university offers an M.B.,B.S. equivalent of the M.D. degree. The University of Medicine-1 has three campuses: (1) Lanmadaw campus which is better known as St. John, (2) Pyay Road campus and (3) Thahton Road campus. The Lanmadaw campus is next to the Yangon General Hospital and the Yangon University of Dental Medicine, Yangon, while the Pyay Road campus is located across from the Myanmar Radio and Television station.

History

A course in medical science was first introduced in Burma in 1923-24 at Rangoon College, on the premises of the Rangoon General Hospital. In 1929, the classes were transferred to the present building at Lanmadaw Township, the foundation of which was laid by Sir Harcourt Butler on 2 February 1927. The medical college became a constituent college of the University of Rangoon in 1930.

From 1942 to 1945, during World War II, there was a temporary suspension of the M.B.,B.S. course. A modified course was conducted instead, on the successful completion of which the Licentiate of the State Medical Board (L.S.M.B) was conferred. Although the medical college building remained intact, all the laboratory equipment, and all the mounts and specimens collected in the Pathology and Forensic Medicine Department Museums were completely destroyed, and valuable books from the College library were also lost.

After the war, all the constituent colleges of the reconstituted Rangoon University became Faculties, and the Medical College became the Faculty of Medicine, under the administration of the Dean.

On promulgation of the University Education Act in May, 1964, the Institutes of Medicine were established. In 1973, the administration of the three medical Institutes and the Institute of Dental Medicine was transferred to the Ministry of Health, and came under the direct control of the Department of Medical Education, now known as the Department of Health Manpower.

Post-graduate courses were instituted at the three Institutes of Medicine in 1964, the Dean of the courses being responsible to the Rector for their organization and administration. With the addition of new courses in 1970, the Board of Postgraduate Medical Studies came under the administration of the Director. With the institution of the Department of Medical Education in 1973, the Board has been under the direct charge of the Director-General of the Department of Medical Education, now known as the Department of Health Manpower.

Reproduced from Handbook of Institute of Medicine (1) Yangon (1991-1992)

# the General Medical Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) recognised the M.B.,B.S. degree of the Rangoon University and hence Rangoon Medical College in 1937 so that our medical graduates did not need to sit for LRCP & MRCS before working in UK or before pursuing further studies like MRCP & FRCS.Sayagyi U Aye got M.B.,B.S. in 1936 so he had to sit for LRCP & MRCS. Sayagyi Aye U Ko Gyi passed M.B.,B.S. in 1937 so that he could study DOMS straight.
# The medical course at Rangoon Medical College could be started only in 1923/24 academic year due to the Rangoon University students' first strike. So our pioneers in medicine like U Ba Than, Colonel Min Sein, Daw Yin May and U Maung Gale had to study in Calcutta and got M.B. (Calcutta), not M.B.,B.S. (Calcutta). Professor Dr Khin Maung Win (Pathologist) was a graduate of Bombay University, and hence his first degree was M.B.,B.S. (Bombay). Dr Maung Maung Taik got M.B.,B.S. from University of Lucknow.

# L.S.M.B. course was introduced only for a short time and the recipients were only three. I remember Professor U Aung Than of Dental College and Professor Daw Phayt of Microbiology as the two recipients of LSMB. The other person was probably Col. Myint Aung, the military surgeon and first professor of surgery at IM2.
# The students of L.M.P. (Licentiate of Medical Practice) were also taught at the Rangoon Medical College.The successful students were appointed as sub-assistant surgeons, a rank lower than the M.B.,B.S. graduates.
# A condensed course for M.B.,B.S. degrees for the LMPs were also run at the Rangoon Medical College. Col Hla Han is one of the successful LMP students to earn an M.B.,B.S. degree.Professor U Aung Nyunt of Mandalay was another LMP who passed the condensed course. Addendum (2) by Dr Maung Maung Nyo. The Medical College of Yangon, the foremost medical institution in the Far East before the World War II and after. Actually, the Institute of Medicine 1 and hence the former Medical College is the mother institute of all other institutes of medicine in Burma including the Institute of Dental Medicine. The Medical Faculty of Rangoon University (as the our medical college was formally called after independence) opened the Branch Faculty of Medicine (BMF) in Mandalay in 1954 that became the Institute of Medicine Mandalay in 1964. The professors of Anatomy and Physiology were also appointed as the part-time professor and head of respective subjects in Medical College 2, Mingaladon until that college became Institute of Medicine 2, Yangon in 1964. The Dental College was also first opened as a constituent of the faculty of medicine and it later became the Institute of Dental Medicine in 1964. The basic sciences of dental medicine were taught by the departments of anatomy and physiology, later of biochemistry until lately up to 1992. Now, all the first Deans of all the Institutes of Medicine and Dental Medicine in Burma were the graduates of our Medical Faculty.

Courses Offer And Degree Awarded

The M.B.,B.S. course work extends over 7 1/2years.

External links

* [http://www.moh.gov.mm/ Ministry of Health web site]
* [http://www.um1ygn.edu.mm/ University Official web site]
* [http://amima.net/ Alumni of Myanmar Institutes of Medicine Association]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alumnimyanmarinstitutesofmedicine/ Alumni of Myanmar Institutes of Medicine Yahoo! Group]