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- Pulmonary Medicine Admissions in India 2015
Pulmonary Medicine, all over the world is essentially one of
the subspecialties (in India, commonly referred as super-specialties) of
Medicine.
Pulmonary Medicine, which is also called as Pneumology is a
specialty that deals with diseases of the respiratory organs and diseases in
the respiratory tract. In some country, this specialty of medicine is called as
respiratory or chest medicine. This specialty of medicine is closely related to
the intensive care medicine or critical care medicine when offering treatment
to patients with need for mechanical ventilation.
Job Prospects:
Pulmonologist also known as Pulmonary Disease Specialist is
a medical practitioner specialized in the field of pulmonary (Lungs) medicine -
a subspecialty of internal medicine-. These specialist doctors are trained for
diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders
and abnormalities of the lungs and cardio-pulmonary system consisting
of heart, lungs, blood vessels and
all the organs that work together to
help a person breathe, in order to take in oxygen required for the
oxygenation the blood.
Pulmonologists job description includes treatment of
breathing disorders however they are also capable of prescribing medication for
problems like sleep disorders, severe allergies, and other lung conditions and
diseases besides providing critical care medicine while treating patients in
the ICU.
To be a pulmonologist, you need to possess certain skills
over and above what is required by the specialist [high aptitude, constant
learning, practical applications etc]. You require to be talking to the
patient; this means you need high degree of counselling skills. The pulmonary
disorders more often than not need constant monitoring, longer treatments, and
maintenance of the disease. During your long relation with the patient,
interaction and words will take you a long way. Besides, since you will
constantly deal with diseases like TB, it is mandatory for you to maintain your
health, fitness, and immunity level, to alleviate your own anxiety while
treating the patients.
| Name of the College | University Name | Management | Intake |
| Delhi | |||
| VP Chest Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | Delhi University | Govt. | 02 |
| Karnataka | |||
| St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore | RGUHS, Bangalore | Trust | 01 |
| Kerala | |||
| Amrita School of Medicine, Elamkara, Kochi | AVVU | Trust | 02 |
| Punjab | |||
| Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh | PG Institute | Govt. | 04 |
RGUHS - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,
Bangalore
AVVU - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
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