About UMMDY
The University of Medicine, Mandalay was founded on the first of April 1954 as a Branch Faculty of Medicine affiliated to the University of Yangon. It was located on the Mandalay University campus. It was then only a small red two-stored building owned by the Northern Burma Agricultural Divisional Office. In July 1955 it was relocated to the present site on the thirtieth street, between seventy-third and seventy fourth-streets, Mandalay. On the first of July 1958 the Branch Faculty of Medicine became the Faculty of Medicine Mandalay, affiliated to University of Mandalay. Students had to complete the 2 years Intermediate course at the University before joining the 2nd MBBS class at the faculty of medicine.
VISION
To produce basic doctors and highly qualified post-graduate clinicians and academiciansTo be an internationally recognized academic institution in medical education, research and health service
MISSION
Education - to produce competent doctors and effective medical educators
Research - to further research culture and to foster innovation through collaboration with international research institutions
Health service - to serve the community through a patient-centered curriculum instilling cultural competence and to provide community-oriented comprehensive health services
AIM
To produce basic doctors and highly qualified post-graduate clinicians and academicians
OBJECTIVES
The graduate of the University should:
- have acquired requisite knowledge, skills and attitudes for preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative health needs of the country
- be familiar with the National Health Programmes and be able to apply knowledge based on management science in the implementation of the health programmes
- be capable of identifying and solving health problems
- be capable of updating oneself by continuing education and research
- have the capability of adapting to the changing medical technology
- be capable of meeting the present as well as the future needs of the health care system and society's expectations
- have developed a holistic and humane attitude in dealing with patients
- be capable of appropriately applying matters relating to man and his environment in the field of health in line with the National Health Policy
- be familiar with medical ethics and observe and practice its codes
- have greater commitment to patriotic ideals and a spirit of altruism
