Value Added Courses

Value Added Courses Offered By The Academy

To bridge the gap between the regular curriculum, societal needs, and recent advancements Academy offers Value Added Courses (VAC) for various programs. Value-added courses help the students to develop their own skills in their chosen field of study.

The value-added courses offered by the Academy cover a wide variety of topics from research methodology, Medical ethics, environmental ethics, communication skills, scientific writing, and many more. There will be course coordinators for the VAC who are responsible for designing the objectives and monitor the process of implementation of the same for the students of the Academy.

The following are the value-added courses that are offered by the Academy for various programs.

Value added courses to be offered for the year 2021-22
Sl.no Name of the value added courses Course code Coordinating department Target Audience Coordinator Time slot Status of the VAC
1. Community Research COR007 Community Medicine MBBS –PHASE III STUDENTS Dr Varsha R Mokhasi NOVEMBER 2021
2. Research Methodology REM005 Pharmacology MBBS –PHASE II STUDENTS Dr.Asha B. OCTOBER 2021
3. Pain and Palliative Care PPC006 Anaesthesiology &Radiotherapy MBBS –PHASE III PART II STUDENTS Dr. Manjunath & Dr. Sumanth V. MARCH 2022
4. Basic Neonatal Resuscitation Program BNC003 Paediatrics MBBS Interns AHBS INTERNS Dr.Sudha Reddy V.R. FEBRUARY 2022
5. NABH for hospitals NAH012 Biochemistry POSTGRADUATES & MBBS –PHASE III PART II STUDENTS Dr.Prabhavathi DECEMBER 2021
6. Scientific Writing SCP014 Pharmacology &Physiology POSTGRADUATES 2ndYear Dr.Sarala N. & Dr.Ashwini K.Shetty DECEMBER 2022
7. Communication Skills CSK015 Physiology BPT STUDENTS Dr.Ashwini K.Shetty & Dr.Geetha S. APRIL 2022
8. Basic Medical and Surgical Skills MSS016 Medicine &Surgery MBBS INTERNS Dr.Sreenivasan D. Dr. Manjunath MAY 2022
9. Basic Presentation and Teaching Skills BTS017 UCHPE POSTGRADUATES & MBBS INTERNS Dr.Swaroop Raj B.V. Dr. Vinutha ShankarM.S. MARCH 2022
10. Personal Development Programme PDP018 Anatomy/ NSS unit MBBS PHASE I Dr.Gururaj Rao , Counsellor Dr.Kumarswamy MARCH 2022
11. Cytogenetics Lab Technology CLT019 Centre for molecular biology and genetics AHBS (B.Sc. MLT) Interns) Dr.Venkateshwarlu Raavi JANUARY 2022
12. Nanotechnology NAT020 Centre for molecular biology and genetics AHBS (MLT-Semester III &c CND –VIII) Dr. Kiranmayee P. OCTOBER 2021
13. Basic Life Support and Advanced cardiac life support ACL013 Anaesthesia Interns -MBBS &AHBS & Post graduates –II YEAR Dr.Sujatha M.P. MARCH 2022 Completed 14-16th July 21
14. Yoga for Health &Wellness YHW 021 Integrated Medicine MBBS PHASE I Dr. Nitin Patil DECEMBER 2021
15. Ethics of organ donation EOD022 University Bioethics Centre MBBS PHASE III(PART II) Dr. Ashwini K. Shetty &Dr.Geetha S. MARCH 2022
16. Medical Law &Bioethics MLB023 Forensic Medicine AHS Dr. Abhinandan R. Dr. Srinivasa Reddy 9/10/2021 &10/10/2021
17. Geriatric Care GEC024 Department of Medicine MBBS Dr. Varsha Reddy Geriatric unit FEBRUARY 2022
18. Phlebotomy Techniques PLT 025 Pathology BSc MLT/MSc MLT/MBBS interns/ PGs Dr. Hemalatha JANUARY 2022
19. Cell Block Technique CBT 026 Pathology BScMLT/MScMLT/ MBBS interns/ PGs Dr.S. Das APRIL 2022
20. Tobacco cessation TCSS 027 Dentistry Interns Dr Harshitha. K.R. Dr Deepika Kenkere MARCH 2022
21. Power Point Presentation PPP 028 Speech &Hearing Open for all students of the Academy Mr. Lokeshwar S. NOVEMBER 2021
22. Effective communication for all ECA 029 Speech &Hearing Open for all students of the Academy Mrs.Anu Lokeshwar JANUARY 2022


The coordinating department must ensure the following (Prerequisites):

  1.  The minimum no of hours for any value added course should be 16 hours
  2. Brochure of the same to be prepared – which should include objectives, Target audience and course content and assessment.
  3.  Certificates have to be issued to all the participants who have completed the course(after assessment )
  4. The attendance of the student is mandatory for successful completion of the course.
  5. Name of the participants, term, and number of students enrolled for the course, number of students who successfully completed the course. (List to be enclosed in Excel Format).