Orthopaedics is a field of medicine that is connected with specialists dealing with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Professionals in this field of medicine uses both non-surgical and surgical means for treating congenital disorders, tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, sport injuries and musculoskeletal trauma. Diploma in Orthopaedics is a two-year PG course offered for candidates in the field of medicine and the names of government colleges offering this course in different state of India are given below:

West Bengal:

• Medical College, Kolkata

Uttar Pradesh:

• S N Medical College, Agra

• LLRM Medical College, Merrut

• GSVM Medial College, Kanpur

• Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow

Tamil Nadu:

• Thanjavur Medical College,Thanjavur

• Stanley Medical College, Chennai

• Madurai Medical College, Madurai

• Madras Medical College, Chennai

• Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai

Pondicherry:

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry

Orissa:

• MKCG Medical College, Berhampur

Maharashtra:

• Sancheti Institute for Orthpaedics & Rehabilitation, Pune

• Government Medical College, Aurangabad

• B. J. Medical College, Pune

Madhya Pradesh:

• Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa

• Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur

• Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal

• Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior

Kerala:

• T D Medical College, Alleppey (Allappuzha)

• Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

• Govt. Medical College, Calicut

• Government Medical College, Kottayam

Karnataka:

• Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary

• Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli

• Govt. Medical College, Mysore

• Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore

Jharkhand:

• Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi

Jammu & Kashmir:

• Government Medical College, Jammu

Himachal Pradesh:

• Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla

Haryana:

• Pt. B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana)

Gujarat:

• Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Medical College, Rajkot

Chhattisgarh:

• Pt. J N M Medical College, Raipur

Bihar:

• Patna Medical College, Patna

• Darbanga Medical College, Lehriasarai

Eligibility requirements:

For seeking admission to the Diploma in Orthopaedics course offered by these government colleges and any other private college in India for that matter, candidates must have completed their Bachelor’s degree in Medicine called as MBBS course from an institution recognized by the Medical Council of India. Some institutions require that candidates must have completed their compulsory internship after MBBS before the classes commence for diploma in Orthopaedics after admission.

Admission Procedure:

Admission of students to this course is done on the basis of their performance either in the All India level PG Medical Entrance Examination or state-level PG medical entrance examination. Total number of seats available for this course in India under colleges approved by the Medical Council of India is 294, which includes both government and private college seats.

Subject taught under Diploma in Orthopaedics:

Some of the subjects taught under this two-year PG diploma course are:

• Splints

• Bio-mechanics of Gait

• Disability calculation

• Orthotics & prosthetics

• Arthoplasty

• Microsurgery

• Arthroscopy

• Surgical techniques

• Rehabilitation of Injuries

• Principles of surgery and traumatology

• Orthopedic diseases

• Surgical pathology

• Physiology

• Histology of nerve/muscles/collagen/cartilage/bone

• Science of locomotor system

Scope of Diploma in Orthopaedics:

Orthopaedics is a field of medicine that is improving these days and candidates with Diploma in Orthopaedics can find job placement in a number of multi-specialty hospitals. They can also practice on their own as part-time ortho doctors by working for multi-specialty hospitals in day times. In addition to multi-specialty hospitals, nowadays many hospitals specially meant for offering ortho treatments are functioning in many top cities in India and these hospitals also recruit candidates with Diploma in Orthopaedics and they do offer a very good pay package for these professionals. Therefore, job prospects are wider for professionals with Diploma in Orthopaedics.