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The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) of the University of Colombo is the graduate school that provides specialist training and board certification of medical doctors in Sri Lanka. The only type of its kind, it is similar to the prestigious Royal Medical Colleges of the United Kingdom. Internationally known for its training programs, the center was established in 1976 as the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine under the University of Ceylon Act No.1 of 1976 with Professor K. N. Seneviratne its first director. In 1980 it was reorganized and renamed under the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Act No.1 of 1980. Areas of specialities include Anaesthesiology, Community Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Dental Surgery, Family Medicine and General Practice, General Medicine (Internal Medicine), Medical Microbiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Pathology, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Radiology and Surgery. Professor Rezvi Sheriff was appointed director in 2006. The current director is Janaka de Silva.
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The PGIM is the only institute in Sri Lanka that is responsible for the specialist training of Medical doctors. It is a national institute that is attached to the University of Colombo
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The PGIM is the only institute in Sri Lanka that is responsible for the specialist training of Medical doctors. It is a national institute that is attached to the University of Colombo. It is internationally recognised and several of its training programmes have ‘equivalence’ recognition by the Royal Colleges of the UK.
The PGIM works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education and Training, the Ministry of Health, Faculties of Medicine of the Universities and Professional Colleges.
The PGIM is the only institute in Sri Lanka that is responsible for the specialist training of Medical doctors. It is a national institute that is attached to the University of Colombo. It is internationally recognised and several of its training programmes have 'equivalence' recognition by the Royal Colleges of the UK.
The PGIM is governed by a Board of Management. The academic programmes are planned and executed by 22 Boards of Study.
The PGIM works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Health, Faculties of Medicine of the Universities and Professional Colleges. The Secretaries Ministry of Health , Ministry of Higher Education, the Director General I Medical Services, Deans of all Faculties of Medicine and eight nominees by the University Grants Commission from among distinguished professional in the country sit on the Board of Management.