The MD General Practice (MDGP) at Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS) is a postgraduate medical program under Kathmandu University. The course prepares doctors for comprehensive primary care across different medical disciplines. KUSMS is based in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok, and operates within the academic and clinical relationship between Kathmandu University and Dhulikhel Hospital.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Course | MD General Practice (MDGP) |
| Level | Postgraduate medical program |
| Institution | Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences |
| University | Kathmandu University |
| Location | Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal |
| Academic focus | Comprehensive primary care across various medical disciplines |
| Reference seats | 3 |
| Entrance | MECEE-PG |
| Entrance authority | Medical Education Commission |
| Curriculum and examinations | Kathmandu University rules and regulations |
| Degree award | Kathmandu University |
MD General Practice forms part of the postgraduate medical education available at Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences (KUSMS).
KUSMS is the School of Medical Sciences of Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel. The school's institutional setting includes Dhulikhel Hospital as the university hospital for constituent medical programs and a basic-science site at Chaukot in the Panauti area.
MDGP has a broad primary-care orientation. Its stated academic purpose is to prepare doctors for comprehensive primary care across various medical disciplines.
The defining feature of MD General Practice is its emphasis on comprehensive primary care.
Rather than being presented as a specialty restricted to one organ system or one narrow area of medicine, the program is directed toward medical practice that draws on different medical disciplines in the primary-care setting.
This makes the course distinct from KUSMS postgraduate programs such as Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Paediatrics, Dermatology, General Surgery, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, each of which follows its own defined specialty area.
Eligibility: Admission eligibility for MD General Practice follows the applicable rules and regulations governing the Kathmandu University program together with the postgraduate medical education framework.
MDGP is a postgraduate medical course intended for doctors. Its stated purpose is preparation for comprehensive primary care across multiple medical disciplines.
Academic requirements after enrollment, including curriculum, examinations, progression, and degree award, follow Kathmandu University rules and regulations.
Entrance: MECEE-PG
Admission to MD General Practice follows the postgraduate medical education entrance framework of the Medical Education Commission (MEC).
The applicable MEC framework governs postgraduate entrance and related admission matters, including:
MECEE-PG
Eligibility requirements
Selection procedures
Matching
Seat allocation
Scholarship provisions
Admission procedures
Applicable MEC rules and code of conduct
After admission, students enter the Kathmandu University academic system.
Reference seats: 3
The KUSMS program information identifies three reference seats for MD General Practice.
Medical education seats are determined within the MEC framework and can vary between admission cycles. The figure therefore represents a reference intake rather than fixed permanent capacity.
Scholarship allocation, matching, and admission categories also operate according to applicable MEC provisions.
The MD General Practice curriculum and academic administration follow Kathmandu University rules and regulations.
| Academic stage | Governing framework |
|---|---|
| Postgraduate entrance | Medical Education Commission / MECEE-PG |
| Selection and seat allocation | Applicable MEC framework |
| Curriculum | Kathmandu University |
| Academic examinations | Kathmandu University |
| Degree requirements | Kathmandu University |
| Degree award | Kathmandu University |
The established academic focus is comprehensive primary care across various medical disciplines. A subject-by-subject curriculum is not added beyond that defined scope.
KUSMS operates across an academic setting in Chaukot/Panauti and the university-hospital setting in Dhulikhel. Dhulikhel Hospital is associated with constituent medical programs under the collaboration between Kathmandu University and Dhulikhel Hospital.
The Chaukot basic-science setting includes laboratories, lecture halls, Problem-Based Learning classrooms, audio-visual facilities, and library resources.
MD General Practice belongs to the postgraduate medical education environment within this wider KUSMS structure.
MD General Practice is intended for doctors seeking postgraduate study centered on comprehensive primary care rather than a narrowly defined single-system specialty.
Its academic direction may align with doctors interested in working across different areas of medicine within a broad primary-care framework.
Applicants should consider the program in relation to their postgraduate medical interests, applicable eligibility requirements, MECEE-PG admission process, and Kathmandu University academic requirements.
MD General Practice is a postgraduate medical program under Kathmandu University that prepares doctors for comprehensive primary care across various medical disciplines.
The program focuses on comprehensive primary care and draws across different medical disciplines rather than being defined by one narrow specialty area.
Admission follows the MECEE-PG postgraduate medical education entrance framework.
The Medical Education Commission, Government of Nepal, manages the applicable postgraduate medical entrance and admission framework.
The reference intake is three seats. Seat allocation remains subject to the applicable Medical Education Commission framework.
Kathmandu University governs the curriculum, academic examinations, progression requirements, and degree award.
Kathmandu University awards the degree through Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences.
