General Medicine (HA) at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital, Dolakha is a CTEVT-affiliated three-year health science program under the yearly system. The approved seat capacity for General Medicine at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital Dolakha is 40.
The program prepares Health Assistant-level middle health professionals for primary healthcare service, basic clinical assessment, community health work, health institution support, medicine-related care under the General Medicine curriculum, surgery-related learning, epidemiology, community diagnosis, and health management.
Course Name: General Medicine (HA)
Institution: Tsho Rolpa General Hospital Dolakha
Affiliation: Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT)
Level: Diploma / Certificate Level
Duration: Three years
Academic System: Yearly system
Seat Capacity: 40
Location: Dolakha
Related Council: Nepal Health Professional Council (NHPC)
General Medicine (HA) prepares middle-level health professionals with knowledge, skills, and professional attitudes required for health service delivery. The course is aligned with the General Medicine / Health Assistant stream under CTEVT and focuses on clinical, community, preventive, promotive, curative, and health-management learning areas.
After completing the program, students are expected to develop the ability to support health service delivery in clinical and community settings, assist in patient assessment and care, apply basic medical and surgical knowledge, use pharmacological knowledge in health service settings, participate in community diagnosis, understand epidemiological patterns, support health management activities, and work within professional and council-related standards.
Eligibility: SEE with minimum GPA 2.0 and graded in Compulsory English, Mathematics, and Science; or SLC with English, Science, and Mathematics; or equivalent.
Admission follows CTEVT diploma and certificate-level health science admission guidelines. Applicants must meet the prescribed academic eligibility and complete the admission process set by CTEVT for the relevant intake year.
Duration: Three years
System: Yearly system
Academic Year: Up to 35 academic weeks
Weekly Study Load: Up to 40 hours, excluding evaluation period
Attendance Requirement: Minimum 90% attendance in each subject to appear in the respective final examination
Medium of Instruction: English and/or Nepali
The first year follows the common Certificate/Diploma Level in Health Sciences curriculum. The later years focus on General Medicine (HA) discipline-based clinical, surgical, community health, epidemiology, and health-management learning.
English
Nepali
Social Studies
Anatomy and Physiology
Physics
Chemistry
Zoology
Botany
Mathematics and Statistics
The General Medicine (HA) curriculum develops knowledge and practice across:
Medicine
Surgery
Pharmacology
Community health
Epidemiology
Community diagnosis
Health management
Basic clinical procedures
Public health and first aid-related learning
Patient care and health service support
Medicine II
Health Management
Surgery II
Epidemiology and Community Diagnosis
The program includes practical and field-oriented learning connected with clinical service and community health. Students build skills through observation, guided practice, case-based learning, community-level assessment, and health service exposure.
Practical learning supports the development of clinical judgment, communication, basic procedural skills, patient-care discipline, community diagnosis, and health institution management understanding.
Medicine learning develops understanding of common health conditions, clinical features, patient assessment, basic management principles, referral needs, and care support within the Health Assistant role.
Surgery learning introduces common surgical conditions, basic surgical care concepts, pre-operative and post-operative support, emergency recognition, wound care principles, and referral-related judgment.
Pharmacology builds knowledge of drug categories, actions, indications, contraindications, adverse effects, dosage principles, routes of administration, and safe medicine-use concepts relevant to health service settings.
This area focuses on disease patterns, community-level health problems, epidemiological concepts, data collection, community diagnosis, prevention, control measures, and public health response.
Health Management develops understanding of health institution operation, service planning, record keeping, supervision, coordination, reporting, and management responsibilities in health service settings.
Students study health education, health promotion, primary health care, sanitation, environmental health, maternal and child health, nutrition, immunization concepts, first aid, and emergency response basics.
The program includes internal assessment and final examinations. Students must pass required theory and practical components for certification.
Theory Pass Mark: Minimum 40%
Practical Pass Mark: Minimum 50%
Internal Assessment: Minimum pass mark required
Final Examination: Minimum pass mark required in each subject
Distinction: 80% and above
First Division: 65% to below 80%
Second Division: 50% to below 65%
Pass Division: Pass marks to below 50%
Back paper provision applies as per CTEVT rules. Students must pass all subjects within the allowed completion period set by CTEVT.
Students who pass all required components across all three years are awarded the General Medicine / Health Assistant qualification under the CTEVT system.
Graduates are prepared for Health Assistant-level technical roles in health institutions. They may be eligible for positions equivalent to Non-gazetted 1st Class / Level 5 technical level as prescribed by the Public Service Commission of Nepal and related agencies. Graduates may also be eligible for registration with the relevant health professional council according to the applicable council act and category.
General Medicine (HA) at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital runs for three years under the yearly system.
The program is affiliated with CTEVT.
The approved seat capacity for General Medicine at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital Dolakha is 40.
Eligible applicants must have SEE with minimum GPA 2.0 and graded in Compulsory English, Mathematics, and Science; or SLC with English, Science, and Mathematics; or equivalent.
The program covers medicine, surgery, pharmacology, community health, epidemiology, community diagnosis, health management, public health, first aid, and clinical service support.
The third year includes Medicine II, Health Management, Surgery II, and Epidemiology and Community Diagnosis.
Students who pass all required components across the three years receive the General Medicine / Health Assistant qualification under the CTEVT system.
