University of Medicine 1, Yangon is one of five schools in Myanmar recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

course was introduced at the old Rangoon College building at the site of the present Neurology Department of the Yangon General Hospital.

Then, the main building of the University of Medicine 1 was built and the foundation stone was laid by Sir Harcourt Butler on 2 February 1927.

(Rgn), conferred by the University of Rangoon gained recognition of the General Medical Council of Great Britain.

A modified course was conducted instead, on the successful completion of which the Licentiate of the State Medical Board (L.S.M.B.)

Although the medical college building remained intact, all the laboratory equipment, and all the mounts and specimens collected in the Pathology and Forensic Medicine Department Museums were completely destroyed, and valuable books from the college library were also lost.

Students attend lectures & clinics in Medicine, Surgery, Child health, Obstetrics & gynecology, and are posted to the various teaching hospitals, including Urban Health facilities as part of Preventive and Social Medicine teaching.

Students study the allied specialties, namely, eye, ear, nose & throat diseases, urology, neurology, tuberculosis, venereal diseases, orthopaedics and traumatology, skin diseases, mental health and psychiatry, orthomaxillo-facial surgery, radiology, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, anesthesiology, thoracic surgery, and paediatric surgery.

All students, after successful completion of Final Part II examination, are continued to train hands-on for period of one year as house surgeons in the recognized Teaching Hospitals in Yangon and / or the State and Division Hospitals.

): The subjects taught in the Final Part I course were: The examination was held at the end of one year.

examination was as follows: Three months - Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Two months - Venereal Diseases & Skin To fulfil the regulation of General Medical Council of Great Britain the instructions on child welfare, prenatal care and causes of excessive infantile mortality had to be included.

[7] The General Medical Council of Great Britain was again requested to reconsider the university's application for the recognition of its M.B., B.S.

course that normally extended over two years or one of the examinations recognized by the General Medical Council of Great Britain as prerequisite education.

the students had to work in the outpatient departments and the wards of the Rangoon General Hospital, and attend post-mortem examinations, clinics and surgical operations.

The students were posted for a period of continuous duty at the Dufferin Hospital for training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

The internship was not compulsory but the graduates were strongly recommended to spend a year at least as a House-physician or Surgeon in a well equipped hospital in order to gain experience and confidence in solving the problems that may be encountered in general practice.

The initial pay ranged from 200 to 400 rupees per month according to the nature of the duties and qualification of the applicants.