Duration

Four (04) weeks 

Process

The elective programme will be scheduled to commence after completion of the 3rd MBBS Part 2 Examination and the Community Medicine Research Project and needs to be satisfactorily completed prior to commencement of the professorial appointments. Students who are unsuccessful at the 3rd MBBS Part 2 Examination at the first attempt, may commence the elective programme with the rest of the batch mates pending completion of the 3rd MBBS Part 2 examination at a subsequent attempt.

Each student or a group of students (maximum six) must:

• select a topic for the elective programme according to the student’s or group of students’ personal choice. Students should discuss the topic with their assigned mentors, who will be their internal supervisors, and obtain preliminary approval.

  if the assigned mentor is unable to be the internal supervisor for a valid reason, the coordinator of the elective programme (Dr. Champika Gamakaranage, Senior Lecturer in Medicine) will arrange another member of the academic staff to be the internal supervisor.

• plan out the elective programme - including identification of the prospective external supervisor and the site of the elective programme
• submit a brief proposal (250–300 words) justifying the selected elective programme and describing the intended learning outcomes (ILOs) from it, on the prescribed online format, for approval by the internal supervisor.