Department of Surgery.Department of Surgery offers training to the medical cadets of 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th years of MBBS course. The main objective of the department is to provide community-oriented and community need-based education so as to produce good young doctors who will be able to diagnose and manage the common surgical problems/emergencies prevalent in Bangladesh; undertake the responsibility of management of common casualties or natural calamities and identify the surgical problems requiring referral to the appropriate specialists and places. The allocation of teaching hours for the subject is 248 hours for theoretical lectures (Basic principles of surgery, Gastro-Intestinal surgery, Urology, Thoracic surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardiovascular surgery, Paediatric surgery, Organ transplantation surgery and the allied specialties-Anaesthesiology, Radiology & Imaging, Blood transfusion, Radiation oncology, Dental surgery, Physical medicine and Rehabilitation) Integrated Teaching Program for 148 hours and 3½ years (134 hours) of clinical practice in the affiliated teaching hospitals as well as the community-catchment areas as per syllabus.