Defence Services Medical Academy
| တပ်မတော် ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် | |
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Defence Services Institute of Medicine (DSIM) |
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| Motto | Victorious medical practitioner soldiers သမားဇာနည် အောင်စစ်သည် |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 19 November 1992 |
| Rector | Prof. Col. Ko Ko Lwin |
| Principal | Brig-Gen. Myo Zaw Thein |
| Postgraduates | 242 (2010) |
| Location | Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar |
| Campus | Mingaladon |
| Colors | Red, Green, White, Yellow,Orange, Blue |
| Nickname | DSMA |
| Affiliations | Directorate of Medical Services (Burma), Ministry of Health, Universities Central Council, the Government of the Union of Myanmar[Burma] |
| Website | Under construction |
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The Defence Services Medical Academy (DSMA) (Burmese: တပ်မတော် ဆေး တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced: [taʔmədɔ̀ sʰé tɛʔkəθò]), located in Mingaladon, Yangon, is the University of Medicine of the Myanmar Armed Forces. One of the most selective universities in the country, the academy offers M.B., B.S. (equivalent of the M.D.) degree programs. Upon graduation, most DSMA cadets are commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant in the Myanmar Army Medical Corps. The military physicians are to serve the healthcare needs of rural people when they are assigned in the country's remote regions where access to healthcare is poor.
The DSMA was founded in 1992 as the Defence Services Institute of Medicine (DSIM) to develop physicians to serve in the Tatmadaw Myanmar Armed Forces. Prior to the founding of the academy, the Tatmadaw had recruited its medical and dental officers from civilian medical school graduates, who had to undergo a month-long basic military training program at the Medical Corps Center. While the medical corps of the Tatmadaw had always been short of physicians, by the early 1990s, the shortage became more pronounced as the military government, fearing student unrest, had shut down most civilian universities, following the 8888 Uprising in 1988. Most civilian universities were closed off and on for much of the 1990s. The military run universities essentially became the only venue for those who wished to continue university education inside the country.
The DSIM was operated by the Ministry of Health and the Directorate of Medical Services. The purported "aim of the DSMA is to produce good Medical officers endowed with brilliant physical and mental ability to safeguard The Three Main National Causes" espoused by the military government.
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