Training

As the subject of Aerospace Medicine does not form a part of normal curriculum during undergraduate medical education, the Institute offers a number of indoctrination courses to train Medical Officers and Civilian Doctors. IAM is recognized by the Medical Council of India and the National Board of Examinations for training in Aerospace Medicine. It is an affiliated Post Graduate college of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore for the conduct of MD in Aerospace Medicine. IAM also imparts training to both military and civil aircrew. Paramedical personnel are also trained here in in-flight nursing and casualty evacuation. The Institute is equipped with an altitude and climatic chambers, human centrifuge, disorientation simulator and night vision goggles lab to demonstrate in-flight aeromedical stresses to aircrew. Some of the courses conducted at IAM are:

For Medical Officers
 

Primary Course in Aviation Medicine 12 weeks - 3 courses per year
Aviation Accident Pathology 12 weeks - 2 courses per year
Aviation Neuropsychiatry 06 weeks - 2 courses per year
Civil Medical Officers Course 02 weeks - 1 course per year
Aeromedical Examiners Course for Civil Doctors 01 week - 3 courses per year

For Military & Civil Aircrew
 

OPTRAM (Operational Training in Aerospace Medicine) for Service Aircrew 03-05 days
Civil Aircrew Indoctrination Course 05 days - 4 courses per year

For Paramedical Personnel
  

Indoctrination Course for Medical Assistants 04 weeks - 2 courses per year

For Foreign Nationals