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What after MBBS? - Diploma/MD/MS Courses & Other Career Options

What after MBBS? - Diploma/MD/MS Courses & Other Career Options

Edited By Raushan Kumar | Updated on Jul 26, 2024 04:16 PM IST | #NEET

After completing MBBS and getting the degree, a common dilemma for medicos is, What to do after MBBS? Aspirants keep searching for all the other options that they could get after MBBS. The best courses after MBBS include specialisation in MD (Doctor of Medicine), MS (Master of Surgery), and other diploma programs.

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What after MBBS? - Diploma/MD/MS Courses & Other Career Options
What after MBBS? - Diploma/MD/MS Courses & Other Career Options

Other question cropping up is what kind of degree or specialisation after MBBS. Once candidates decide on what to do, various sub-questions keep coming up. The degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) has a lot of career opportunities to offer. These opportunities can be grabbed by medicos on the basis of their interests and life goals. Aspirants wither can opt for a private or government job after pursuing an MBBS degree or can choose from various courses after MBBS.

"It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options". a quote by Robert Half. So keeping that in mind candidates can go through the article below to know the wide variety of choices that they can opt for after completing their MBBS degree. This will help them answer their question, after MBBS which course is best?Aspirants will find both the answer to pursuing higher studies after MBBS and other job opportunities. While a plethora of opportunities exists in terms of courses after MBBS, a varied list of opportunities also are available in terms of employment across varied sectors. Health care is one vital sector that is rapidly growing thus bringing in a huge requirement of qualified professionals.

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Diploma courses after MBBS

The common choice of medicos after completing an MBBS degree is to continue with their higher studies. What is uncommon here is whether they opt for traditional specializations or new age specializations that are still upcoming; whether they wish to pursue post-graduation courses after MBBS in India or abroad. In the points given below some of these options are specified.

Traditional Specialisations after MBBS

The most common choice among candidates, while deciding on what to do after MBBS, is pursuing a specialization in their area of interest. At this stage too, medicos' most preferred course is an MD/MS or a Diploma in Medicine. As for India, admissions to MD/MS are conducted through a few common PG entrance exams which include NEET PG, INI CET. The specializations offered under MD, MS, and other diploma programs are listed below in the table.

The list of PG Specialisations available are as follows

MD specialisations

MS specialisations

Diploma specialisations

Aerospace Medicine

ENT

Anaesthesia

Anatomy

General Surgery

Clinical Pathology

Anesthesia

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

DVL

Biochemistry

Ophthalmology

ENT

Community medicine

Orthopaedics

Health Education

Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy

-

Immunohaematology

Family Medicine

-

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Forensic Medicine

-

Occupational Health

General Medicine

-

Ophthalmology

Geriatrics

-

Orthopedics

Health Administration

-

Pediatrics

Hospital Administration

-

Psychiatry

Immunohaematology

-

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Microbiology

-

Pulmonary medicine

Nuclear medicine

-

Radio-diagnosis

Pediatrics

-

Radiation Medicine

Pathology

-

Sports Medicine

Pharmacology

-

Tropical medicine

Psychiatry

-

-

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

-

-

Physiology

-

-

Pulmonary medicine

-

-

Radiodiagnosis

-

-

Radiotherapy

-

-

Sports Medicine

-

-

Tropical Medicine

-

-


Upcoming courses in Medical Sciences and Technology

Candidates often search for courses after MBBS without NEET PG. Masters in Medical Sciences and Technology is an upcoming stream. It imparts skills that combine sciences and engineering to doctors to train them for the state-of-the-art medical research in Medical Imaging and Image Analysis, Biomaterials and Implants, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Medical Statistics, Telemedicine, Biomedical Instrumentation, Early Detection of Cancer, Immuno-technology, Clinical Biomarkers, Biosensors, Recombinant DNA Technology, regenerative medicine, Biomedical Simulation.

Options Abroad

Medicos can also opt for foreign studies to pursue higher education in different countries. The process to study medicine abroad is different. For instance, PLAB is for pursuing higher studies in the UK while the USA has USMLE for PG aspirants and Australia Medical Council has AMC exams. All of these facilitate the process of higher studies in the respective countries as well as job opportunities after course completion.

What after MBBS? - Other opportunities

Government Jobs in health services departments

MBBS graduates can be recruited in government job profiles in central as well as state health service departments. The most opted for job opportunities in central government is through Combined Medical Services (CMS). UPSC conducts CMS to recruit doctors to a number of central government institutions like Railways, municipal corporations, government hospitals and dispensaries. The jobs are permanent in nature and subsequently offer administrative work in government health services. There are also several state-health-service exams offering job opportunities to medicos within respective states.

Defence Services: Jobs in Army, Navy, and Air Force

Defence services are not just for engineers or other graduates, they are equally possible and in demand for medicos. The Indian Defence Ministry recruits MBBS graduates for infantry units, army hospitals, and emergency services. Such medicos who are recruited by the Ministry are trained in military camps and appointed for a permanent position. This is done to make them work in sync with the army personnel and understand the emergency situations where the army and other defence personnel step in to provide relief efforts.

Employment in Hospital Chains

Hospital chains operating in the private sector provide great opportunities to medicos who have just completed their MBBS degree and have not yet decided upon what to do further. The topmost hospital chains in the aforementioned category are Apollo Hospitals, Fortis Hospitals, and Max Hospitals. In addition, they offer hefty salaries to the doctors they work with.

Opportunities in Research and Academics

For people with an inclination towards research, it is a very satisfying choice to pursue it and join academia towards training and guiding budding medical professionals. Top pharmaceutical firms offer lucrative opportunities to MBBS graduates in their research and development units. Not just that various renowned medical institutions including AIIMS, PGIMER, JIPMER, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), etc offer excellent opportunities for research and academics.

Career in Health Administration/Hospital Management

Medicos with management skills can opt for Hospital Management career options to enhance their knowledge of medicine as well as their inclination towards management roles. It is a well-known fact that if the day-to-day services at hospitals are managed well then their services become more organized and functional. There are many hospitals that recruit doctors in such management roles where they deem fit. Doctors who can understand the problem areas, tackle challenges, and find ways to enhance the efficiency of processes and administration are highly in demand. Generally, doctors who have completed additional management programmes after their MBBS degree are offered these roles. Master-level programs like Health Administration and Hospital Management impart crucial skills to the doctors for managing multi-specialty hospitals, special clinics, insurance companies to name a few.

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

Another specialized field, where medicos who have an interest in machines and their mechanisms, can try their luck in developing machines and instruments for use in health services. Such courses intend to develop engineering strategies to advance inventions in the medical field to improve healthcare and patient care.

Self-employment through Private practice/ Public health

The most sought after choice of MBBS aspirants is to set up a clinic or start practising medicine at a private firm. However, it is easier said than done, as this comes in with a lot of challenges. This choice is being opted by medical graduates far and wide to gain hands-on experience and earn money.

There is a huge demand for doctors in the public health sector and it's ever increasing. Career opportunities in this field include medical social workers, research consultants, entrepreneurs, counsellors, trainers, and psychiatric. Apart from these, medicos can for NGOs keeping in mind that not all NGOs offer unpaid jobs. Prominent among them are WHO, UNO, Médecins Sans Frontières.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is the career opportunities after MBBS?

The degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) has a lot of career opportunities to offer.

2. How to grant MBBS admission in India?

Aspirants are granted MBBS admission only on the basis of NEET UG exam.

3. What are the various medical entrance exam for granting admission after pursuing MBBS?

As for India, admissions to MD/MS are conducted through a few common PG entrance exams which include NEET PG and INI CET. 

4. What are the various specialization offered for MBBS graduates/

The various specializations offered are MD (Doctor of Medicine), MS (Master of Surgery) and other diploma programmes. 

5. What are the opportunities after MBBS?

The various opportunities after MBBS are:

  • Government Jobs in health services departments
  • Defence Services: Jobs in Army, Navy and Air Force
  • Employment in Hospital Chains 
  • Opportunities in Research and Academics 
  • Career in Health Administration/Hospital Management 
  • Biomedical Engineering and Sciences 
  • Self-employment through private practice/ Public health 

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The situation might make some problem arise while giving the marksheets before the admission committee, if you keep different names of your mother on your 10th and 12th mark sheets. Sometimes, all such documentation consistencies go very important to the concern, and they might find this as trouble for you. But does not say that your form will certainly be rejected, after all. Hence, to escape all of these complications,

Affidavit or Notarized Declaration: There could be an affidavit or a notarized declaration that these two names refer to the same person. This would enable a legal confirmation of identity.

Additional Supporting Documents: Collect all supporting documents like a passport and Aadhar card, which bear your mother's name as at least one of these two variations.

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