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Medicine
An
Overview:
Becoming
a doctor is a childhood dream for most kids. There is perhaps no other
career, which commands such respect and awe as medicine. The power to heal
has traditionally placed the medical profession several rungs above all
the others. A doctors' profession involves a lot of hard work and at the
same time, it brings also with it the satisfaction of having cured
patients. They diagnose illnesses and prescribe and administer treatment
for people suffering from injury or disease.
A
simple MBBS degree is however not enough for making a successful career in
medicine. There are now areas of specialty and super specialty within
medicine and its various branches like surgery, cardiology, neurology etc.
Other than specializing in a particular branch a doctor may also have to
acquire IT skills necessary to operate and use sophisticated medical
equipments, which not only help in exact diagnosis of an ailment but also
provide options to use non-invasive methods of treatment, which was not
possible till a few years back.
The
advancement in medical sciences has increased our longevity and decreased
mortality rates. However industrialization and technological advancement
has adversely effected our environment and lifestyles that has manifested
in new types of diseases and ailments, which pose a challenge to the
medical fraternity. The demand for medical professionals for therapeutic
treatment as well as research work is ever increasing both within the
country and abroad. The ongoing liberalization of economy would bring
still better opportunities for these professionals in terms of both
remuneration and research and working facilities.
Educational
Qualification:
Candidates
who have passed 10+2 exam with physics, chemistry and biology are
eligible for the MBBS course. Selection for the course is through highly
competitive entrance exam. The all India entrance exam conducted by the
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSC) admits students on an all
India basis against 15 per cent of the total seats in all Medical
and Dental Colleges run by the Central Government, State Governments and
Local Bodies except in Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. There are
also separate Entrance Exams conducted by Medical Colleges affiliated to
the Universities run and managed by the State Governments that admit
students on the basis of state domicile. Medial Colleges in some states
also admit students on the basis of their performance at the 10+2 level.
The
MBBS Course is of five years' duration, including the period of
internship. While a MBBS
degree prepares a candidate for practice as a General Physician, it is not
sufficient for providing specialist treatment to patients. Therefore most
Medical Graduates proceed to complete their Post -Graduate studies by
going in for a 3 years MD/MS course. The major areas of specialization
include General Medicine, General Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics &
Gynecology, Cardiology, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Psychiatry,
ENT and Pathology. Further super specialization’s which require a two
years training after obtaining MD/MS degree of study are also
available in the areas such as Plastic Surgery, Neuro-Surgery,
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Endocrinology, Clinical Hematology and other
subjects.
At
present there are 162 medical colleges in the country out of which 158
have been recognized/ approved by the Medical Council of India. Among the
158 medical colleges, the Government runs 109 and the remaining 49 are
private medical colleges. The admission capacity in the above colleges is
about 17,000 students per annum. Getting into a medical college is the
toughest challenge, especially in the better-known ones. A leading
newsmagazine has rated the following colleges as the top ten medical
colleges in the country.
1.
AIIMS, New Delhi
2.
CMC, Vellore
3.
AFMC, Pune
4.
KEM, Mumbai
5.
GMC, Mumbai
6.
JIPMER, Pondicherry
7.
Faculty of Medicine, AMU, Aligargh
8.
MMC Chennai
9.
Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore
10.
Lady Hardinge, New Delhi