Overview:
Doctors are the medical professionals, who practice medicine, which is concerned with diagnosis, and treatment of disease or injury. They would prescribe treatments and medications or even surgeries accordingly. Doctors work in large hospitals to offer treatment in all branches covered under the medical specialties, in multi-specialty hospitals, clinics, nursing homes. Becoming a doctor needs a lot of hard work and long study period to get the title and license. Medical school is academically intensive and rigorous and getting into a medical school is equally difficult as you might be competing with the most brilliant minds in the country.
Career Path:
Students have to attend competitive entrance exam like NEET to get admission to degree course.
| Stream of Study in 12th Grade/School: |
Science Stream (Physics, Chemistry & Biology) |
| Degree/Graduation Courses: |
- MBBS for 5.5 year (4.5 years academic education + 1 year mandatory internship)
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| Higher education/Post Graduation Courses: |
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) in Select Specialization for 3 years
- MS (Master of Surgery) in Select Specialization for 3 years
- Post Graduate Diploma for 2 years
- Diploma of National Board or DNB for 3 years
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Top Colleges:
- AIIMS Delhi and multiple locations
- Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi
- Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
- Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
- Medical College, Kolkata
- Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)
- King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
- St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
