What After MBBS? All Courses and Careers options

What after MBBS- Career and Courses Options after MBBS

What after MBBS- Career and Courses Options after MBBS
Courses and Career Options after MBBS

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After this blog, you will never ask the same questions again! Are you an aspiring MBBS student who is worried about career option after MBBS? Or have you considered questions like “pg courses after mbbs”, “options after mbbs” or even “jobs after mbbs”? There are a lot of approaches and ways one you may go after mbbs in India, but what is best, that comes with wisdom.

If above questions are yours, then you have just landed at the right blog. We will guide you through very basics of choices after MBBS you can opt and where, when and how. We will help you at our best towards all courses and career options after MBBS :


The First Question: What After MBBS?

What After MBBS?
What After MBBS?
The first question, is of course, what after MBBS? Following are choices of courses that will make career after mbbs:
  1. Post-graduation
  2. Research
  3. Hospital management
  4. Foreign studies
  5. Clinical practice

With these keeping as key points, we will get answers of all our questions regarding after MBBS.

Post-Graduation

Post Graduation Courses after MBBS
Post Graduation Courses after MBBS

There are 3 main Post Graduation courses you can opt after MBBS. PG career after MBBS is indeed what everyone's parents ask for. These are as follows:

PG- Specialty

Post graduation courses after mbbs in India are the most pronounced MD (Doctor of Medicine) and MS (Master of Surgery). These are some of the toughest PG exams in India and even after a lot of tries, many mbbs graduates fail to get success.

The simple reason behind this is very limited number of seats. Even after you get the college of your choice, you may not get the course of choice or vice-versa. Although many private colleges provide pg seats, but the price of private institutions outweighs that of merit quota.

Nevertheless, you will be having great career options after MBBS after completing Post graduation.

Duration of course: 3 years

Complete list of PG degree courses after MBBS in India include 78 recognized courses:

MD or MS? This is another tricky question; however, the choice mainly depends on one’s skills and wish. We will soon write a blog for this topic too.

PG- Diploma

Pg diploma courses after mbbs include total of 61 courses according to MCI in India. These are as follows:

Duration of course: 2 year

Following is the list of Diploma Courses after MBBS:

DNB (Diplomate of National Board)

DNB stands for Diplomate of National board and is another diploma equivalent to MD. You can find more about DNB in the link given below.

This is another perfect career option after MBBS apart from Post-graduation.

Duration of course: - 3 years

Link to DNB CET

Research

Clinical Research after MBBS
Clinical Research after MBBS
Clinical research options for MBBS students rely on your will to learn and to invent. The most renowned research institute in India is the ICMR (Indian council for medical research) which is also renowned for its studentship to graduating mbbs students, though the 5000 INR is too low for 2 months, but the experience adds wonders to your resume.

Duration of course: - 3 years

Following 45 PhD courses after MBBS have been recognized by MCI in India:

Hospital Management

Hospital management, MBA or MHA after MBBS
MBA vs MHA after MBBS as Hospital Management courses
Hospital management is another very fast developing sector which is one trending career option available for MBBS students. IIM (Indian institute of Management) is one worthy but toughest choice. But you should be prepared to face the competition for this course.

MBA or MHA? Where MBA stands for Masters of Business Administration, MHA stands for Masters in Hospital Administration. Both are choices for getting into the hospital management, but which to go for?

Read our latest article: MBA vs MHA.

Duration of course: 2 years

Foreign Studies

USMLE and Plab after MBBS as foreign studies
USMLE and PLAB are two popular foreign courses after MBBS
And then you wanted to study abroad, but here we will discuss education after MBBS in USA and UK. USMLE is for US while PLAB is for UK.

USMLE stands for United States Medical Licensing Examination and is one of most fortunes giving choice. Yet many Indians fail to achieve a success even after appropriate tries. This is because USMLE is a 3 step procedure. Further, the costs are too high and even after you complete these three steps, it still doesn’t guarantee until you have secured US residency. But if you get it, you will make fortunes after MBBS.

You can find more info on USMLE here or apply to USMLE.

PLAB is an alternative to USMLE who want to study in UK after MBBS. PLAB stands for Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board. It is an option after MBBS in UK.

You can find more info on PLAB here.

Please note, there are other master degrees and PhD course in other countries like US too, but we have missed them since we are focusing on more appropriate choices for an Indian MBBS student.

Clinical Practice


While some believe practicing at clinic refreshes what you study and hence help in preparing for PG exams, some give preference to getting as much time for books.

An MBBS graduate student may plan to study while going for job after mbbs, or start clinical practice immediately after completing MBBS. It can be done in following ways:
  1. Government hospitals: You can either go for Full time job or even do contract basis part time job.
  2. Private Hospitals- Corporate sectors always welcome worthy students.
  3. Owned clinic- Owned clinic, nursing home or hospitals are always the best choice for some.


References:
MCI (Medical Council of India)

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