Students often believe that after they get done with their MBBS degree course, they will only be restricted to treating patients and there won’t be any scope of improvement from a place like that. Surprising as it may sound, that really isn’t the truth. With adequate research, it turns out that there are more than a handful of options that could be explored post such a herculean degree.

  1. Firstly, you could go with an MS, an MD or a diploma. Now, as goes true for a lot of other fields, this field of medicine also offers a wide range of areas that you could specialize in. They include general surgery, gynaecology, internal surgery and the likes. This option, however, is best suited for those students who wish to continue with their medical career and want to establish themselves as a physician, surgeon, specialist or the good old family doctor.
  2. Secondly and quite importantly, what is open, after any sort of graduation is the field of civil services. Once you are through with your MBBS, you can choose to join the governmental administration and participate as an IAS, an IPS, an IRS, or an IFS officer, to name a few. Being an MBBS, you must be a bookworm and to get through the civil services, you have got to be one for a little longer.
  3. Similarly, there is MBA. There is a growing need for doctors with an MBA degree, looking at the growing trend of huge hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. This same demand happens to encourage institutions to take up MBBS students for their MBA programs.
  4. In medical research, we happen to be lagging and if it interests you, various institutions offer a bunch of opportunities in the said field. ICMR, situated in Delhi, is one such. A couple of institutes also happen to offer Ph.D.’s in medicine. So there will be two “Dr.” Before your name. JK!
  5. There happens to be a post graduate course for three years called the Masters in Health Administration (MHA). As I mentioned earlier, there was a growing need for doctors with MBA’s. That ends up being a little more business oriented. This particular course, MHS, is more medicine oriented and thus, helps a huge deal in managing huge hospitals and well, you mint money too.
  6. IIT’s happen to offer a course called M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Sciences. For those of you who are also passionate about machines as much as you are about treating patients, you could choose this as an alternative. You can, after such a course, help build more effective machinery, including better instruments to treat patients and to improve the quality of healthcare.
  7. While opting for civil services will put you into mainstream administration, severing all your ties with the medical career, the Combined Medical Services (CMS) exam wouldn’t. This exam is also organised by the UPSC but for a different purpose, ofcourse. After clearing such an exam, you would be working with the government in railways or municipal corporations as medical officers. It is a good option if you want a permanent job with the government, with all its perks!
  8. There is something called the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), after which you will be eligible to practice as an International Medical Graduate (IMG). It is a three step exam and after clearing this, you are going to have to be interviewed to get selected for a residency, meaning a PG course. As it is, it’s a global platform and highly competitive. You are going to have to pull your socks up for this one.
  9. Additionally, there are various short certificate courses that can be done after an MBBS. These are offered not just in India but also in different countries, Especially, looking at how well they are medically equipped. India has a list of diplomas that it offers. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is one such, offered by the US. It’s a two-day course in critical care skills, among many others.
  10. Lastly, if you consider teaching as something you would enjoy doing, you could take up the job of a teacher at college or coaching class levels. For being good at it, you might want to consider getting a PG degree so as to improve your chances of being a faculty member at a reputed medical college.

A lot of students face dilemma after completing their MBBS degree and it is natural, if we take into account the plethora of options available. However, in recent years, we have noticed that a robust CV will certainly give you a competitive edge over others when you apply for a job in the medical profession, but what makes for a robust CV? In an attempt to answer this very question, Curaa has come up with a viable solution for graduates – the CV enhancement service, which is sure to boost your chances at the desired job offer.


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