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Every job which is available on earth has got some value to society. According to the jobs, there are college degrees to prepare the students. When it comes to careers especially in India, the MBBS course is overvalued. The overvaluation is caused by the plethoric (excessive) attraction and seat demand this degree has gained from a few decades. In recent years this degree has become something like 'Shahi' (Royal). This degree more than a societal need-based has become a pride or job guarantee scheme (But things have worsened in this career aftermath MBBS degree too).
This degree as said has attracted a royal tag which comes with a tittle ‘Dr Saab’ or ‘Dr Ji’ or 'Doctorre' in Kannada. Because of all these nonchannelized career guidance or no guidance at all, many important jobs of a hospital which are also very important are undervalued. At the same time, the need for an MBBS degree is not ignored, this is a very crucial healthcare qualification in our health system, which cannot be denied at all. But the point here is what are the qualifications which are equally important for a healthcare system.
There is unnecessary pride attached to the MBBS, which is
making lakhs of students to go to the MBBS route and increasing the competition
level further. Many students go for a long term NEET by giving extra 1 or 2
years attempting for NEET. The NEET preparation cost in few NEET preparation
academies is sometimes more than the government MBBS college annual fee. If you
look at long term NEET repeaters only a few get succeed into getting a government
medical seat. When it comes to a direct MBBS private seat, the full course budget exceeds the Rupees crore mark. This is causing a lot of demotivation to the students as well as
parents.
If you look at a hospital, the hospital is run not only by
MBBS, but there are a lot of professionals who are equally important to run a hospital set up. It is high time to look at the multiple medical career
opportunities rather than going on a single route i.e. MBBS, and jam the
traffic to worsen it further.
A student can opt for graduation in Bsc in allied medical
sciences, medical and healthcare technologies. After BSc, a student can also opt
for a Master degree too.
Below are a few courses after PUC/+2:
1. Bachelor’s in Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Technology
2. Bachelor’s in Audiometric Technology
3. B.Sc. Blood Banking Technology
4. B.Sc. Blood Transfusion Technology
5. B.Sc. Cardiac Technology
6. B.Sc. Cardiovascular Technologies
7. B.Sc. Dialysis Technologies
8. B.Sc. Emergency and Critical Care Technologies
9. B.Sc. Endoscopy & Gastrointestinal Imaging Technologies
10. B.Sc. in Medical Imaging Technology
11. B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology
12. B.Sc. Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Technologies
13. B.Sc. Operation Theatre and Anaesthesia Technologies
14. Bachelor’s in Optometry and Ophthalmic Technologies
15. B.Sc. in Orthopedic Technology
16. B.Sc. Paramedical Technology
17. B.Sc. Perfusion Technology
18. B.Sc. Radiology & Imaging Technology
19. B.Sc. Radiology Technology
20. B.Sc. Respiratory Care Technology
Top 15 medical courses without NEET within the purview of Allied Medical Sciences :
B.Pharm. (4 years’ course)
B.Sc. Clinical Research
B.Sc. Medical Records Science & Health Information Management
B.Sc. Medical (Anatomy)
B.SC. Medical (Medical Microbiology)
B.Sc. Medical (Physiology)
B.Sc. Nursing
Bachelors in Audiology Speech-Language Therapy
Bachelors in Occupational Therapy
Bachelors in Physician Assistantship Training
Bachelors in Physiotherapy
Bachelors in Prosthetics and Orthotics
Bachelor’s in Public Health
Bachelors in Rehabilitation Therapy / B.Sc. Rehabilitation Science
Pharm.D. (Doctorate in Pharmacy – 6 years’ course)
Other than BSc there are many diploma courses which can be opted soon after SSLC.
Further MBA IN HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT could also be a good master level program.
In PG level there is a MA development (Specialization in Health, Nutrition and Development) which is offered at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Click here for concept note:
Source: The above list is collected through different whatsapp sources. The first written part of the article before the list is copyright of CLF.
Note: The thoughts expressed in the article do not reflect the thoughts of this blog, the ideas are presented wholly by the author (Maaz Mohammed A.Q). You can contact him at email- reach.clf@gmail.com