Career After MBBS: Know Job Opportunities, Scopes and Salary

Career After MBBS – Job Profiles

The most popular career option after MBBS is to be a practising doctor or a medical professional. He/she can either join a hospital or a nursing home, or practice privately. The medical professionals may also opt for higher studies and go for research and pursue a career in academics. Let us see the various job profiles which can be opted for as a career after MBBS.

Junior Doctors: After completing MBBS, students can join a hospital or a nursing home as a junior doctor, wherein their role would be to assist the senior doctors in surgery or general treatment of patients in the wards or in the Out-Patients Department (OPD). Working as a junior doctor not only helps the MBBS pass-outs gain skills and expertise but also prepares them for a career as a residential doctor working in a hospital or a nursing home.

General Physician: A General Physician practices general medicine and does not provide any specialised medical treatment per se. The General Physicians mostly practice independently in health centres or clinics or are associated with hospitals for the OPD.

Medical Researchers: There is a vast field of medical research and those medical students who are keen to build an academic career after MBBS may explore the profession as a Medical Researcher. They may be individual researchers or join a medical institute or hospital, or research agency to pursue research on a relevant field and contribute towards medical science.

Healthcare Informatics: This field gives an opportunity to utilise Information Technology and Data Analytics in the field of medical science. The role of Healthcare Informatics professionals is to make the best use of IT and analytics to organise and analyse health records to improve the healthcare system. Healthcare Informatics professionals are employed by research agencies and government healthcare departments.

Medical Writers: This career after MBBS is also in the field of Medical Research. The Medical Writers prepare and publish research-based articles and journals on relevant topics and subjects which further contribute towards bringing innovation in surgery and treatment methods.

Faculty Members: This is another role that doctors pursue if they are academically inclined. They may choose the academic profession to teach at medical colleges on a full time or a part-time basis. Along with teaching, they may also pursue another part-time profession as a doctor or a researcher or medical writer.

Medical Officers: The role of Medical Officers are administrative in nature and they mostly ensure that the hospital or the healthcare system of a particular area is maintained properly. The role of Medical Officers is offered to a medical professional after gaining substantial work experience.

Career After MBBS – Top Recruiters

The top recruiters for the job roles mentioned above, which form the majority of career opportunities after MBBS are as follows:

• Hospitals, nursing homes and health centres

• Government or private research agencies

• Government healthcare departments

• Defence Force – Army, Navy or Air Force

• Indian Railways

• Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)

Career After MBBS – Top Specialisations

After pursuing one of the above-mentioned careers after MBBS, the medical professionals often opt for specialisation by pursuing higher studies such as Master of Surgery (MS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD). The top specialisations that are preferred in a career after MBBS are as follows:

• Cardiology

• Orthopedics

• Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Paediatrics

• Oncology

• General Surgery

• Ophthalmology

• ENT

• Gastroenterology

• Dermatology

The above list of specialisations is inclusive and not limited. The above mentioned medical specialities are the most popular ones and there are a number of other specialisations that are opted by medical students for their postgraduation and further in their career after MBBS.

Career After MBBS – Salary Offered

According to Payscale.com, the average salary offered to a general physician is INR 10 to 12 lakh per annum. A Medical Assistant for surgery is paid Rs 6 to 8 lakh per annum on average. Readers must note that this is an indicative figure and may vary based on certain factors such as the profession, specialisation, area of work and recruiter, to name a few. Moreover, there is no specific or hard and fast limit to the salary offered to doctors.

A career after MBBS or a medical profession is considered to be one of the noblest professions. Hence, the scope and opportunity of a career after MBBS is much greater as compared to the significance of the salary offered. The demand, as well as the respect medical professionals have in society, is beyond comparison.

Medical Entrance Exams After MBBS

After completing MBBS, students generally prepare and appear for the following postgraduate medical entrance exams. 

NEET PG

National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Post-Graduation is conducted by NBE for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma/DNB post-MBBS courses in India. It is one of the most popular entrance exams after the MBBS. NEET PG scores are widely accepted for admission to these courses.

INI CET

INI CET is conducted by AIIMS, Delhi, for admission to its postgraduate courses. Apart from MD/MS courses, the exam scores are also used for admission to the six years DM/MCh courses offered at AIIMS, JIPMER, PGIMER and NIMHANS.

FMGE

Foreign Medical Graduate Examination, popularly known as FMGE, is conducted by NBE. FMGE is a licensing examination conducted for those who wish to practice medicine in India, but have completed their primary medical qualification from outside India. FMGE is conducted twice a year. One must note that clearing this examination will not lead to admissions but to a practising license. 

DNB PDCET

Diplomate of National Board Post Diploma Centralized Entrance Test, abbreviated as DNB PDCET, is a ranking examination conducted by NBE. As the name suggests, DNB PDCET is conducted for admission to DNB courses in India. However, the applicants must possess a postgraduate diploma to apply for the DNB PDCET exam. 

NEET SS

The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Super Speciality Courses) or NEET SS is conducted by NBE for admission to various DM/MCh courses. NEET SS scores are accepted by all private medical colleges/universities, deemed universities and the Armed Forces Medical Services institutions.

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