Medicine & Health Sciences

If you are looking for an interesting field of study that remains largely unexplored and esoteric, then this is it! For though there is much hullabaloo about biomedical engineering in India, the study of biomedical Science itself remains a rarity. It refers to the natural and life sciences applied domain, and is used for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various human diseases. Related streams include pathology, human biology, cell and molecular biology, biomedical engineering, genetics, epidemiology, immunology, pharmacology, clinical, or applied chemistry. This is a highly dynamic and ever-changing study programme that gives the students the chance to become a part of exciting developments in the field of modern medicine. However, it will be wrong to consider it as an alternative to the study of medicine. Job profiles
The main work of biomedical scientists lies within the laboratory. They handle different biological samples, such as tissues, cells, blood with the help of pipettes, beakers, and test tubes, along with high-tech equipment and computers. Common responsibilities and the job profile of biomedical scientists are the following:
- Screening and testing of lifestyle diseases, such as cardiovascular issues, cancer, and diabetes, along with screening for Ebola, rubella, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases
- Development, discovery of treatments like medicines or drugs as therapeutic agents and vaccines as preventive measures
- Understanding, investigating disease progression, profile, and mechanisms
- Finding innovative, new, and effective means of disease detection, such as new biomarker discovery
Once you complete the related courses successfully, you can land various job roles, based upon your qualification. Absorption is possible in bio-instrumentation, pharmaceuticals, medical imaging, drug design, delivery, scientific R&D, health care, hospitals, medical equipment supply, and manufacture. With a good medical Science degree, you may even gain a fast track entry into a medical college and start studying to be a doctor, in spite of having failed at the medical entrance examination before.

Hello Ravi, Most of the students think that once we enter a medical college, we just have to treat patients and don't have much dynamic career options like other professions. That is certainly not the case. MD/MS/Diploma - This is the most commonly chosen path after MBBS for people who wish to continue with their medical career. You can pursue post graduation in various specialities like internal medicine, general surgery, obs. & gynaecology, paediatrics, etc. For this you need to give AIPGMEE exam, held in December every year. There's no need to mention about the scope of this field as specialist Doctors are the need of the hour. MD/MS are 3 year degree courses while Diploma is a 2 year programme.