Medicine

A career in medicine is one of the oldest and most respected professions. Medicine is truly a service and not just a profession. The hard work and countless hours one needs to invest in studying medicine is worth the effort as the power to save lives is something not everyone can do.

Medicine falls into two categories:
i) traditional, also known as alternative, homeopathic, or holistic;
ii) modern, also known as Western, or allopathic.

Why Medicine?

For all these reasons, a career in medicine is a well sought after field.

Career Options

A few commonly sought after branches or courses in the medical field are:

  • Ayurveda
  • Homeopathy
  • Dentistry
  • Unani medicine
  • Radiography
  • Veterinary
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Naturopathy
  • Sidhha Medicine
  • Optometry
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Pathology
  • Nutritionist/Dietitian
  • Speech Therapy
  • Sports Medicine
  • Registered Nurse

Check out our Undergraduate and Post-Graduate courses for more details on the different branches of medicine!

Typical employers

Most medical graduates go on to become doctors. Apart from that, there are a lot of other fields where people with a degree in medicine can seek employment:

  • The Armed Forces
  • Teaching
  • Research Institutes
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Clinical trial organisations
  • Private healthcare establishments
  • Residential nursing homes
  • Air ambulance services
  • prisons
Entrance Exams

Cracking an entrance exam and getting admission into a medical course is a tedious task. While many institutions have their own exam to screen candidates, there a few ones which are accepted across the country:

A few popular entrance exams for MBBS are:

  • NEET(National Entrance Cum Eligibility Test)
  • AIIMS Entrance Exam
  • Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, JIPMER
  • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences Common Entrance Test – AIMS CET
  • Christian Medical College, CMC Vellore
  • Armed Forces Medical College Exam (AFMC)
  • Banaras Hindu University Medical Entrance Examination (BHU Medical Entrance Exam)
  • Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Competitive Entrance Examination, MGIMS CEE
  • KEAM-Kerala (MBBS)
  • All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Examination (AIPMT)
  • Combined Entrance Examination Kerala, CEE Kerala
Popular Medical Colleges
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences – AIIMS, New Delhi
  • Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
  • Christian Medical College – CMC, Vellore
  • National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences – NIMHANS, Bangalore
  • Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
  • Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
  • Banaras Hindu University – BHU, Varanasi
  • Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research – JIPMER, Puducherry
  • Kasturba Medical College – KMC, Manipal
  • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology – SCTIMST, Trivandrum
  • Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata
  • Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
  • Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
  • St Johns Medical College Bangalore
  • Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi