Medical and Health Sciences as a career is very popular in India. It is further divided into medical, dental, nursing, Ayurveda and so on. Lot of degree and post graduate courses available to pursue studies including MBBS, MD, MS, BAMS, BDS, MDS, Bsc nursing and many more.
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Agriculture Science and Technology
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Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
B.Sc Nursing admission is purely based on entrance exams by various boards. It is a 4-year undergraduate course. The minimum eligibility criterion for ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
B.Sc Nursing admission is purely based on entrance exams by various boards. It is a 4-year undergraduate course. The minimum eligibility criterion for pursuing this course is the successful completion of 10+2 level of education in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. The objective of the B.Sc. Nursing is to demonstrate competency in the knowledge and skills in providing comprehensive nursing care based on the problem-solving approach in the hospital and community. In India, the course is registered under and is controlled by Indian Nursing Council.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MBBS MBBS means Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and in Latin stands for Medicinae Baccalaureus Baccalaureus Chirurgiae. It is the undergradu ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
The MBBS course in the first 2 and a half years included the basic pre and para-clinical subjects such as biochemistry, physiology, anatomy, microbiology, pathology, forensic medicine including toxicology and pharmacology. The students simultaneously are taken through hands-on training in the wards and out-patient departments; an exercise which involves interacting with real patients for all training years. There is lab work too during the first two and a half years. The remaining two years involves learning of clinical subjects like eye, Ent, surgery, medicine and other subjects.
The studies include learning the art of history taking, examination, differential diagnosis and complete patient management. The student is taught to determine what investigations are useful for a patient and what are the best treatment options available to use for a particular disease. The curriculum also contains a thorough practical knowledge and practice of performing standard clinical procedures. The course also contains a 12-month-long internship, in which an intern is rotated across various specialties and is involved in bed side as well as emergency care. Some time is also spent in the operating rooms.
Thus along with learning standard clinical care, one also gets a thorough experience of ward and staff management, patient and relative counselling skills as well as research and audit tools.
The minimum requirements for the MBBS course are 50% marks in physics, chemistry, biology and English in the '10+2' examinations and for reserved category students, the requirement is 40%. Since there only one exam in India for admission to a medical college teaching MBBS course, the admission are the same across universities and colleges in India. Generally, students who attain higher marks in the qualifying examinations are accepted onto the MBBS course.
In India admission to MBBS course is through a national Entrance Exam named NEET UG. It stands for National Eligibility Entrance Test for undergraduate studies ie is MBBS
NEET UG is conducted by is conducted by NTA from 2019
The various subjects taught during the course of MBBS studies are given below.
First year
1. Anatomy
2. Biochemistry
3. Physiology
Second year
1. Pathology
2. Pharmacology
3. Microbiology
4. Forensic Medicine
5. In many colleges, Community Medicine is taught in the second year too.
Third year
1. ENT
2. Ophthalmology
3. Community Medicine
Final year
1. Surgery
2. General Medicine
3. Paediatrics
4. Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Apart from the above 14 main subjects, 5 more subjects are taught in the final year.
1. Dermatology
2. Radiology
3. Psychiatry
4. Orthopaedics
5. Anaesthesia
Bachelor of Science (Yoga and Naturopathy) (Distance Learning)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
Master of Philosophy (Psychiatric Social Work)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Post Graduate
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Pharmacy or B.Pharm is a 4-year undergraduate program which is compulsory for anyone who wants to practice as a pharmacist. Bachelor of Ph ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
Bachelor of Pharmacy or B.Pharm is a 4-year undergraduate program which is compulsory for anyone who wants to practice as a pharmacist. Bachelor of Pharmacy covers all the facets of healthcare including bio-chemical areas that concern the preparation of medicines and implementing them for the right diagnose. B. Pharmacy is the study of preparing and conferring drugs and medicines for a number of illnesses and deficiencies. The entrance exams conducted for admission in Bachelor of Pharmacy are BITSAT (Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences Aptitude Test), WBJEE(West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination) etc.
General Nursing Midwifery
General Nursing and Midwifery or GNM is a three-year and six month diploma programme designed for aspirants who want to pursue a career in clinical nu ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate Diploma
General Nursing and Midwifery or GNM is a three-year and six month diploma programme designed for aspirants who want to pursue a career in clinical nursing. The program has been designed to enable eligible candidates to address the health needs of the country, community, and individuals. They can also pursue advanced study and specialization in nursing while contributing to the health-based industry with patience, responsibility, and dedication. Few of the institutes also conduct their own entrance exams for these courses or take students on the basis of state level diploma entrance exams.
Master of Science (Microbiology)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Post Graduate
Bachelor of Science (Medical Laboratory Technology) (Lateral Entry)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Doctoral
Master of Science (Medical Physics)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Post Graduate
Fellowship in Breast Surgery
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Fellowship
Master of Chirurgiae (Gynecologic Oncology)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Doctoral
Fellowship in Urogynaecology
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Fellowship
Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Dietetics) (Distance Learning)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
B.Sc. in Physiotherapy is the full-time undergraduate level course that teaches its students to take care of patients who are in physical pain. Pain d ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
B.Sc. in Physiotherapy is the full-time undergraduate level course that teaches its students to take care of patients who are in physical pain. Pain due to old age, or diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, pain after any accident as well as rehabilitation all come under the study of this course. This is known for its rehabilitation work for elderly, persons suffering from some diseases or accidents etc. It is a medical wing that is supplementing the medicine based treatment for rehabilitation purpose. Topics covered under these courses include Human Anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical and surgical conditions, biomechanics, rehabilitation and other subjects.
Doctorate of medicine (Critical Care Medicine)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Doctoral
Master of Chirurgiae (Craniomaxillofacial Surgery)
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Post Graduate
Bachelor of Dental Surgery
BDS course is focused on training students with knowledge and skills related to general dental practices to treat, prevent and diagnose oral diseases. ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate
BDS course is focused on training students with knowledge and skills related to general dental practices to treat, prevent and diagnose oral diseases. Some colleges offer internships as a part of the course. It is an undergraduate course in the field of dentistry. This course helps an aspirant to become a dentist. The duration of BDS degree ranges from 3 years to 5 years. The course can be pursued either in full time mode or in part time mode through correspondence. India has about 300 dental colleges offering BDS course.
Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery
Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) is a certificate-level course in the field of medical nursing. The duration of the ANM course varies from instit ...
Stream Medicine and Health Sciences
Category Under Graduate Diploma
Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) is a certificate-level course in the field of medical nursing. The duration of the ANM course varies from institute to institute. The minimum eligibility to pursue ANM Course is 10+2 level of education with a minimum aggregate of 45% marks. The course provides knowledge about fields of medicine, healthcare, and on providing medical assistant to families, individuals, society and measures necessary for maintaining a good quality of life. It is a profession that is mainly involved in maternity care and assistance to new mothers during their pregnancy period and work.