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Careers in Medicine

Overview:
Physicians and surgeons serve a fundamental role in our society and have an effect upon all our lives. They diagnose illnesses and prescribe and administer treatment for people suffering from injury or disease.
A physician may be a doctor of medicine in general practice or a specialist in a particular branch of medicine. Their job entails diagnosis of disease, educating clients for prevention and control of disease, prescribing medicines and treatment.
In the surgical branch, general surgeons perform operations on all organs of the body, while specialist surgeons perform the most complicated operations only on particular organs of the body.
MBBS is a 5 year programme after those graduates can do FCPS or DCPS in any specialised area. Detail information about FCPS can be obtained by logging on to http://www.cpsp.edu.pk.
For career advancement MBBS with degree in Master in Health Administration or Master in Health Policy is a good combination.

License to Practice:
 MBBS Graduates will be required to register with PMDC (Pakistan Medical and Dental Council) in order to obtain a license to practice in Pakistan. The Council requires experience of medicine or surgery or allied disciplines under supervision for a period of one year in an approved hospital prior to full registration.

Study Route




FCPS (Fellowship of CPS)

Anatomy Anesthesiology Bio-Chemistry Cardiology Clinical Pharmacology Community Medicine Dermatology Diagnostic Radiology Family Medicine Hematology Histopathology Medical Oncology Neonatal Paediatrics Neurosurgery Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ophthalmology Pediatric Cardiology Paediatrics Physiology Plastic Surgery Radiotherapy

Cardiac Surgery Chemical Pathology Dentistry Forensic Medicine Gastroenterology Immunology Intensive Care Medicine Microbiology Nephrology Neurology Nuclear Medicine Orthopaedic Surgery E.N.T Pediatric Surgery Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Psychiatry Pulmonology Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Virology

DCPS (Diploma of CPS)

Anesthesiology Dentistry Clinical Pathology Community Medicine Dermatology Diagnostic Radiology Family Medicine Psychiatric Periodontology

Family Dentistry Obstetrics/Gynaecology Oral Surgery Paediatrics Orthodontic Prosthodontic Pulmonology Pediatric Cardiology

Where to Study:

I. Punjab

Public Sector

• Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore
• Army Medical College, Rawalpindi
• Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore
• King Edward Medical College, Lahore
• Nishtar Medical College, Multan
• Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad
• Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur
• Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi
• Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore

Private Sector

• F.M.H College of Medicine and Dentistry,  Lahore
• Foundation University Medical College, Rawalpindi
• Islamic International Medical College, Rawalpindi
• Wah Medical College, Wah Cantt
• Faculty of Health Sciences/University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad
• Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore
• Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad

II. Sindh:

Public Sector

• Chandka Medical College, Larkana
• Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
• Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi
• Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences , Jamshoro
• Nawabshah  Medical College for Girls, Nawabshah
• Sindh Medical College, Karachi

Private Sector

• Aga Khan University Medical College
• Baqai Medical College, Karachi
• Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas
• Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi
• Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences/ Isra University, Hyderabad
• Hamdard College of Medicine and Dentistry, Karachi
• Ziauddin Medical College, Karachi

III. N.W.F.P:

Public Sector

• Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad
• Women Medical College, Abbottabad
• Khyber Medical College, Peshawar
• Saidu Medical College, Swat
• Gomal Medical College, D.I.Khan

Private Sector

• Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad
  Kabir Medical College/GIMS, Peshawar

IV. Baluchistan:

Public Sector

• Bolan Medical College, Quetta

Prospects:
Medical practitioners work in public or private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes or in defence services. Doctors also work in a number of non clinical branches of study such as anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, which apply themselves to the study and research in various branches of medicine.

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