MD or PG MbChB
If I do postgraduate medicine, will I have to do another course to specialize or will my UG degree be enough for specialization. Is Pg medicine like doing MD in the US?
Original post by notmebutme
If I do postgraduate medicine, will I have to do another course to specialize or will my UG degree be enough for specialization. Is Pg medicine like doing MD in the US?
Medicine is an undergraduate degree. Do you mean Greaduate Entry Medicine? All newly qualified Drs start with MBBS (MBChB) and you specialise from there. There are many years to specialisation but they can all be on-the-job training
Yeah I meant graduate entry medicine. Like, if I do an undergraduate course in physiology and then do medicine, then what?
Do I have to do something else? Or is MD as in doctor of medicine which is rare in the UK is a better choice?
Do I have to do something else? Or is MD as in doctor of medicine which is rare in the UK is a better choice?
Original post by GANFYD
Medicine is an undergraduate degree. Do you mean Greaduate Entry Medicine? All newly qualified Drs start with MBBS (MBChB) and you specialise from there. There are many years to specialisation but they can all be on-the-job training
Original post by notmebutme
Yeah I meant graduate entry medicine. Like, if I do an undergraduate course in physiology and then do medicine, then what?
Do I have to do something else? Or is MD as in doctor of medicine which is rare in the UK is a better choice?
Do I have to do something else? Or is MD as in doctor of medicine which is rare in the UK is a better choice?
After an MBBS you do 2 years Foundation training (F1 and F2), then start either core or specialist training (CT1 or ST1). If you do core training you then move over to specialist training, usually afer 2 years.
You do not have to do anything else. Some people do an MD. When I trained, it was pretty much expected of you at Registrar level (ST) but now it just gives you extra points in the "raffle" that is allocation for places.
Have a look here, which explains the routes:
https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/career/studying-medicine/insiders-guide-to-medical-specialties/medical-training-pathway
Original post by notmebutme
Yeah I meant graduate entry medicine. Like, if I do an undergraduate course in physiology and then do medicine, then what?
Do I have to do something else? Or is MD as in doctor of medicine which is rare in the UK is a better choice?
Do I have to do something else? Or is MD as in doctor of medicine which is rare in the UK is a better choice?
You can't go from doing a BSc in physiology to doing an MD in the UK. An MD is a postgraduate medical research qualification which means you need to have studied undergraduate medicine (MB ChB/MB BS etc) first.
Graduate entry medicine is not the same as postgraduate medicine - it is the standard undergraduate medical degree, except that it's only open to students who already have another degree. I think some of your confusion may be stemming from this tbh.
Once you have gained your MB ChB you can think about whether you want to do an MD or PhD. Most doctors in the UK do not have MDs or PhDs btw.
(edited 4 years ago)
Ok. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLEARING THIS UP. 
Original post by Democracy
You can't go from doing a BSc in physiology to doing an MD in the UK. An MD is a postgraduate medical research qualification which means you need to have studied undergraduate medicine (MB ChB/MB BS etc) first.
Graduate entry medicine is not the same as postgraduate medicine - it is the standard undergraduate medical degree, except that it's only open to students who already have another degree. I think some of your confusion may be stemming from this tbh.
Once you have gained your MB ChB you can think about whether you want to do an MD or PhD. Most doctors in the UK do not have MDs or PhDs btw.
Graduate entry medicine is not the same as postgraduate medicine - it is the standard undergraduate medical degree, except that it's only open to students who already have another degree. I think some of your confusion may be stemming from this tbh.
Once you have gained your MB ChB you can think about whether you want to do an MD or PhD. Most doctors in the UK do not have MDs or PhDs btw.
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