What do you understand about Doctor of Medicine (MD)?
Doctor of Medicine (MD) is a masters/postgraduate degree that can be done by the students after completing their MBBS course. The MBBS students seeking MD seats are required to qualify NEET-PG exam in order to get MD seats. The students can choose their desired specialisations in their MD studies. The MD specialisations include general medicine, paediatrics, biochemistry, anaesthesiology, radiology, pathology, psychiatry, etc. MD degree is typically completed in 2-years and an MD degree represents a higher post graduate degree for speciality training.Â
The MD course teaches and prepares future doctors in their chosen specialisations. In the MD course they study in-depth knowledge about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. The MD students will become certified doctors and also become experts to study and classify various medicines and carry out various experiments and observations in the laboratories. The course is an amalgamation of theoretical knowledge and practical exposure where the students will be studying by practice each day.
Specialisations available in MD course
The MD course has different specialisations according to the interests of MBBS students. The students can choose their desired specialisations according to their interests and can become specialists in their chosen area of specialisation. Almost all the specialisations in MD are equally popular and important, the choice is completely dependent on the students.Â
Let’s try to explore some of the important specialisations available in MD courses.
MD Anaesthesiology
Anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical speciality that is concerned about complete preoperative care of patients before, during and after the surgery. It is an interdisciplinary study of different subjects like anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine and pain medicine. A physician specialised in the field of anaesthesia medicine is referred as anaesthesiologist or anaesthetist. As an anaesthetist one is responsible to provide treatment to a wide range of conditions using appropriate form of anaesthetic agents that includes: General Anaesthesia, Regional Anaesthesia or Local Anaesthesia. Patients of all ages which includes babies, pregnant women, the elderly and those undergoing operations.
