Meaning of Doctor’s Degree: It is written on a doctor’s prescription – MBBS, MD, DM (Cardiology), FRCP. Have you ever tried to know the meaning of this word? Usually most people do not try to know its meaning. But the entire education and specialty of the doctor is hidden in this English letter. However, some doctors also write in detail about fellowship or one month course which does not have any special meaning. But mainly, after MBBS, if a doctor takes two-three degrees, then he becomes a specialist doctor in his field. The government has provided the facility of courses in specialty and super specialty after postgraduation i.e. MS and MD. What is the meaning of these letters hidden in the degree of doctors, on this subject we talked to Senior Consultant of Internal Medicine at CK Birla Hospital, Gurgaon. Dr. Tushar Tayal talked to.
MS or MD after MBBS
Dr. Tushar Tayal He told that to study as an allopathic doctor, everyone has to first do MBBS. It means Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. This has to be studied for four and a half years. It is equivalent to undergraduate. It includes all the information of the medical field and all kinds of studies related to first aid. After this, post graduation studies are done. Till a few years ago, there were mainly two higher specialized courses after MBBS. For non-surgical diseases MD The study of Master of Medicine was done. Apart from this, those doctors who wanted to become surgeons could MS That is, they used to do Master of Surgery. There is a facility of specialization course in MD. That is, there is different study for any part of the body. For example, if someone has to treat heart related diseases, then he was called MD Cardiologist. Apart from this, for specialization in surgery, MS was studied, that is, Master of Surgery. Till a few years ago, these two degrees were considered the biggest degrees.
DNB is equivalent to MD
Dr. Tushar Tayal told that with time, different special courses are being run for every particular disease in our country, in which many types of courses are being conducted. The newest among them is DNB. DNB is Diplomate of National Board. Post graduation degree is obtained by this name. It is equivalent to MD or MS. However, there are two types of degrees in this too. There is a DNB course for specialty, while for super specialty there is a DNB course. Dr.N.B. There is a Doctorate of National Board course. It is equivalent to MPhil or Doctorate. This course is done after MD or MS. In this, in-depth information about the related subjects is given. After doing this degree, doctors can treat related diseases as well as do surgery.
What after MD, MS
Any doctor after MD i.e. Doctor of Medicine DM DM is a superspeciality course which is done after MD. It means Doctorate of Medicine. In its studies, different types of studies are done for different body parts. That is, if someone has done MD and he wants to do a higher course in heart related diseases, then he can do DM. Such doctors are MBBS, MD, Cardiologist There are DMs. It can be understood in this way that they first did graduation in MBBS. Then post graduation in MD and doctorate in DM. There are different DM courses for each part of the body. They are doctors like DM Neuro, DM Cardio, DM Gastro, DM Uro etc. Doctors doing DM can also do surgery in their respective fields. This degree is equivalent to MCh (Master of Chirurgiae). In MCH, super specialist doctors are made for different diseases. In this, one becomes a super specialty surgeon. This course is usually done after MS. In this, one can become a surgeon related to brain, plastic, cancer, uro etc. Different surgeons will work for every part of the body. This is a degree after MS. Before MCH, one has to do general surgery i.e. MS.
What does FRCP mean?
FRCP stands for Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians. Dr. Tushar Tayal He said that such degrees are usually fellowships. It is different in every country. That is, if someone wants to do FRCP, he can do it through fellowship. It can be of two-three, six months etc. Such courses can be both online and offline. It can also be of one month.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 12, 2024, 18:15 IST