Medical degree
A medical degree is a vocational or technical degree awarded for studies in fields associated with medicine and/or surgery.
A worldwide study conducted in 2011 indicated on average: 64 university exams, 130 series exams, and 174 assignments are completed over the course of 5.5 years. As a baseline, students need greater than an 85% in prerequisite courses to enroll for the aptitude test in these degree programs.[1][not in citation given]
Contents
1 Primary medical Degrees
2 Higher medical degrees
3 See also
4 References
Primary medical Degrees
In many jurisdictions, individuals require a medical degree to register for a licence and legally practice. This is known as a primary medical qualification,[2][3] or the primary qualification.[4]
Such degrees include:
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, BMBS, MBChB, MBBCh)
Doctor of Medicine (MD, Dr.MuD, Dr.Med)
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Higher medical degrees
Some doctors who hold a primary qualification will continue academic study, pursuing degrees such as:[5]
- Doctor of Medicine by research (MD(Res), DM)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil)
Other degrees might include:
- Master of Clinical Medicine (MCM)
- Master of Medical Science (MMSc, MMedSc)
Master of Medicine (MM, MMed)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Master of Surgery (MS, MSurg, MChir, MCh, ChM, CM)
Master of Science in Medicine or Surgery (MSc)- Doctor of Clinical Medicine (DCM)
- Doctor of Clinical Surgery (DClinSurg)
- Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc, DMedSc)
- Doctor of Surgery (DS, DSurg)
See also
- Medical education
- Medical school
- Medicine
- Physician
- Surgeon
- Alternative medicine degrees
References
^ BMJ — 13 August 2011, Volume 343, Number 7819
^ "Acceptable overseas medical qualifications". General Medical Council. Retrieved 16 April 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Acceptable primary medical qualifications". Medical Council of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "Singapore Medical Council. List of Registrable Basic Medical Qualifications" (PDF). Singapore Medical Council. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ Armstrong, Kathryn; Molloy, E J (29 Jun 2011). "Doing a higher medical degree". BMJ Careers. Retrieved 16 April 2017.