Types of doctor

Career as a doctor is very rewarding as it offers a wide range of opportunities. There are doctors specialized to treat specific organs, animals, and diseases. After MBBS degree, they can either start with their own nursing homes or they can work for both private and government hospitals.

General Physician: The most commonly found doctor in every hospital, camp, and locality is a general physician. They are the ones who do the basic treatment to identify the basic issue of the patient and then refer them to the respective specialized doctors. They can prescribe you the basic medication.

ENT Specialist: An ENT specialist is a doctor who specializes in Ear, Nose, and Throat related issues. They examine these parts of the body and then diagnose and treat them accordingly. They also diagnose issues related to speech and hearing deformities of children. 

Dentist: Dentist is someone who treats every issue related to your teeth, a dentist is someone who has specialization in treating teeth, gums and related problems. Dentists are experts in diagnosing root canal, wisdom teeth, silver or gold filling. 

Cardiologist: They deal with various cardiac cases; they look at your ECG, TMT, Eco- Cardio and understand your heart condition. Accordingly they treat your heart to prevent cardiac arrest. 

Psychiatrists: They are doctors for mind; they treat with human psychology and mind, to find out the causes for their mental issues. It is not always very prominent that one needs a psychologist, but it is a good practice to go for checkups sometimes. 

Pediatrician: Pediatricians are doctors whose area of specialization generally involves infants, children, adolescents and young adults. It has been found that Pediatricians are the major source of primary health care provider from birth to almost till the age of 18 years.

Oncologists: The study of Cancer is termed as Oncology  and doctors who specializes and treats cancer and provides medical care to patients diagnosed with cancer are termed as Oncologists.

Neurologist: Neurologists deal with the human body anatomy and disorder in the nervous system. If you ever have a nervous breakdown, then you need to see a neurologist. 

Steps to Become a Doctor

There are a few important steps that can be followed to know how to become doctor after 12th; here we explain those steps in detail:

Make a Decision: Before you start pursuing your career in medicine, you must make sure that you know what your interests are, what subject combinations do you need to take in class 12, and what courses you are eligible for in order to become a doctor. Even after MBBS, you need to choose between various specializations that are offered in MD, based on your area of interest. A career as a doctor is often demanding and stressful at times, you must have the zeal and motivation to work for the people even in stressful conditions.

Choose the Subjects: The first and the foremost step is to choose the correct subjects in class 10+2, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology predominantly. These are the best subject combinations to take up medicine as a career option. You need to be very sure that you have an interest and basic command over these subjects, only then you can do higher studies in medicine. 

Prepare for NEET: After appearing for 10+2 one can appear for the NEET examination and only after qualifying in NEET one would be able to start with their MBBS Course. After qualifying for the NEET examination, every student would be given a particular college through counseling where they can pursue MBBS.

Choose the College: If you are aiming to get admission in government colleges then you will have to score high in NEET. If your score is low then you can opt for any private Medical College, which accepts your marks. Experts and professionals say it is always better to take admission in Govt. colleges as they have the best faculty, a lower MBBS course fee, and well developed labs.

Qualify MBBS : Appearing for NEET and taking admission in the best medical college is just the beginning of the journey. This journey is a 5 year and 5 months long that has to be completed with a lot of dedication and patience. The 5 year medical course consists of several theoretical and practical classes along with one year of compulsory internship.