Medical degree
A medical degree is a vocational, or even technical, degree awarded for studies in fields associated with medicine and surgery.
A study conducted in 2011 that involved more than 1000 medical schools throughout the world indicated on average, 64 university exams, 130 series exams, and 174 assignments are completed over the course of 5.5 years. Students need more than 85% marks in prerequisite courses in order to get enrolled for the aptitude test for these degree programs. They then have to pass the test with 85% to 90% marks, which is high compared with all the other bachelor's degree programs.[1] The World Health Organization has granted international recognition to certain widely offered conventional medical degrees. Degrees recognized internationally by the AVICENNA Directory for medicine/International Medical Education Directory.
Entry-level medical degrees
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, BMBS, MBChB, MBBCh)
- Doctor of Medicine (MD, DM, Dr.MuD, Dr.Med)
- Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Higher medical degrees
- 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 Philosophy (PhD, DPhil)
- Doctor of Surgery (DS, DSurg)
See also
References
- ^ British medical journal BMJ — 13 August 2011, Volume 343, Number 7819
