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Medical degree#Post Graduate Medical Degrees

{{Short description|Degree awarded to practice medicine}}

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A medical degree is a professional degree admitted to those who have passed coursework in the fields of medicine and/or surgery from an accredited medical school. Obtaining a degree in medicine allows for the recipient to continue on into specialty training with the end goal of securing a license to practice within their respective jurisdiction. Medical graduates may also pursue non-clinical careers including those in basic research and positions within the healthcare industry.

Undergraduate medical degrees

The MBBS is also awarded at the graduate level, meaning the applicant already has an undergraduate degree prior to commencing their medical studies (graduate entry).{{Cite web |title=Medicine (Graduate-entry/ Accelerated) |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses-listing/medicine-accelerated |website=University of Oxford}}{{Cite web |title=Medicine (Graduate entry) |url=https://www.sgul.ac.uk/study/courses/medicine-graduate-entry |website=St George's University of London|date=28 November 2024 }}

Graduate medical degrees

Comparison of allopathic and osteopathic medical degrees

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!rowspan=2|Medical degree type

!rowspan=2 width=250|Undergraduate
(Post-secondary)

!colspan=3|Graduate (Post-baccalaureate)

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!Osteopathy

Degree name

|Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery;
or
Bachelor of Medicine

|Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

|Doctor of Medicine

|Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Post-nominal letters

|MBBS, BMBS, MBChC, MBChB, MBBCh;
or
MB, BM, BMed

|MBBS, BMBS, MBChC, MBBCh

|MD

|DO

Admission

|Follows secondary education (standard course)

|Follows an undergraduate degree (graduate-entry)

|Follows an undergraduate degree (professional doctorate)

|Follows an undergraduate degree (professional doctorate)

Duration

|5 to 6 years

|4 years (accelerated)

|4 years

|4 years

Countries offering the degree
(not exhaustive list)

|United Kingdom, Ireland, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Australia, and China, Saudi Arabia{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) {{!}} College of Medicine {{!}} Alfaisal University |url=https://com.alfaisal.edu/en/mbbs |access-date=2023-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616103451/https://com.alfaisal.edu/en/mbbs |archive-date=2023-06-16 }}

|United Kingdom{{Cite web|last=Paul|date=2021-10-14|title=Graduate Entry Medicine|url=https://www.themedicportal.com/application-guide/graduate-entry-medicine/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Medic Portal|language=en}} and Ireland{{Cite web |title=BMBS Programme {{!}} University of Limerick School of Medicine |url=https://www.ul.ie/medicine/programmes/bmbs-programme |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=www.ul.ie|date=3 May 2018 }}

|United States, Canada, Israel, UAE, Australia

|United States

Some countries, especially Eastern European and former Soviet republics (Russia, Ukraine, Armenia) offer post-secondary, undergraduate, 6-year medical programs, which confer the title Doctor of Medicine as their medical qualification.

Post-graduate medical degrees

Alternative medical degrees

See also

References

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