What Are The Possible Career Options After Graduation

1.       General practitioners.

A general practitioner attends to patients with common ailments such as cough and cold. For more difficult cases, the patients will be referred to a specialist.

2.       Specialists

There are a number of different fields that you can choose from such as cardiology, neurology and gynecology, to name a few. Becoming a specialist requires a lot of hard work and minimum training of at least four years.

However, the advantage is that you will be able to treat the patient at a level higher that what you can do if you are a general practitioner. You will be responsible for the patient’s progress right to the end.

As a specialist, you can opt to work in the Ministry of Health or join universities to become clinical lecturers.

3.       Lecturers in pre-clinical departments.

If you do not enjoy treating patients and find clinical work to busy, you can join universities to become lecturers at pre-clinical departments such as anatomy and physiology.

4.       Researchers.

If you are interested in research, you can branch into doing research in various reputable institutions in the country.

As you can see, there are many options to suit everyone’s interest and capability. The main thing is to become a doctor first. People’s interest may change with time according to the kind of exposure and working experience they obtain.

Of course, it is also determined by family circumstances. Most lady doctors try to opt for the less busy schedule such as becoming lecturers in pre-clinical departments where they do not have to be on call.