The field of medicine is fastest growing, economically flourishing and highly competitive in Pakistan. A swarm of Pakistani students aspire to become MBBS doctors and put in untiring efforts and utter dedication to achieve best possible marks in each of their examinations in this pursuit. But in the course of examinations and entry tests preparations many students don’t make it, not because they are not able just because they are better off at some other expertise. If you have failed in MBBS admissions, there are several others equally bounteous and productive medical fields which you can adopt as your career in future:
Bachelors of Pharmacy:
Pharmacists are one the highest paid professions in Pakistan. The field of pharmacy is concerned with producing effective and beneficial medicines by applying biochemical mechanisms, researching side effects, monitoring parameters of medicines and testing therapeutic potential of drugs. Pharmacists have a key role in medicine field, without their contribution in medicine research there will be no doctors. There are many medical institutes in pakistan that offer pharmacy degree courses.
Physiotherapy:
Physiotherapy is major field of medicine it involves treating chronic and acute bone injuries, arthritis, and soft tissues injuries and damaged cartilages. Physiotherapists have exclusive department in each hospital, they do private practice and they have a huge responsibility in rehabilitation of accident stricken bone damaged patients. Their treatment regime includes many procedures including electrotherapy, drugs prescriptions, shockwave modality and joint mobilization.
B.Sc in Nursing:
The role of nurses is often considered secondary but in actual without them doctors cannot function and patients cannot survive. Nurses have specialization in patient care, therapeutic aspects of medicine, diagnosis of disease, implement first aid and emergency medical treatments, assessing effects of health care procedure, scrutinizing improvement of patient’s health and most importantly performing all the medical treatment with empathy. There several Nursing Institutions in Pakistan.
B.Sc in Biotechnology:
As the term biotechnology suggests, it has to deal with biology and technology. It is prolific field of medicine and high in demand all around the world including Pakistan. Biotechnology deals with varied procedures with focus of improving life quality of living organisms by research on genetics engineering, modification of systems, studying breeding methods of cells and much more. It is a research related field involved with natural sciences
B.S Anesthesia:
Anesthesiologists are even highest paid professionals in medical field even higher than surgeons. Anesthesiologists are high in demand in Pakistan with plenty of job opportunities in various cites of Pakistan. This professions deal with operation theatre management, anesthesia procedures, anatomy research, post operation therapy, pharmacology, pathology, critical care, dealing with crucial and emergency cases, post surgery treatment and care.
BE in Environmental Engineering:
The world needs environmental scientists more than ever before. The environmental engineers research and implement procedures focusing on improving air quality, perseverance of land resources, remediate pollution and eradicate its source, applications and controlling procedures for saving water resources and it overall deals with improving quality of life and environment for human habitation on earth.
B.Sc in Radiography:
Radiography is the study of science which deals with medical treatment and disease diagnosis with use of radiation. The use of CT scans, X-Rays, MRI AND ultra sound in diagnosis and treatment of diseases is pivotal in medical field. Radiographers have separate department in each hospital and have equally important jobs in patient treatment, they pay important role in emergency and accident crisis, intensive care units and surgeries.
Optometrists:
An optometrist deal with diseases of eye, improvement of vision, its structure, eye related surgeries, fitting of lenses, research on vision system in humans, eye disease diagnosis and prescription of curative drugs and much more. Optometrists have an important part in human health care and it is a sought after profession in Pakistan and around the world with scope of career success.