There are 150+ career options in medical field that do not require MDCAT. Our medical students need to know about all of them as medical field is far more than MBBS and BDS. Majority of pre medical students dream of becoming a doctor and break their bones to pass the MDCAT. Those who made it through and were able to clear the MDCAT exam, begin their medical journey. If you know someone who passed the MDCAT exam, congratulate them and suggest them to read: MBBS Medicine - MBBS Universities and Colleges in Pakistan Fee Structure. But the problem arises for those who are unable to score well, even though they worked really hard and give much more than their best. And this is what we are going to address right now.
Table of contents:
- 3 Steps to reach your medical destiny
- 4 types of medical careers
- Basic requirements for these types
- List of programs in each type
First of all, dear heartbroken stars, your destiny is to shine, even if it is not the sky of MBBS. I know you want to get into medical field and searching for answers on how to become a doctor without MBBS in Pakistan, what can I do if I don’t pass MDCAT, so on and so forth. My dear students, just know, there are so many more medical options available other than MBBS and that too with low MDCAT or Fsc. scores.
You can also check: Medical Fields That Do Not Require MDCAT
If you also had a low score in MDCAT, here’s what to do
STEP 1
Evaluate on what are your interests in medical field?
Analyze what are your priorities?
Do a self-analysis and give a deeper insight to your skills and what strengths do you possess?
By the way, if you want to know about your strengths and weaknesses in just 2 to 3 hours rather than spending your lifetime in finding one, click here, to get yourself an Eduvision Aptitude Assessment.
STEP 2
Decide on which area do you prefer to work in. Let us help you simplify this issue. Here is a general sectioning for you
Clinical – related to setup/ hospital environment/ patients
Research – involves experimenting/ indoor
Technical – requires aptitude in IT/ machinery usage
Public health – requires good management/ policy, for example, during covid or other pandemics
I believe you are gradually finding hope in the success that you truly are. But hey! We simplify it even more! Your future in medical field is still secured!
STEP 3
After you have decided your major area of work, let’s come down to specific disciplines and programs.
Now that you have analyzed your strengths and abilities along with your aptitude, linked it with the four categories we mentioned above – we will enlist the careers for each category and you can learn full details about the wide range of careers that we have provided under every heading and the university for the respective discipline by just clicking the career name.
1. Clinical
For clinical aspect, as you know now, you need to have a devoted love and passion to cure the disease. The sickness/ disease bothering your patient is your biggest enemy and you have to battle it till your patient is cured and at ease.
Here are the careers included
2. Research
In this dimension, you will have to be extremely intelligent. Research aspect can be chosen by those who like to work indoors and like to stay on the backend instead of frontend like clinical and public health sector (discussed below). Researchers are the backbone of clinical sector to be precise.
It includes
Biochemical pathology
Microbiology
Food technology
Molecular biology
Bioinformatics
Genetics
Biotechnology
Researchers need to have a greater vision and a drive to innovate something medically beneficial for humankind. They have to have a passion to explore more and more, beyond the barriers and limitations, to just find cure and to facilitate the frontline workers.
3. Technical
Technical sector is the one that demands your interests in information technology/Computer sciences. So, if you are good at IT/ CS and have medical/ medicine related aptitude as well, technical sector can ease your difficulties.
Careers included in technical sector of medical are
MLT – medical laboratory technology
Nuclear Medicine
Imaging Technology
4. Public health
Last but definitely not the least is our public health sector, a part of healthcare. “Is BS public health a good career?” “Is public health public service?” Yes, and yes. It is usually a highly rewarding sector including high-paying careers. It is a sector that requires your passion to serve the society that requires your passion to serve the society for improved healthcare practices and policies. You need to have good management skills to excel in this sector.
Following is a list of careers you can choose for public-health
Health Management
Pharmaceutical
However, public health sector wants you to have a good grip on communication skills. You need to be very helping, caring and friendly.
Most of the options provided above are high-paying medical fields without MBBS, hence, if you scored low in your MDCAT then do not worry at all. Most likely, you have some aspects of your aptitude that do nit get along with the aptitude required for the MBBS. After all, who does not work hard for MBBS. That’s why we suggest you to first know your aptitude because hundreds of students who came to us for their Career Aptitude Assessment ended up with flying colors in other careers instead of MBBS.
Not just on scoring low on MDCAT, students who scored well and got selected they were not satisfied and changed their careers as an outcome. This is, again, because sometimes you have some characteristics that overlap with multiple careers but your real journey is some other career that falls exactly on the destination totally based on your aptitude.
So, our readers, do not worry and get disheartened. Life has so many more doors to open and your aptitude is the key to all. To get this key, your aptitude, you can always reach out to us by clicking here.
