DESCRIPTION
MBBS students are the crème-de-la crème of the society. They are intelligent and hard working.
So, don’t they deserve a career with job satisfaction, societal recognition and good monetary rewards?
But, mere MBBS is not enough. A medico needs to do something more beyond MBBS to shape his career.
The career choices post-MBBS are many, but, complete information about these choices is not available at a single platform.
So, in this book, the author has tried to give an in-depth description of all of the following career choices post-MBBS: -
1. The Indian PG (MD/MS)
2. The Medical Education abroad- USMLE, PLAB and others
3. The Civil Services (IAS/IPS/IRS etc)
4. The Management (MBA-IIM/GMAT and Health Administration courses)
5. Medical Officer
6. Public Life

The author has given description of above-mentioned career choices detailing their respective pros and cons, the traits suitable and not suitable for each career choice and how to prepare for the field chosen.
Moreover, the book also has a dedicated chapter, “Transformation from Mr. to Dr.”, which describes the following: -
1. How best to spend the 5.5 years of MBBS mentioning the legal entitlements like how to protect oneself from ragging and bullying?
2. How to study course books and which books to study?
3. How to pass professional exams in a stress-free way with full night sleeps before exam?
4. How to enjoy one’s college life, doing extracurricular activities, developing interpersonal skills and how to gear up for the career preparations.
The methodology used is: -
1. Meta-analysis of case studies from medicos successful in their respective chosen careers be it MD/MS, DM/Mch, USMLE, Civil Services, MBA, Entrepreneurs and Public Life. A total of 43 doctors took part in the study whose results were tabulated and analysed by the author.
2. Analysis of psychological principles of learning and interpersonal skills and time management advices from western management gurus like Brian Tracey and Jefferey Pfeffer.
The participants who contributed for the book belonged to different medical colleges across India and were from diverse family backgrounds. They were mostly from batches 2002-2012.
The author is himself a doctor. The author did his MBBS from University College of Medical Sciences and was an MD student in Lady Harding Medical College before getting selected for the prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The author belongs to the 2016 batch of the IAS and is presently posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate in district Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh.
It’s heartfelt desire of the author to provide all the medicos with guidance regarding different career choices post-MBBS. This will help medicos in making an informed decision about their career choices post-MBBS.