Is MBBS course a hectic course?

Firstly, in medical Science you attain knowledge for others rather than yourself. Let me explain it with an example. Suppose you are a general practitioner and a case of infant with pneumonia comes to you and you have not adequately trained yourself to treat the disease. There is a high chance that you will misdiagnose it and God forbid may even take his life. For you it might be just a case but for the family it will be devastating. The human body is engineered in such an amazing way that it is very difficult to assimilate even the basics of all the topics. Hence the five and half year long marathon. Secondly, yes, there are rooms for improvement in the studies. You can always improvise the curriculum to fit in the emerging trends in medical Science. It is a very dynamic world. What is relevant today maybe next to useless in a decade. Personally I feel there's a growing need to inculcate the culture of research right from the MBBS level in India.

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<p>Yes, MBBS and being a doctor is extremely stressful. Medicine as a course comes with a heavy burden of academic pressure, lengthy hours of studies, and arduous exams. Then beyond that comes work long and irregular work hours, a heavy burden of responsibility and the emotional burden of caring for your patients once you become a doctor. Sometimes there is additional stress in trying to stay up to date and reacting to life and death situations.</p>

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