Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012
In Search of Directions: A Case of Post Internship Dilemma!
As January heralds New Year, bringing in cheers to many, it is also beginning of rollercoaster ride for Interns who are about graduate & also for thousands of aspirants who want to pursue post graduation. Its time when almost all PG entrance exams run one after another for next 34 months. The current mad rush for entrance exam applications, hall
tickets, travel bookings, googling maps of exam center, just sidelines the main crux “Which speciality should I choose?”
The quest for the best speciality doesn’t even end during seat selection! How to choose? What is best for me? Which speciality has future? These are some of the most common, yet unanswered questions pushing one to dilemma constantly for months together. At times its true déjàvu even for some post MD/MS specialities! Making things worse, there is new trend of skipping entire Internship or part of it in preparation of PG Entrance exam thereby missing vital link of actual exposure to some specialities or all of them. It would be fruitful if students are able choose subjects based on judicious & passionate liking for the speciality rather than on market value or glamour of speciality! Ideally decision should be based on interactive exposure to all specialities from the very first year of MBBS, more so in Internship and with inputs from enthusiastic faculty at every stage. This might clear directions in post internship dilemma to great extent and may so herald better future for health care system.
