What is the pathway for me to be a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology?
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Like all medical specialties, you will need to complete Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) first, after that you can specialize in an area like obstetrics and gynecology through further study and on the job training.
When you do MBBS, you will learn a little bit of every specialty, in other words, the syllabus of MBBS is quite general.
The scientific basis of medicine includes the study of the normal human body and its function (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology); the body’s reaction to injury (Pharmacology, Pathology, Medical Microbiology, Parasitology,) and practice-based (clinical) medicine (Anaesthesiology, Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Primary Care Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedic surgery, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Psychological Medicine, Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Social and Preventive Medicine).
When you further study at Master Level, you can choose the specialization.
Clinical Master’s Degree
- Master of Anaesthesiology [MAnaes]
- Master of Clinical Oncology [MCO]
- Master of Emergency Medicine [MEmMed]
- Master of Family Medicine [MFamMed]
- Master of Internal Medicine [MIntMed]
- Master of Medical Science in Clinical Pathology [MMedScClinPath]
- Master of Obstetrics & Gynaecology [MObGyn]
- Master of Ophthalmology [MOphthal]
- Master of Orthopaedic Surgery [MOrthSurg]
- Master of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery [MOrl]
- Master of Paediatrics [MPaeds]
- Master of Paediatrics Surgery [MPaedSurg]
- Master of Pathology [MPath]
- Master of Psychological Medicine [MPM]
- Master of Radiology [MRad]
- Master of Rehabilitation Medicine [MRehabMed]
- Master of Sports Medicine [MSpMed]
- Master of Surgery [MSurg]