a good article for aspirants in this field
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Careers in clinical research: Myths and facts - Express Pharma
CAREER AFTER BAMS..
Someone asked me about career options today for Ayurvedic Medicine Graduates a.k.a BAMS grads. I thought for quite a while and came up with this list
1. Pharma industry: I do know BAMS grads are picked up as Product Managers in pharmacompanies - more so in ayur pharma companies like Dabur, Lupin,Himalaya. The job description entails product formulations, interaction with doctors and retail pharmacies and monitoring of salesforce. An added management degree in marketing and sales helps. This path leads you to career in Marketing and Sales. I know three BAMS guys based out of Mumbai who are in related field in Novartis, Dabur and Lupin. One of them recently moved on to a Pharma consulting firm.
2. Lifesciences Industry: Only BAMS may not help here. But with added knowledge of coding, knowledge of databases, some scripting language like Perl, PLSQL, you could approach lifescience industries in a pseudo dual capacity of a functional and a technical person. This is a difficult path and requires perseverance as higher preference is fordoctorates and highly qualified programmers. Other competitors for similar positions could be Biotechnologists, Bioinformaticians, etc.You could work towards getting a post grad qualifications in these subjects too.
3. Healthcare IT: 6 years ago, it was easy to get in. Now, there are many medicalprofessionals who have joined in already. Hence the job market alreadyhas a choice to pick for Healthcare IT domain expert positions. Experience of working in healthcare environments, like labs, hospitals, disease coding, transcription come in use here. All you need to prove that you are a domain expert is to confidently claim that you understand healthcare practice and and pain points in healthcare today. PG degree in management or hospital management will be beneficial. Very fast moving segment. Lots of job seekers in this field in Bangalore. Jobs are available as also attrition is very high. Possible companies to work, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, TCS, Mphasis, etc. Lots of long hours to contribute and lots of stress you will need to know how to handle. Perks could be travel abroad for short business trips. But being IT sector what it is, you would need to carve a niche for yourself so that you have something to do as you grow older. In IT companies younger age is always favoured over older age, so you may again feel confused over what to do as you grow older. Transcription experience may be advantageous, but that depends! Knowledge in Clinical Trials, Hospital workflow, helps getting into these jobs
4. Insurance: You may need additional qualifications for this - again a management degree. There are various functions that BAMS can perform in insurance, right from underwriting to networking to operations, etc. You would need to upgrade your worth with insurance exams from time to time. Possible companies where some other BAMS with management qualifications are working - ING Vysya, ICICI, TTK, etc. With few years of experience you could get picked up by IT companies requiring Insurance domain experience. After a few years experience lecturership in colleges for Insurance topics could also be possible
5. Hospital: With added post grad qualification in Hospital Administration you could start your career as a manager of some services in a hospital and then move on to managing operations and then planning, budgeting hospitals. Again many are there now in the market, you would need prove yourself very much. Also not too many openings with good pay packets in Bangalore. Some good ones are - Manipal, Wockhardt, Apollo, etc
6. Education: You could also complete your Post Grad in Ayur and work as lecturer in a college. I am not sure if that is your forte.
7. Clinical Trials: Some companies like P&G use BAMS doctors as investigators for their clinical trials. It is good for experience and to understand the processes that take place in Clinical Trials. Useful experience to later get into Healthcare IT.
8. On duty doctor: A couple of years in some nursing homes will enhance chances of you getting a job in Healthcare IT, but then the nursing homes should be of repute and well known.
9. Healthcare community: With post grad qualifications in Healthcare management you could work for NGO's in managing distribution of healthcare in a community. Very good option. Slowly up the ladder you could end up working for the UN or WHO also.
1. Pharma industry: I do know BAMS grads are picked up as Product Managers in pharmacompanies - more so in ayur pharma companies like Dabur, Lupin,Himalaya. The job description entails product formulations, interaction with doctors and retail pharmacies and monitoring of salesforce. An added management degree in marketing and sales helps. This path leads you to career in Marketing and Sales. I know three BAMS guys based out of Mumbai who are in related field in Novartis, Dabur and Lupin. One of them recently moved on to a Pharma consulting firm.
2. Lifesciences Industry: Only BAMS may not help here. But with added knowledge of coding, knowledge of databases, some scripting language like Perl, PLSQL, you could approach lifescience industries in a pseudo dual capacity of a functional and a technical person. This is a difficult path and requires perseverance as higher preference is fordoctorates and highly qualified programmers. Other competitors for similar positions could be Biotechnologists, Bioinformaticians, etc.You could work towards getting a post grad qualifications in these subjects too.
3. Healthcare IT: 6 years ago, it was easy to get in. Now, there are many medicalprofessionals who have joined in already. Hence the job market alreadyhas a choice to pick for Healthcare IT domain expert positions. Experience of working in healthcare environments, like labs, hospitals, disease coding, transcription come in use here. All you need to prove that you are a domain expert is to confidently claim that you understand healthcare practice and and pain points in healthcare today. PG degree in management or hospital management will be beneficial. Very fast moving segment. Lots of job seekers in this field in Bangalore. Jobs are available as also attrition is very high. Possible companies to work, Infosys, Wipro, Satyam, TCS, Mphasis, etc. Lots of long hours to contribute and lots of stress you will need to know how to handle. Perks could be travel abroad for short business trips. But being IT sector what it is, you would need to carve a niche for yourself so that you have something to do as you grow older. In IT companies younger age is always favoured over older age, so you may again feel confused over what to do as you grow older. Transcription experience may be advantageous, but that depends! Knowledge in Clinical Trials, Hospital workflow, helps getting into these jobs
4. Insurance: You may need additional qualifications for this - again a management degree. There are various functions that BAMS can perform in insurance, right from underwriting to networking to operations, etc. You would need to upgrade your worth with insurance exams from time to time. Possible companies where some other BAMS with management qualifications are working - ING Vysya, ICICI, TTK, etc. With few years of experience you could get picked up by IT companies requiring Insurance domain experience. After a few years experience lecturership in colleges for Insurance topics could also be possible
5. Hospital: With added post grad qualification in Hospital Administration you could start your career as a manager of some services in a hospital and then move on to managing operations and then planning, budgeting hospitals. Again many are there now in the market, you would need prove yourself very much. Also not too many openings with good pay packets in Bangalore. Some good ones are - Manipal, Wockhardt, Apollo, etc
6. Education: You could also complete your Post Grad in Ayur and work as lecturer in a college. I am not sure if that is your forte.
7. Clinical Trials: Some companies like P&G use BAMS doctors as investigators for their clinical trials. It is good for experience and to understand the processes that take place in Clinical Trials. Useful experience to later get into Healthcare IT.
8. On duty doctor: A couple of years in some nursing homes will enhance chances of you getting a job in Healthcare IT, but then the nursing homes should be of repute and well known.
9. Healthcare community: With post grad qualifications in Healthcare management you could work for NGO's in managing distribution of healthcare in a community. Very good option. Slowly up the ladder you could end up working for the UN or WHO also.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
Ancient system, modern career
| Ayurveda is now part of the mainstream in medical systems and job opportunities abound in this field. |
HEALTH IS WEALTH: Medicated oil being applied on a patient at an ayurveda clinic.
Be it plush spas at idyllic locations of Italy or exclusive consultation costing a fortune at London's high-end real estate, Ayurvedic treatments are suddenly making their presence felt. Celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Demi Moore, Cherie Blair and Madonna have already embraced this ancient system in their daily regime.
An image of exclusivity made Ayurveda look inaccessible to a major section of the population till now but now there is an awareness that it might just be the answer to many health disorders. This at a time of spiralling health care costs of allopathic medicine and the unwarranted side effects due to it.
Ayurveda is recognised by World Health Organisation (WHO) which supports research and integration of Ayurveda as part of a comprehensive modern medical approach to health.
The science of life
"The first breakthrough in mind-body medicine is, your mind is not in your body, your body is in your mind. This is a profound Vedic thought that is gaining credibility the world over," says Deepak Chopra, the forerunner in popularising Ayurveda in the West.
Ayurveda looks at the whole body as a pharmacy. Ayurveda, literally meaning the science of life, aims at healing the individual as a whole, at all levels, whether physical, psychological, spiritual or social.
The approach of an Ayurvedic treatment is to treat the cause of the disease, as opposed to allopathic which treats the symptoms. As per Ayurveda, `health' is a state of equilibrium of normal functions of doshas (vital principles of doshas are vata, pitta and kapha, which together regulate and control the catabolic and anabolic metabolism), dhatus (elements providing the nourishment to all the tissues), malas (waste products) and agni(biological fire which aids metabolic and digestive activity) with body, mind and soul.
When dosha-dhatu-malas and agni are in a state of functional equilibrium, health is maintained; distortion of the equilibrium results in diseases. An erratic lifestyle is believed to be one of the basic causes behind the failure of the mechanism of maintaining equilibrium.
Treatment either with or without drugs and application of specific rules of diet, activity and mental status as described, specific to the disease, brings back the state of equilibrium, that is, health.
There are eight divisions in Ayurvedic therapeutics: Kayachikitsa — internal medicine; Shalya — surgery; Shalkya — Otorinolaryngology and Ophthalmology (ENT); Kaumr Bhritya — Paediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics; Agad tantra — Toxicology; Rasayana — gerontology; Vajikaran — Aphrodisiacs; and Bhoot Vidya — Psychiatry.
The principles of treatment are Shodhan (purificatory), Shaman (palliative and conservative), Nidan parivarjan (avoidance of causative and precipitating factors of disease) and Pathya Vyavastha (dos and don'ts regarding diet and lifestyle).
The Central Council of Indian Medicine is a body corporate established under the provisions of IMCC Act, 1970, to maintain the Central Register of Practitioners of Indian Medicines and for dealing with matters connected therewith.
The Council is responsible for maintaining the minimum standards of education. This Council has introduced the following courses:
Ayurveda degree course — Ayurvedacharya (BAMS).
Ayurveda postgraduate course — Ayurved Vachaspati (MD Ayurved).
Ayurved Varidhi (Ph.D. Ayurveda).
The country has 233 Ayurveda colleges with 58 postgraduate programmes.
BAMS
The BAMS course is equivalent to MBBS in allopathy, the procedure to get into the course is the same as well, duration of the course is 4 1/2 years + one year internship.
A candidate should have passed higher secondary school certificate examination with science subjects including biology. Knowledge of Sanskrit is helpful.
MD
It can be pursued after BAMS for a duration of three years. In the first year, there is general orientation in different subjects and in the second and third years there is specialisation and dissertation. A few universities such as the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) offer MD in Ayurveda to MBBS graduates.
Some of the well-known universities are: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Phone: 91+0542-2307540 (http://www.bhu.ac.in/ayurveda).
Gujarat Ayurved University, Administrative Bhavan, Jamnagar-361 008, Gujarat, Phone: 288-2676854, Fax: 288-2555585, Email: info@ ayurveduniversity.com.
National Institute of Ayurveda, Department of Ayurveda (AYUSH), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Madhav Vilas Palace, Amer Road, Jaipur-302002, Phone: 091-141-2635709, 2635816, Fax: 91-141-2635709; http://nia.nic.in/
Career avenues
Ayurvedic doctors are in great demand not only in the country, but overseas as well, as floodgates have opened up for recruitment in Australia, the Gulf, Malaysia, the U.K. and the U.S. Grants have been received from the U.S.
National Institute of Health to foster a globalised scientific understanding of Ayurveda. Those who have qualified in ayurveda can chart out a good career path. The choices before them:
Starting own enterprises (ayurvedic clinics, nursing homes, Panchakarma centres, etc.); industry positions; ayurvedic hospitals; ayurvedic medicine manufacturing units; cultivation of herbal gardens; faculty in ayurvedic colleges; hold workshops in ayurveda; consultancy in India and abroad; research in ayurveda.
"Ayurveda has huge growth potential and there are enormous opportunities now, unlike in the days when I stepped into the field", says Gopinath, who has been an Ayurvedic practitioner for 43 years and serves as a founding member in the committee of many Ayurvedic colleges. With the recent boom in the healthcare industry and the acceptance of traditional medicine into the mainstream, there is now a billion dollar market for this system.
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