General Medicine
Dr Subhash Shalya | Sr. Consultant | Various HospitalsWhat is General Medicine?
A Career in General Medicine is very interesting. One should first understand What a Career in General Medicine entails before investing time and effort to figure out How to start a Career in General Medicine. The most authoritative source of information on General Medicine is someone with real experience in it.
Sr. Consultant Dr Subhash Shalya has worked in General Medicine for 23 years. Here is how Sr. Consultant Dr Subhash Shalya detailed General Medicine:
Internal Medicine or General Medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists or physicians. General Medicine is also termed as the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) internal medicine.
How Sr. Consultant Dr Subhash Shalya got into General Medicine?
After completing my MBBS from SNMC, BR Ambedkar University Agra, I did my MS in Orthopedics & then a second MS in Surgery from SN Medical College Agra. Thereafter in 1994, I did my PGCR in Rehabilitation from All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mumbai. I have worked as a Sr. Consultant for various hospitals and later joined as a Senior Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. In 2005, I started my own clinic & rehabilitation centre named 'Bone Joints Care Foundation of India' which is an NGO, working in the field of rehabilitation of pediatric and geriatric patients suffering from disabilities and deformities. I am also associated with Fortis C-Doc Hospital, Max Hospital & NMC Hospital as a visiting Sr. Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon.
Sr. Consultant Dr Subhash Shalya's Talk on General Medicine |
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Starts with what is: | |
1) | General Medicine |
Next, it covers Education. This Talk is unique because it talks about Education in terms of things which can be learnt from books, to excel at a Career in General Medicine and not as a list of Qualifications, which one needs to get into General Medicine. Here is a list of Education items required for General Medicine: | |
2) | Anatomy |
3) | Physiology |
4) | Biochemistry |
5) | Pathology |
6) | Pharmacology |
7) | Toxicology |
8) | Preventive Medicine |
9) | Medicine |
10) | Surgery |
11) | ENT |
12) | Ophthalmology |
13) | Obst & Gynecology |
Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Skills are the most important factor determining success in a General Medicine. It defines Skills in terms of following items for General Medicine: | |
14) | Communication Skills |
15) | Empathy |
16) | Moral Values |
Positives of General Medicine motivate one to work hard for the same. The Talk discusses following Positives of General Medicine: | |
17) | Satisfaction |
18) | Travelling |
It is important that one develops a fair understanding of the Challenges of General Medicine: | |
19) | Internship |
20) | Handling Emergencies |
In the final section of the Talk, Dr Subhash Shalya talks about How a day goes in a Career in: | |
21) | General Medicine |
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Links for this Talk
Sr. Consultant Dr Subhash Shalya's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/drsubhashshalya
LifePage Career Talk on General Medicine

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/general-medicine-4

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20180320-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ7IyaPoLoY
(General Medicine, Dr. Subhash Shalya, Bone Joints Care Foundation of India, Orthopedic Surgeon, Doctor, Physician, Complex Trauma Management, Joint Replacement, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, General Surgery)