Paramedical Courses After 10th

Paramedical Courses After 10th / 12th – These list of courses  can be done before graduation or directly after 10th class then it is a diploma.If you want to do it after 10+2 then it is a medical bachelors course with is a Bsc degree.Paramedic healthcare workers are in great demand all over the world.

They are directly involved in the day to day functioning of a hospital or nursing home and act as assistants to Doctors.No medical facility can exist without the constant efforts of paramedical staff.they are in all fields of the medical fraternity.

Most students opt for MBBS abroad if they don’t get a seat in their native country.While it is extremely difficult and expensive to get into MBBS course,getting into a Paramedical Courses After 10th or 12th is a great option.These courses are also much easier to crack and they are of shorter duration.

Salary and Scope of Paramedical Courses 

Paramedics in general is a very large and broad term for all the medical technicians.,echo assistants,pharmacists,blood collection reps,radiographers,lab technicians,those dealing with cardio equipment and dialysis machines etc.Most starting salaries are from 1.25 lacs per annum.

The best part about this job is that after getting some experience here you can also land a job in other countries as the demand for this type of specialty is very high starting from $60,000.

Jobs and placements after Paramedical Courses

Advantage of doing a healthcare related job or paramedical course from a reputed institute is that they sometimes give you placements in companies that they are affiliated with.What you have to look out for is an institute that is tied up with a diagnostic clinic,like a chain of diagnostic company that has branches all over the country.

Also some companies supply xray machines ,CT Scan ,MRI  or other medical technology and the institute has a tie up with them.This is a 100% job guarantee after you pass out from that institute.Some paramedic course are also conducted by hospitals and give you placement in that hospital itself.

These are some random job posting for Allied Health workers of all types:

FEES and Duration of Paramedical Courses After 10th / 12th

Certificate courses are the shortest in duration that are mostly 1 year long or  2 semesters long. The course fees are approximately 50k per semester for certificate course.

Diploma courses last for 4 semesters or 2 years and are in the range of 35k to 40k per semester. Total is about 2 lacs at the end of 2 years inclusive of other fees and charges.

Degree or Bachelor course from a regular day college will cost about 60k per year,so for 3 years again about 2 lacs inclusive of other tuition fees and exam fees.

If you wish to live in the hostel of these colleges,which some provide,then cost is about 2000 per month and another 2000 for food per month and travel another 1000 pm.

Types of Paramedical Courses After 10th – Diploma list 

Diploma in any of the courses shown below is good for students who do not wish to go in for junior college and want to straight away go in for something semi professional.After you complete this you are already ready for a job at age 17 or eighteen.

This is good for people who want to join the work force fast.Alternatively after you finish this course, you an go in for another course in degree or certification if you wish to specialize in something else or change the stream.

Diploma in Dialysis
Diploma in Medical Lab Technician
Diploma in E.E.G. & E.M.G. Technician
Diploma in Hospital Administration
Diploma in Emergency Medicine
Diploma in Radiology
Diploma in Physiotherapy
Diploma in O.T. Technician
Diploma in Dental Mechanics
Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT)
Diploma in Biomedical Instrumentation

Types of courses after 12th – Undergraduate 

These are Bachelor’s degree and i equivalent to any other B.Sc degree from a senior college after completing 10+2.These courses run for 3 years and a very detailed teaching course in each subject is explored.

The advantage of this course is that you get a very thorough knowledge of the field and also since only government affiliated colleges offer the Bachelors degrees,the reputation of the college and the value of the degree is high.Some of the courses for undergraduates are :

B.Sc Medical Technology
B.Sc Radio Therapy
B.Sc. (Nursing)
B. Sc. Allied Health Sciences
B. Sc. Optometry (Lateral)

Certificate courses for Paramedical

These short term duration courses are very good for people who want a crash course in an Allied Healthcare course.The advantage of this is that it can be done anytime and takes only a year to complete.There are many small institutes that offer this type of certification course.

The disadvantage of it is that unlike Degree or Diploma course,which are done from big colleges and have a good name and reputation,when you complete from a small institute,you will only get a certificate stating that you have finished this course.Although this is not bad,but you have to be careful of the place where you have done this course from and if it sufficiently recognized in the market for you to get a job after that.

Some of the Healthcare certificate courses you can join are:

Certificate Course in Healthcare Quality Management
Business Excellence for Healthcare Professionals
MRI Technician
CT Scan Technician
Dialysis Technician
X-Ray Technician
GDA – general duty assistant
home health aid HHA
DE diabetes educator
DA diet advisor

Fellowships

These are mostly for MBBS doctors and is more of a research based title given.

Fellowship in Sports Sciences

Fellowship in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Fellowship in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

Fellowship in Neurological Rehabilitation

Fellowship in Dialysis