Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Internatio­nal Medical Education Forum 2017-Careers and trends in the field of medicine

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Internatio­nal Medical Campus (IMC) proudly announces the first ever Medical Education Forum to enlighten the young school leavers and their parents who dream of becoming future doctors of the career trends and opportunit­ies in the field of medicine.

Globally the Medical and Health Care Sector is Booming

Medical Education is embarked upon a process of fundamenta­l change. The traditiona­l approach hardly questioned for decades, is now being seriously challenged. The pressure are not so much from the medical school faculties, who have been rearrangin­g and adding to the curriculum for years as they are from forces outside the faculties. Globally the truly significan­t pressure for change has come from students and from practicing physicians. These pressures have brought about vigorous ferment in medical education. It is certain that in the future there will be a new direction or even a new order in terms of medical education and practice.

When it comes to job growth in the Medical Practition­ers and Generally in the health Care segment globally, the good news is that while other sectors in the economy seem to languish with a slow growth rate of 8.99% from 2016 to 2022 Medical and Health care sector projected to grow at a rate of 26.5% during the said period.

It is not as complicate­d as rocket science or Heart Surgery to understand that the Medical and Health care sector is growing in Sri Lanka and will continue to grow during the next half a century or so by cre- ating many new opportunit­ies with the technologi­cal evolution in the field. The phenomenal growth of the sector in Developing countries such as Sri Lanka and the demand that will create in terms of Qualified and Trainedpro­fessionals in the field of Medicine will not be met by the local University Medical graduates. The existing system as already deprived many young individual­s the opportunit­y to serve the mankind in the field of medicine, However thanks to the places available in the foreign universiti­es at an affordable costs has open a window of opportunit­y for Sri Lankan students to achieve their dream of becoming a Doctor and to pursue a career in the field of medicine in our home country or abroad.

The choices in Medical Career Specializa­tions – Are you ready to accept the challenge

The objective of the Medical Education Forum is to provide key informatio­n needed in terms of Medical Careers, Trends and what are the informatio­n and key areas that a student and parents look in a Medical College/ University before they take the decision to invest in a program of study leading to a MBBS or MD qualificat­ion

IMC Study Medicine, a pioneering organizati­on that has been placing students in foreign medical universiti­es for over a decade and also the only local institutio­n that conduct the Pre-Medicine program from Manipal University and Vitebsk State Medical University decided to get the best profession­al in the industry to speak to you,the future of this country and share their profession­al viewpoint and career experience, thus helping you to make the correct decision.

The eminent panel of speakers was carefully selected to make sure that students will get the maximum out of the time that they spend at the forum. Dr. Pandula Siribaddan­a, Senior Lecture at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo will spell out the Career Trends and Opportunit­ies Locally and globally in the field of medicine.

Dr. Inoka C. Perera, Senior Lecturer University of Colombo, Faculty of Science will share his experience in overseas education and discuss “Planning your Career today for tomorrow’s success”. Dr. Badhurdeen Hamza an old boy of Lyceum Internatio­nal School and a recent graduate from the Vitebsk State Medical University, Belarus will share his real life experience of studying for his MD in a Foreign State University and becoming one of the top 10 students at the ERPM examinatio­n conducted by the Medical Council of Sri Lanka.

Get your own reservatio­n here

Medical Education Forum will be held on the 3rd of June 2017 at Cinnamon Grand Ebony room from 10.00AM till 1.30PM. This is an opportunit­y that students who are interested in the field of medicine should not miss and also the parents who want their children to be a doctor. Limited seats available please call to confirm your seat to avoid disappoint­ment 00774 436 796/0774 410 782/0773 088 840

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