It is not only in Sri Lanka that Biomedical graduates having difficulty securing suitable jobs related to their degree, Malaysia as well.

In Malaysia, Biomedical science graduates are often hired as Science Officers in government laboratories or as a Medical Laboratory Technician in private diagnostic laboratories... but such posts are limited and the pay is low (particularly in private labs)... so many will do the following:

1. Pursue higher level of education - to improve marketability, by doing Masters and PhDs in relevant fields of study, then become University lecturers themselves or join Pharmaceutical/Biomedical companies as researchers (this too is limited/rare)

Read: http://www.hgucolombo.org/?page_id=97

2. Become school teachers - the biomedical graduates will have to take one and a half year teachers training diploma, after which they become school teachers (usually science teachers). This option is also available to other graduates from other fields of study as well, mainly due to the lack of relevant job available to them. (even Engineering graduates become school teachers)

Read: http://www.ou.ac.lk/home/index.php/ousl/fa...ma-in-education

3. Become Medical Underwriters - some biomedical graduates join life insurance company as Medical Underwriters (google it up), training will usually be provided by the insurance company.

Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_underwriting


4. Join graduate entry programs - this is usually done abroad, in countries like Australia, UK, US. By using the Biomedical degree as the entry qualification, the graduate can proceed to become Medical Doctor, Dentist, Pharmacist or Veterinary Doctor via the graduate entry program offered in such countries. It is a money and time consuming path.

Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_Medical_Program


... so... if your aim is to make a lot of money... Biomedical Science is definitely not the way to go... (even MBBS for that matter nowadays)...

... Do what you want to do, dont be forced to do something you have no interest in. Do a lot of research on the course you are planning to take, its marketability/job opportunities in your country....

Be warned... if you heed your parents advice to study MBBS... be prepared for 'hellish life' during medical school and during internship.... and please make sure the medical program is recognized by your country's medical council:

http://www.srilankamedicalcouncil.org/foreignuniversity.php

I am advising you based on my experience and knowledge on the matter as I am a holder of both BSc.Biomedical Science and MBBS degrees...

Plan your future wisely...

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Jan 31 2017, 01:09 PM

Omg i have no words to describe you really helped me a lot..thank you so much for your advice. .i should give a second thought about bio med if it's more time and money consuming rathar than gaining money..yeah i want to have a better future with my parents with a good job and a salary..
Hmm 😮now it's time to think about smthing new and interesting....
Btw .,do you have some opinions about good paths to do my studies on science/biology streem based on ur experience & knowledge.... .I hardly got this kind of advices and i really appreciate your kind response. .
Thanks a lot once again. .😇

How did you get those links.i mean. .😮.i'm impressed. .
Btw,
Recently i paid some interest on AGRICULTURE & / FOOD SCIENCE. AGRICULTURE & / FOOD SCIENCE. .Do you have any idea about those both paths.

Try discussing with your parents first and come to a mutual agreement on what is best for you to study taking consideration your interest and current job trend...

Hi, I am currently a 3rd year (final year) Biomedical Science student. I am very interested and planning to study medicine after finishing my undergraduate degree. I am well aware about the 4-year graduate entry medicine and so far, only Perdana University offers such course. But, sadly, I can't afford to study medicine in private universities as I am currently enrolled in private university under loan. So, does public university (in Malaysia) offers medicine course for degree holder? I have been told that certain public universities do not accept degree holder to pursue medicine as their second degree. Does anyone of you here know which public university does offer/accepts degree holder to enroll in their medicine course?



I am looking forward for the reply. I am kinda desperate to study medicine.

This post has been edited by Ahn Hazel: Aug 8 2017, 10:07 AM

not sure about IPTA. have u tried UniKl?

Ipta do take in done matured students, but you will still need to complete the entire 5 years, there is no exemption....

Hi do you know which ipta is that? I'm in my final year of Biomedicine degree and I wanna do MBBS after this (I hope so). I made a wrong decision for taking Biomedicine. I got straight As in SPM, 4.00 cgpa for my foundation in science. yeah, I was so stupid idk why. I love what I study in biomed but I wanna be a doctor, saving lives. That's all i could think about. my current cgpa is quite nice lah. I don't mind spending 5 years more after finishing my current degree that takes 4 year. It's better than regretting about it my entire life.

so, tell me which ipta who accept people like me? Thank you! looking forward for your reply

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Hi ,
I need some info on comparison of degree in bio medical science and Diplamo in Medical Lab technician.

Im confusing to decide what to study either Diplamo in Medical Lab techinician or Degree in Biomedical Science.

I saw your post saying that Degree in BMS is less job opportunity.So im thinking of that why should pay more on that course for this less opportunity one . Im more interested on Medical Lab .

So please advice that should I go with degree or diplamo? and if I will done
diplamo and do degree in part time then is it ok?


seek ur advice.

I m a biomed graduate and currently working in a life insurance company as a medical claim assessor.

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is it right job for this course?? Or Shall i go with Diplamo in medical lab for Medical lab job instead of Degree in Bio medical ?
What is the differentiate in profession wise between diploma and degree?

I believe that the pay for degree is higher than diploma holder. Most of my coursemate go for medical sales and lab technician. My job is more to office kind of work which you sit all day long working on your workstation. But tbh I can earn quite a decent income compared to my friend working as a sales. The pay here is comparably high for a fresh graduate.

Totally agree with the fact that biomed dont earn alot esp in Malaysia. The pay is peanut if you go for lab technician or sales.

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Thanks for your kind response. After read this forum i observe that for work in Medical Lab ,the diploma is enough then started to work on lab technician then later if need upgrade my knowledge then will do degree in interested stream.
Is above is right choice?

I was offered a job as a medical underwriter too by Prudential 10 years ago.

I have to take LOMA certification for underwriting if I had took the job offer.

I declined the offer and went to pursue Medicine instead.

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Feb 5 2018, 07:42 PM

Where are you from?

Wise choice I would say. From what im seeing here the turnaround rate of underwriters and claims assessor is super high. The reason behind is everyday we are repeating the same procedures over and over again like a human machine, working at least 6 days a week, 10 hours a day infront of the pc, which millennials (so am I) cant take. I've already resigned tho and will be leaving next week.

I can't provide you any suggestion on this as me myself didnt went thru this. But for me I thought I will further upgrade myself with a master cert years later after working with a biomed degree, but somehow I feel like I can't adapt back to studying life after all even if i want too.

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Malaysia !! Done SPM and going to join uni..and in middle of choose rite course...

Previously I was a biomedical science graduate last year in one of the IPTA. I was first enrolled into the underwriting field and after work for half years, i realize it is not my cup of tea. Facing those high workloads and need to sit with the desk for long times, the working performance mostly are based on your accuracy and speed to finish those cases , plus this job had a high staff turnover rates. Every week you can at least saw one of your staff leave. So, I can say that, it is SUPER EASY to get into the underwriting field even if you are fresh grad as the vacancy is a lot due to high staff turnover rates. I would strongly suggest that dont enroll in this field espeically if you are boy because .. imagine la.. work until 9pm almost everyday stick on the chairs... if 30 years old liao where got time to sweet sweet with your wife later... that why the manager here all are girls ( not married d girls hahaha).. thats why i jus leave even only half years...

Some of u guys think to work for 1 -2 year in certain fields first to get some experiences, then can easily jump to other field later. But please, you are switching to another new field, experience in the former field actually dont bring you any advantage to latter. example. work for 1 year in underwriting does not priortize you in the another science field with high salary. The salary could be lower than underwriting also hahaha.

Curently, I am working as an Laboratory Information System Application Enginner in one of the LIS software company. I never thought I will become an enginner. But so what, just enjoy! ahahaha

This post has been edited by freshong123: Apr 7 2018, 12:56 AM