MS Orthopedics is a surgical branch postgraduate medical specialization concerned with the musculoskeletal system’s conditions. This program teaches the use of non-surgical and surgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, congenital disorders, tumors, sports injuries, infections, and other degenerative diseases. In addition to surgery, they use medical, physical, and rehabilitative methods to treat patients, using a variety of surgical techniques such as lasers to remove torn cartilage, and arthroscopic surgery to treat damaged joints.
Master of Surgery in Orthopedics is a 3-year medical surgery postgraduate program offered by MCI-recognized medical universities/institutes. As part of this medical programme, the orthopedic surgeons are licensed to practice and perform orthopedic surgery.
Applicants with an MBBS degree from a recognized institution who have been permanently registered with the Medical Council of India or any other State Medical Council are eligible for this course.
This course is designed to provide advanced learning for eligible candidates in the systematic evaluation and management of surgical patients in the clinical settings of choice, urgency and emergency.
Master of surgery in Orthopaedics is a 3 years Prost Graduation Course which includes clinical training along with theoretical studies.
Applicant must have completed an MBBS degree along with a 1-year rotational internship from MCI recognized medical university/institute, however a student who is continuing with the internship can also participate in NEET-PG Medical Entrance examination but the internship should be completed before the commencement of the academic year.
The applicant looking for admission in MS Orthopedics has to appear for the NEET PG Medical exam which is conducted by NBE in January every year. The student/aspirants have to qualify the NEET-PG exam with the required cutoff percentile in individual category i.e. for general 50th percentile and 40th percentile for SC, ST, and OBC. Orthopedics course has a very high demand among the PG aspirants so the competition is very high for this course to get admission in MS Orthopedics the aspirants have to perform well in NEET-PG, the cutoff for MS Orthopedics is very high for government medical college and top private medical college. However, the students with average NEET-PG score also get admission in this course but they have to spend a lot in terms of annual tuition fees and they will get admission in average private medical colleges, MS Orthopedics seats in India is available under various quota in Medical colleges like All India Quota seats, Management quota seats, Institutional quota seats and NRI quota seats, etc. which students can choose during NEET-PG Counselling.
There are a total of 137 Government Medical Colleges in India which offers MS Orthopedics course, the Master of Surgery Orthopedics seats in government Medical colleges is approximately 1021 in different states of the country. Government colleges in Tamil Nadu have the maximum number of MS Orthopedics seats i.e. 114. The details distribution of MS-Ortho seats in government colleges are given below
STATE | GOVT COLL | GOVT SEAT |
---|---|---|
ANDHRA PRADESH | 8 | 44 |
ASSAM | 5 | 40 |
BIHAR | 4 | 22 |
CHANDIGARH | 2 | 25 |
CHHATISGARH | 1 | 2 |
DELHI | 7 | 79 |
GOA | 1 | 3 |
GUJARAT | 9 | 90 |
HARYANA | 1 | 12 |
HIMACHAL PRADESH | 2 | 12 |
JAMMU & KASHMIR | 3 | 31 |
JHARKHAND | 1 | 3 |
KARNATAKA | 7 | 56 |
KERELA | 5 | 37 |
MADHYA PRADESH | 5 | 45 |
MAHARASHTRA | 18 | 101 |
MANIPUR | 2 | 11 |
MEGHALAYA | 0 | 0 |
ORISSA | 3 | 19 |
PONDICHERRY | 1 | 8 |
PUNJAB | 3 | 22 |
RAJASTHAN | 7 | 78 |
TAMIL NADU | 16 | 114 |
TELENGANA | 5 | 49 |
TRIPURA | 1 | 5 |
UTTAR PRADESH | 11 | 69 |
UTTRAKHAND | 0 | 0 |
WEST BENGAL | 9 | 44 |
There are a total of 153 Private Colleges in India which offers MS Orthopaedics course, the private medical colleges have a total of 871 Orthopedics seats in different states of the country. Private medical colleges in Karnataka have the maximum number of Orthopedics seats i.e. 226. The total distribution of MS-Ortho seats in private medical colleges in India are given below
STATE | PVT COLL | PVT SEAT |
---|---|---|
ANDHRA PRADESH | 12 | 80 |
ASSAM | 0 | 0 |
BIHAR | 3 | 14 |
CHANDIGARH | 0 | 0 |
CHHATISGARH | 0 | 0 |
DELHI | 0 | 0 |
GOA | 0 | 0 |
GUJARAT | 5 | 22 |
HARYANA | 3 | 15 |
HIMACHAL PRADESH | 1 | 6 |
JAMMU & KASHMIR | 0 | 0 |
JHARKHAND | 0 | 0 |
KARNATAKA | 33 | 226 |
KERELA | 10 | 22 |
MADHYA PRADESH | 6 | 35 |
MAHARASHTRA | 24 | 140 |
MANIPUR | 0 | 0 |
MEGHALAYA | 0 | 0 |
ORISSA | 3 | 19 |
PONDICHERRY | 7 | 31 |
PUNJAB | 3 | 14 |
RAJASTHAN | 3 | 19 |
TAMIL NADU | 13 | 85 |
TELENGANA | 13 | 74 |
TRIPURA | 0 | 0 |
UTTAR PRADESH | 10 | 51 |
UTTRAKHAND | 2 | 11 |
WEST BENGAL | 2 | 7 |
The MS Orthopedics Fees for state private colleges starts from 18 Lakhs to maximum 50 Lakhs per annum.
The MS Orthopedics Fees in deemed universities vary from college to college. It starts minimum 20 Lakhs to Maximum 60 Lakhs per annum.
The MS Orthopedics Fees for all India quota and state quota govt. seats start from 50k to 1.5 Lakh per annum.
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The take-home pay for Orthopedic surgeon is about 1 lakh to 5 lakhs rupees per month depending upon their experience in the industry. Orthopedics is one of the highest paying medical specialty in the medical industry. The salary is directly depended on the reputation of the hospital. An Orthopedic Surgeon gets a handsome salary with years of experience, the salary increases up to Rs.15 Lakh to Rs.20 Lakh per year. They open their own orthopedic center to earn even more
Summary:- M.S Orthopedics is a 3-year course. The candidates who wish to take this course must have completed M.B.B.S with a minimum of 50% score. It all depends on the candidate’s performance in their higher education exams for the Admission. The Orthopedics course is completely based on the utilization of drugs. The candidates have to be good at caring for the patient, education, research, and faculty development. The fees charged for this course is between INR 2 to 5 Lakhs for 3 years. The candidates on completion of the course can work in colleges and universities and hospitals, in India and abroad.
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