2023-06-17 12:14:27
He rise of the digital world has meant a technological revolution within all labor sectors and in the Medicine has not been an exception. The time when the only path for newly graduated doctors was do the MIR has been left behind, and a new range of opportunities are available from the hand of new technologies focused on health. Some “optional” routes that students of the Degree should know from their university stage. For it, Medical Writing has interviewed the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid, Elena Varawho has indicated that the work in research centers It is one of the “best job opportunities” for this type of doctor
Within this sector there are many branches. For Vara, one of the “most powerful” options that doctors have at their disposal to contribute to the “Medicine of the future” is in the development of the artificial intelligence and machine learningwhich is currently revolutionizing various aspects of medical care.
According to this teacher, a continuous evolution that will allow the analysis of large sets of medical data with which to assist in diagnosis, predict diseases, assist in clinical decisions and improve the efficiency of patient care systems.
Nanotechnology, a “strong and demanded” option
Day IA it is not the only viable way that health professionals who do not want to practice a specialty have. another of the “strongest and most demanded” areas is the nanotechnology. In the words of Vara, with her they expect advances in medication administrationin tissue engineering, medical imaging and gene therapy, among others.
Little by little, virtual medical consultations are becoming a reality within the Health System, but there is still a long way to go before they are truly effective. For this reason, Vara has emphasized the importance of having doctors who focus on the development of telemedicine and thus contribute to aspects as important as remote monitoring of patients.
To get the opinion of a doctor who currently works in the development of new technologies focused In the healththis newspaper has contacted the neurosurgeon and founder of Savana, Ignacio Hernandez Medrano, who has recognized that physicians are “very highly valued” in this sector because they are capable of insert your knowledge in certain technological areas.
“When I was in college I remember having attended a talk regarding what can be done without the MIR, but there were very few things. With this digital boom, opportunities have grown and some doctors have started to be entrepreneurs or work in companies related to the development of new technologies”, she indicated.
The importance of a doctor knowing math and programming
After spending several years working in the technology sector, Hernández has stressed the importance of a doctor having advanced knowledge in mathematics or programming, because these skills are “very useful” when developing systems related to the new digital areas in the medicine, such as machine learningartificial intelligence or work with neural networks.
“These doctors are really called data scientists. Within research, those professionals who understand programming and know regarding data science are highly valued here ”, she has had an impact.
Another of the “disciplines” where there are more possibilities of making a career is with the bioinformatics. In it, doctors also work with data, but in a “more scientific” way related to the human genome or proteomeamong other things.
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“It is important that they also see the clinical part. Not necessarily through the MIR, but with a contract in the Emergency Department or a master’s degree” |
Despite all these new employment opportunities that have opened up thanks to technological developments, the two parties interviewed agree on a common point: “it is important that professionals see the clinical part of Medicine.”
“It is something that I would recommend. Although it does not have to be through residency, doctors can go through an Emergency contract or a master’s degree to write medical histories and see and touch patients. With that experience it would be enough to dedicate himself to something else. But following only six years of career without seeing patients, I think a doctor would contribute considerably less”, Hernández stated.
Roads without MIR away from technological development
Physicians who do not want to do the MIR do not have to dedicate themselves exclusively to the development of new technologies, there are other types of options that may be more in line with their future project.
If the doctor wants to pursue a military career and relate it to Medicine, a viable path is to access the Military Health Corps. If instead you prefer something related to work inside sporting events and the medical examination of the workers can choose to work in a town hall.
There is also the possibility of working within complexes where there is spas and pools and where the demand ‘shoots up’ in summer. But if the vocation of a health professional is Dedicate yourself to the control of work absenteeisml, conducting statistical studies or reporting retirement records, there is a possibility to become a medical inspector.
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