Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with maintaining health and restoring it by treating disease. Medicine is both an area of knowledge (a science), and the application of that knowledge (by the medical profession and other health professionals such as nurses). The various specialized branches of the science of medicine correspond to equally specialized medical professions dealing with particular organs or diseases. ...

All medical schools in India award the MB BS degree under the Medical Council of India and State Medical councils' regulations. An MB BS is an undergraduate degree, usually lasting 5? years or more. It includes one year of a compulsory rotating internship. Completion of an MB BS degree is required in order to apply for, and join, a specialised program offering the MD / MS degree. Subsequently further specialisation can lead to DM or MCh degrees.