What’s the difference in “Medical Sciences”and “medicine” as in university courses?

Question by Kassi: What’s the difference in “Health check Sciences”and “medicine” as in university courses?
What is “health check scienceS” really,- with that ‘s’? is it the same as ,medicine when soing the course in uni so you can still be a doctor?

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Answer by Zizi
Health check sciences means you get to study science of anything relevant to pathology: biochemistry, histology, hematology, cytology, immunology and so on. When you do a degree in health check sciences you do not become a doctor. Instead you can do a Masters and then a Doctor of Phylosophy (PhD) and become a researcher. Most people can also work in diagnostic pathology where they do laboratory blood tests (you do not need a PhD for that). To do MEDICINE is to become a physician (the real doctor) in the end. Part of medicine is to do health check sciences as without them you will not be able to know the diseases or treat patients properly. I reckon, if you like patients, want to help people and have a wider career choices, then study medicine. Medicine is also better paid!

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