Good day Nairalanders

I will be sitting for this year's UTME exams, and as required, I am to pick any course which I would like to study at the university. But I am faced with a dilemma - I don't which one I should choose between courses Medical Biochemistry and Biochemistry.
Initially I opted for Biochemistry, however I wanted something more challenging, something that could pose a challenge in my academic life, so I widened my search and came across Medical Biochemistry and having heard a little about this course from a movie, I am beginning to have a liking for it.

I want to know the difference between the two courses. Is Medical Biochemistry an advanced form of the other? Which of them has more prospects? And if there are other things you feel I should know, don't hesitate to share.

Please I really want to know
Thanks

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firstclassmumu:
medical

Please can you throw more light on it?

from my own point of view and little knowledge mbc I.e medical biochemistry basically deals with biological pathways, dna coding, and the study of the body system from the cellular level. it focuses basically on living system


while biochemistry is a general term comprising of both industrial and a little of medical aspect.. its quite challenging cos u have best of both worlds wrapped up in one

my advice stick to bch....biochemistry or just folllow ur heart n dnt forget to ask for God's guidance


with that said n done I bid u best of luck #peace

My advice to you is to go for biochemistry so as not to limit your scope in the field. Biochemistry is a life science that's so broad with many sub fields. Many of these subfields have a direct relationship with medical science so they form the basis of medical biochemistry. However there are other equally challenging fields like industrial biochemistry, toxicology and biotechnology which are still taught under the broad head biochemistry.

If you want to limit yourself to just the medical field you can opt for medical biochemistry but it wont do you any good as the only career prospect for you is if you can use your degree to get direct entry admissions into a medical program. On the other hand with a biochemistry degree the Job opportunities are endless and you can equally use a bachelors degree in biochemistry to get direct entry admission into any medical program.

Success in your academic endeavors

kheengjay:
from my own point of view and little knowledge mbc I.e medical biochemistry basically deals with biological pathways, dna coding, and the study of the body system from the cellular level. it focuses basically on living system


while biochemistry is a general term comprising of both industrial and a little of medical aspect.. its quite challenging cos u have best of both worlds wrapped up in one

my advice stick to bch....biochemistry or just folllow ur heart n dnt forget to ask for God's guidance


with that said n done I bid u best of luck #peace

I appreciate your input. Thanks alot.

freeradical:
My advice to you is to go for biochemistry so as not to limit your scope in the field. Biochemistry is a life science that's so broad with many sub fields. Many of these subfields have a direct relationship with medical science so they form the basis of medical biochemistry. However there are other equally challenging fields like industrial biochemistry, toxicology and biotechnology which are still taught under the broad head biochemistry.

If you want to limit yourself to just the medical field you can opt for medical biochemistry but it wont do you any good as the only career prospect for you is if you can use your degree to get direct entry admissions into a medical program. On the other hand with a biochemistry degree the Job opportunities are endless and you can equally use a bachelors degree in biochemistry to get direct entry admission into any medical program.

Success in your academic endeavors

Wow. This is just about what I needed to know. I will surely go for Biochemistry as it seems to have more prospects plus the fact that it isn't solely limited to the medical field, and in fact, I would do almost anything to avoid invovlement with anything medical cos the emotional demands associated with saving lives is just not for me. I thank you.

The first is in the faculty of Basic Medical Science, the other is in the Life sciences.

Biochemistry it is!

Actually, the main difference between Biochemistry and medical Biochemistry is that why Biochemistry deals with the metabolic pathways and reaction of living things (plants and animals), Medical Biochemistry deals with only human Biochemistry, thus the word Medical.
You can check what https://CourseAdviser.com.ng has to say @ https://courseadviser.com.ng/medical-biochemistry-and-biochemistry/