Medicine is the study of the principles and procedures used in preventing, diagnosing, caring for and treating illness, disease and injury in humans and the maintenance of general health. Principally, this field consists of training of physicians/doctors. Programmes with the following main content are classified here:
General medicine Gynaecology Medical science Medical training Medicine Paediatrics Surgery Training of physicians/doctors
Correspondences:
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields