1. Graduate College (4 years) 2. Apply to, and be accepted by a Medical School. 3. Graduate Medical School (4 years) 4. Apply for, and be accepted by a Surgical Residency Training Program at a teaching hospital 5. Complete the Residency Program (4 to 8 years, depending on what type of Surgery) 6. Pass your Specialty Board Certification examination.
You can study many things. The important things to study:
Biology, chemistry, organic chemistry, physics and mathematics - these are to prepare you for the MCAT and are pre-requisites for medical school entrance.
Be sure to get a broad education in the liberal arts as well. This helps you become a well rounded person who can relate to the multitude of patients with whom you will be interacting as a physician.
Maintain your own outside interests.
Literally any undergraduate major can become a physician. My wife, who is a pediatrician, had an undergraduate degree in music performance for the double bass. My undergraduate degree was in nursing. I went to medical school with computer programmers, as well as people who majored in biology, engineering, physics, etc.
Once in medical school, you need to do well, as general surgery is somewhat competitive, so you will need good grades, board scores and letters of recommendation.
I know this is not an answer but, DUDE! Thank you for the answer! It helped me so much. I am only twelve and I want to be a surgeon. Its really hard to get into medical school over here in New Zealand. Thanks!
Question is not that. There has to be how to be surgeon? :D So, I am teen, but I am sure that I want to be surgeon. So what I can do to prepare for this ? Read anatomy books ? Or something else ?
Years of practice with patients who have a variety of medical diseases that gives one experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating.
go to medical school
You can become a surgeon if you have a STD.
Yes, you can become a Surgeon at Berkeley University. Any college that has a Medical School usually give you the opportunity to become a Surgeon.
So he can become a surgeon.
no
There is no such thing as a surgeon major. You first become a doctor then you attend training at a hospital (not a college) to become a surgeon. I'm a doctor
this is a trick question anyone can become a surgeon if the study hard enough with certain subjects and they have become a doctor before they can become a surgeon.
Yes, one as nothing to do with the other. To become a neonatal surgeon, you first have to do your residency for 5 years as a General Surgeon. After the five years, it takes about 3 years to become a Pediatric Surgeon and then from there you can specialize as a neo-natal surgeon. Hope that this answers your questions:)
You become a heart surgeon by studying cardiology and specializing in this field. You can take additional classes, residencies and training to become a heart surgeon.
Anyone with the skills necessary can become a plastic surgeon if first they receive a license to practice medicine and successfully complete the training in that specialty. Even an auto mechanic can become a plastic surgeon if they can accomplish these requirements.
what majors will i take in college to become a brain surgeon?
get a good O.P
In the US, at least, you can't become a surgeon without also being a "regular doctor." So, yes.