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(N.B. The following answer presumes that the question relates to the education of traditional, allopathic physicians and surgeons, and osteopathic medical doctors. The education of naturopathic and alternative physicians will be different than described below) In virtually every country, one must obtain at least one, and often two college degrees in order to become a licensed physician. In times gone by, it was possible to become a physician through an apprenticeship with a senior doctor. Apprenticeship is still important in the education of a physician (it occurs during internship and especially, residency), but nowadays this phase of a physician's education follows formal college-level schooling. It is possible to acquire the formal schooling required to become a physician in as little as five years, post high school, in countries that offer undergraduate medical degrees (Bachelor of Medicine) such as the United Kingdom and Ireland. In the USA, medical education normally is given in a graduate professional school, following 3 years (or more commonly nowadays, 4 years) of undergraduate education, and leads to the Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic medicine degree. This prolonged education is not strictly necessary to impart the skills and knowledges required to practice medicine, but it does tend to reduce the number of qualified students and diminish the number of entrants into the field of medicine. There is at least one USA-based medical school program based on the undergraduate (5-year) model of medical education: the medical school of the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Entrants to that medical school begin directly following high school, as would be the case if they studied medicine in England, Ireland, and other countries offering undergraduate medical programs and complete a 6 year course which results in a dual BS/MD degree. There is no evidence that the physicians graduating from the University of Missouri's program are less competent than physicians trained in the extended graduate school model which now the norm in the USA.
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If you're a medical assistant and want to become an RN do you have to be an LVN first?
No, not at all. You can go to college and become an RN just as any other RN does.
Can you become a RN then an OBGYN?
Yes you can go to school and first become a nurse and then go back to med school and study to become a doctor.
Can you become an RN then an OBGYN?
Yes you can go to school and first become a nurse and then go back to med school and study to become a doctor.
How do you become a RN?
To become an RN you must go to school to earn an associates degree (two years). After school you must then take the boards to get your license to become a nurse. Then you can apply for a job.
Where do you have to go to school to become a psychiatrist?
You have to go to Medical School to become a psychiatrist.
If podiatrist doesn't go to medical school, why is he called "doctor"?
A podiatrist does go to podiatry school or even medical school. It is a medical specialization, more detailed than an RN. There are 9 podiatric schools in the US that are affiliated with universities.
What exactly does it mean to be rn trained?
To be rn trained is to go through nursing school or a nursing training course to become a certified nurse. An RN is a certified nurse. There are places all over the US that have RN training and schools to go to.
Do you need to go to medical school to become a neonatal nurse?
No, you go to nursing school to become a nurse.
How you can become a DO?
You go to osteopathic medical school.
What do you have to go though to become a Medical I vestagater?
they have to go to a school where they can learn about becoming a Medical Investigator
Which medical school to join to become a doctor?
You can go to any medical school to become a doctor. That's why it's called a medical school. If it had an MD program, you will graduate with an MD degree.
Do you have to go to medical school to become a psychiatric nurse?
yes if you want to be any type of nurse or doctor you have to go to medical school
