How long are studies to become a pediatric doctor?

Answer 1

The common path to practicing as a physician requires 8 years of education beyond high school and 3 to 8 additional years of internship and residency. All States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories license physicians.

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Answer 2

8-10 years.
First off, you should learn how to spell.

Now now, don't be sarcastic- spelling mistakes are easy to make when you're typing fast on a keyboard as oppose to hand-writing.

How long does it take? All I can tell you is how long it takes in the UK, which is where I live- it takes five years as an undergraduate, following which you serve a further year working as a 'pre-registry' medic on the wards- you have qualified, but are expected to serve in a hospital doing very minor tasks under close supervision before you can be registered as a qualified doctor. After that, it largely depends upon what you want to do- some folks are happy to just carry on serving as general hospital doctors for years, without either specialising or going into general practice. In the early years, their roles are restricted to minor duties, they are kept an eye on by consultants and senior nurses, and their responsibilities gradually increase as they become more experienced. If you want to become a General Practitioner, it takes a further two more years postgraduate training plus another year 'on the wards', after which you get a job as a junior at a health centre or family clinic. Again, in your early period you are closely supervised by your more senior partners, only deal with very minor cases and in no way handle emergencies.

If you wish to become a specialist in a given area of medicine, it takes very much longer, usually 7-10 years as a postgraduate, during which you train under senior consultants, take further exams and slowly build up your knowledge and skill under their tutelage. You will go from being a junior house doctor to a senior one, then a registrar in your specialist field, then a senior registrar, a junior consultant and, finally, a senior one. By the time someone becomes a senior consultant, they are usually into middle-age with a great deal of knowledge and experience behind them.

This is the situation in the United Kingdom, but if you are in the USA or elsewhere, I can't promise that things might not be slightly different over where you are. However, they would be GENERALLY similar, even although medical terminology might differ a bit from the British one.

If you plan to enter medicine as a mature student (i.e. over about 25 years old), then most universities and medical schools prefer you to have a good degree in an allied field of study first, such as biochemistry or microbiology. Most med. schools nowadays no longer have an upper age limit for admission- you will find the odd one here and there that won't accept applicants over 30 years old, but there will always be plenty of others that do!

Answer 3

It takes a minimum of 8 years after high school to become a doctor, and then a minimum of another 3 years before they can practice on their own, and possibly more depending on specialty. So in total a minimum of 11 years after high school.

Answer 4

To become a doctor you first attend medical school (4 years) to earn a medical degree; after that you train as a doctor via an appropriate internship (1 year, including completion of basic medical licence exams & competency assessments), & then residency (typically 5 years) - usually in a teaching hospital.

Residents are not medical students; they're licenced doctors undergoing specialty training who assume increasing responsibilities for patient care (albeit under supervision) as their competencies & confidence develop. Successful completion of Residency requirements earns Medical Board Certification.

Answer 5

If you are asking how long the studies take to become a general pediatrician: In the US it takes at least 11 years after the completion of high school (secondary school). if you are talking about a pediatric surgeon, it takes at least 15 years after high school.

Answer 6

it takes 4 years of college to get the bachelors degree

Answer 7

stanford university is a really good school i heard