Medical Hurdles

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For dwivian or others who want to understand the path of medical training:

Phase 1- College, 4 yrs, usually a science major

Phase 2- Medical School, 4 yrs +/- research. When you are done with this you are officially a doctor but still need on the job training.

Phase 3- Internship. You first job as a "real doctor". A year of on the job training at a major university hospital. For some specialties this is a medicine year followed by residency while for others it is just your first year of residency (the latter is for pediatrics).

Phase 3 cont- Residency. Between 2 and 8 years of more specialized training. 2 more years for pediatrics. When this stage is done you take your specialty board exams and get your liscense to practice one type of medicine.

Possible Phase 4-Fellowship. Further taining in a more specialized area of your chosen field for instance emergency medicine or cardiology.

Attending- the name we call anyone who has finished thir training however far they chose to take it and has a liscense. They can teach medical students and residents, and may do research.

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yup...I finish Phase 3 in 6 months and have yet to decide if I want to do Phase 4