How do about becoming a Children's Hematologist??

Question

Okay well I am a 9th Grader, and I want to be a Hematologist when I get older, but I want to specialize with Children @ a Children's hospital, but I am not sure how to get my degree's in everything, or what classes to take or anything but I am sure that u would have to first become a M.D. and then a pediatrician and then a hematologist degree but I am not sure if that would be all...I am confused and I would like to kno what classes would be best to tak in High School..so Please anyone with any help..comment to this or just email me..thanks!

Answer 1

I'm a nurse, and I admire your career goals. You should do as well as possible in high school, then go to college. There, ask the guidance counselors how to major in pre-med -- that will mean going to college for four years, taking mainly science courses. They tell you what to take to be well-prepared.

From there, you go to medical school for four years. Everyone goes to basic med school for four years, when becoming any kind of MD.

To become a hematologist, and in particular a pediatric hematologist, after med school, you will apply to a program of a few years of further study, usually taking place at a hospital where you will both work and learn. You're now a basic MD, but you are a "resident", getting your training in hematology. As the few years of this program go by, you work under the direction of MDs who are already hematologists, and ltttle by little you get more responsibility with patients til by the end you're ready to be on your own. You do not have to become a "regular pediatrician" first to become a peds hematologist.

So, first off -- talk to your high school guidance counsellor. Do really, really well in your studies, taking them seriously, and work to retain the info, not "just" get good grades. You do need good grades, though, to try for scholarships, because all this education is expensive -- but financial aid and grants are available, so don't let the cost stop you.

It's also important to be able to get along with people, such as the patients and their parents, so other skills are very important to learn all through your life, too, such as clearly communicating, and how to deal with people kindly and politely in good times and bad. It can be helpful to learn a foreign language in case you have any non-English-speaking patients.

Being a well-rounded, mature person yourself helps you be a good doctor.

And (I'm guessing you already know a pediatric hematologist, do you?), at any age now, you can ask for an office appointment with a pediatric hematologist, and meet to set up to have a chance to observe him/her, explaining in a well-written letter of introduction that you would like to talk with him or her about their work, and/or accompany them for a day or two and see what it's really like, if she/he will let you.

Best of luck!

Answer 2

Any courses in high school that would help you toward that initial MD degree - lots of chemistry and biology. While you are in high school research the different colleges that you might like to attend. In college you can take more specific courses that will prepare you for your specialty - at the same time prepare you for med school. It might be wise to pick a college that has a medical technology program so that you can take a hematology course. A lot of colleges and universities do not offer these course. This will give you a head start on your specialty prior to med school.
Best of luck.

Answer 3

solid success which includes your targets, yet you're placing your sights previous your prompt objective. the purpose of a severe college coaching and a wide area of your pre-med coaching in college is to provide you a properly-rounded fund of expertise, no longer narrowly centred on any particular self-discipline. you could wait on your third and 4th twelve months in med college for that.