2006-08-04 05:28:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
please do bnot answer if you dont know the answer its just waists timers
2006-08-04 05:41:52 · update #1
You mean MEDICAL SCHOOL, right? College and med school are two different things. You should go to a good college (try a more elite university, versus some po-dunk junk college) so you can get into med school. As for choosing medical schools, any of them should do fine as long as you can land a residency at a children's hospital.
While you are at college, you need to take:
1 year general chemistry
1 year organic chemistry
1 year physics
1 year calculus
1 year biology
1 year English
Then in your third year, take the MCAT (it's an 8 hour exam -- study hard). Apply to medical school at the start of your 4th year. Graduate with your baccalaureate degree.
Assuming you make it to medical school, you do 4 years of that. Then apply for a pediatrics/meonatology residency program. That's a 3 to 4 year residency. Then you have to specialize in neonatology. That can tack on 2 to 4 extra years of training.
What makes neonatology special is that it's not about giving medicine to small people. Newborns are different in their physiology, so you have to know how to treat them because they don't respond to medical care (and I'm not just talking about medication here, I'm talking about actual care-giving) the way adults do.
Also, the afflictions you'll be dealing with will be different compared to physicians who handle adults. Newborns can get a lot of infectious diseases. And you will also be dealing with a lot of genetic diseases. You will learn a lot about immunization, common infection, and the like.
Last thing you might wanna note: pediatricians are the lowest paid doctors. It's definitely a labor of love. It's also not for the weak of heart. Newborns are cute, but in your profession, a LOT of them will die. Can you handle a dying baby?
Anyway, I hope this was useful to you. My boss is a pediatrician, but she gave up clinical practice to come work for the health department.
2006-08-04 08:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the better medical schools will have a Neonatology Department. Check this out maybe:
www.neonatology.org
2006-08-04 14:24:58 · answer #2 · answered by C.K. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have no clue
2006-08-04 12:33:42 · answer #3 · answered by SoD33lishis 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-04 12:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Jay 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋