What degrees or licenses do you need to become a pediatrician??

Question

By the way.
im in school.
this is a report on what i wanna do when i grow up.
thank you so muchh!!

Answer 1

To be a pediatrician, or a doctor specializing in children and young kids, you need:

- 4 years of undergraduate school
- 4 years of medical school
- 3 to 8 years of internship and residency, depending on the specialty selected. Residency is graduate medical education in a specialty that takes the form of paid on-the-job training, usually in a hospital.

All States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories license physicians. To be licensed, physicians must graduate from an accredited medical school, pass a licensing examination, and complete 1 to 7 years of graduate medical education.

Answer 2

You can read about that here: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos074.htm#training

Another good place to check is with the American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org/

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 3

Check out these links for details:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos074.htm

http://pediatrics.about.com/od/becomingapediatrician/Becoming_a_Pediatrician.htm

http://www.drgreene.com/21_566.html

Hope this helps.

God Bless.....

Answer 4

Jesus Christ. This is one of those questions that if you have to ask it, you really don't need to worry about it.