steps to being a doctor?

Question

if iwant to be a medical doctor.what are the steps i have to take.what courses do i have to take.

Answer 1

This is what you have to do, and what you have to look forward to for the next 10 years, or so:

High school: Take all college prep courses. Get the best grades you can in math and science courses. These are critical.


College: Enroll in a pre-med program with an emphasis on BS degree in chemistry, or biology. Your GPA for your college grade, and the score from the Med. College Admissions Test [MCAT] will be very important in whether you will get into med school, or not.


Medical School: 4 years, if successful, you will have an MD degree.

1 year of intership, after which you can go into private practice as a general practicioner, if this is what you desire, or you can become a specialist in one of the medical fields by taking a 3-5 year residency. After that, if you pass a board exam, you will be board certified in your specialty.

Answer 2

To work as a family and general practitioner, you must:


complete a bachelor's degree
graduate from medical school
complete an internship
pass a state licensing exam
complete a residency program in family and general medicine
pass additional exams to become board certified
have strong interpersonal skills; and
be self-motivated.
Formal Education
To become a doctor, you must complete medical school. Medical schools grant a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. You spend the first two years of medical school in classrooms and labs. You study anatomy, biochemistry, and medicines. You also learn how to take a medical history, examine patients, and make a diagnosis. During the next two years, you work in hospitals and clinics under the supervision of physicians.

You need a bachelor's degree to get into medical school. While you do not need to be a pre-medicine or science major, these programs are good preparation. If you earn a liberal arts degree, be sure to take courses in physics, biology, and chemistry.

On-the-job Training
While in medical school, you spend two years working as an intern in a hospital or clinic. As an intern, you rotate through internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics, oncology, and other hospital departments.

After medical school, you complete a residency program in family and general medicine. Residency lasts from three to five years. Residents usually work in hospitals. After your residency, you take additional exams to become board certified.

Military Training
The military offers advanced courses and programs in medical specialties. Scholarships are also available for advanced medical training in return for military service.

Areas of Study (What to study to prepare for this career)


Acupuncture
Anatomy
Bioethics
Biopsychology
Cancer and Oncology Biology
Developmental Biology
Emergency Medical Care
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
Epidemiology
Gerontology
Health Services Administration
Human and Medical Genetics
International Public Health
Maternal and Child Public Health
Medical Claims Examiner
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Medicine
Missions and Missionary Studies
Naturopathic Medicine
Neurobiology
Neuroscience
Nurse Midwifery
Nurse Practitioner
Optometry
Osteopathic Medicine
Pathology and Experimental Pathology
Podiatric Medicine
Pre-Medicine
Public Health Education
Public and Community Health
Radiation Biology
Reproductive Biology
Virology
Vision Science


People in this career need to:

Communicate
Read and understand work-related materials.
Express ideas clearly when speaking and writing.
Understand spoken information by listening to others and asking questions.
Reason and Problem Solve
Combine several pieces of information and draw conclusions.
Judge the costs and benefits of a possible action.
Notice when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
Analyze ideas and use logic to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
Develop rules or follow guidelines for arranging items.
Identify ways to measures and improve system performance.
Understand new information or materials by studying and working with them.
Identify problems and review information. Develop, review, and apply solutions.
Make sense of information that seems without meaning or organization.
Use reasoning to discover answers to problems.
Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions will affect outcomes.
Think of new ideas about a topic.
Concentrate and not be distracted while performing a task.
Remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
Use Math and Science
Use scientific methods to solve problems.
Use math skills to solve problems.
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide quickly and correctly.
Manage Oneself, People, Time and Things
Check how well one is learning or doing something.
Manage the time of self and others.
Motivate, develop, and direct people as they work.
Go back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information without becoming confused.
Work with People
Be aware of others¿ reactions and change behavior in relation to them.
Use several methods to learn or teach new things to others.
Look for ways to help people.
Persuade others to approach things differently.
Work with Things
Determine the tools and equipment needed to do a job.
Test and inspect products, services, or processes. Evaluate quality or performance.
Operate and control equipment.
Perceive and Visualize
Identify a pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in distracting material.
Knowledge
People in this career need knowledge in the following areas:

Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of injuries, illnesses, and defects. Also includes the knowledge of setting up a plan for treatment.
Biology: Knowledge of plants, animals, and living organisms and how they function.
English Language: Knowledge of the meaning, spelling, and use of the English language.
Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of the effect of diseases and injuries. Knowledge of how to give advice on social or personal problems. Also includes the knowledge of setting up a plan for treatment.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of managing the operations of a business, company, or group.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the properties of substances and the changes that occur when they interact.
Personnel and Human Resources: Knowledge of the department that is in charge of the relationship between a company and its employees. In particular, includes knowledge of the activities performed by the department.
Psychology: Knowledge of people, their actions, and mental processes. This may include knowledge of how to treat emotional and behavioral problems.
Education and Training: Knowledge of teaching and the methods involved in learning and instruction.
Mathematics: Knowledge of the rules and uses of numbers. Areas of knowledge include arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics.
Interests
People in this career are people who tend to:

Consider achievement important. They like to see the results of their work and to use their strongest abilities. They like to get a feeling of accomplishment from their work.
Consider independence important. They like to make decisions and try out ideas on their own. They prefer jobs where they can plan their work with little supervision.
Consider relationships important. They like to work in a friendly, non-competitive environment. They like to do things for other people. They prefer jobs where they are not pressured to do things that go against their sense of right and wrong.
Consider recognition important. They like to work in jobs which have opportunities for them to advance, be recognized for their work, and direct and instruct others. They usually prefer jobs in which they are looked up to by others.
Consider good working conditions important. They like jobs offering steady employment and good pay. They want employment that fits their individual work style. They may prefer doing a variety of tasks, working alone, or being busy all the time.
Have investigative interests. They like work activities that have to do with ideas and thinking. They like to search for facts and figure out solutions to problems mentally.

Answer 3

Look it up.
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