i hear that you need to spend years in residency but i have no clue what residency is..
thanks!
2007-02-07 08:07:29 · 5 answers · asked by Lacey 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Residency is a period of time when you are getting the actual or "hands-on" experience to deal with patients after you completed all required medical courses in you medical school. Depend on the major that you are interested in, it can take 3-5 years to complete your residency.
After that, you either can go to practice a physician, or stay in an academic institute to teach, research and practice. Many also do a fellowship for a subspecialty after the residency, especially for those who want to stay in Academic Institute.
2007-02-07 08:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by light 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America and leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. It is filled by a resident physician who has received a medical degree (M.D. or D.O.) and is composed almost entirely of the care of hospitalized or clinic patients, mostly with direct supervision by more senior physicians. A residency may follow the internship year or include the internship year as the first year of residency.
Whereas medical school gives doctors a broad range of medical knowledge, basic clinical skills, and limited experience practicing medicine, medical residency gives in-depth training within a specific branch of medicine, such as anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatric medicine, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, radiation oncology, general surgery. The field of surgery has several specialties such as neurosurgery, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, and urology.
2007-02-07 09:36:35 · answer #2 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You basically help out real doctors...so you get the experience needed. You spend like 4-5 years doing residency.
2007-02-07 08:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My understanding of a residency is essentially after you've graduated med school and you're looking to get hired with a hospital. It's your time to learn from them and have hands-on experience with patients, all under the supervision and direction of an attending physician.
2007-02-07 08:16:07 · answer #4 · answered by OhKatie! 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
correct normal is 2 yrs pending specialty, ie. a doctor also does it at a univ hosp.
2007-02-07 09:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by omearamamayo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋