what are the requirements to become a pediatrician?

Answer 1

Get your bachelors first. While in undergrad, fulfill all the med school requirements. There's really no such thing as a "pre-med" major. You can pick anything you want and still call yourself "pre-med". As long as you fulfill all the prereq classes, you can go on to med school.

Med school is another 4 years. After med school, you get a pediatrics residency. That's usually another 3 years after the 4 you spend in med school.

Answer 2

4 years of regular college with a pre-med major. 4 years of extra education to get your m.d. and than usually 2 years of residency or extra hands-on training. So, you are looking at 10 years unless you can take summer classes or handle an extra class or two a semester. It is VERY hard work and VERY expensive unless you can get wonderful scholarships. Doctors take years to pay off student loans even making good money unless their mommy and daddy are well-off and are paying. Give it a lot of thought. It is a wonderful career and you are doing something that really means something but it takes tremendous patience, hard-work, courage, and tons of sacrifice (i.e., no social life). Good luck! Also, you could consider nursing. It isn't quite as much education and is equally rewarding. Get your R.N. though, any other nursing degree means you will be doing a lot of the grunt work (changing bedpans, giving sponge baths, enemas, etc...). Also, you have to be super smart and science minded and not just book smart. You can't be squeamish at all as you have to open cadavers and dissect a lot in med. school.

Answer 3

To become a full MD with courses that specialize in children.

Answer 4

Med school