anyone whos a doctor(surgeon)... what did you do to get there?

Question

like im sure you had to do other jobs in the medical career first before you were promoted to that? what did you have to do and go through first?? and how long did it take to get there?

was it worth it in the end when you finally got the job?

Answer 1

After high school I took competitive exams to get into medical school. After 5 and a half years of medical school, including one year of rotating internship, I took another set of competitive exams to get into a Surgery residency program. After 3 years I took my surgery boards and became a senior resident. After 2 years as senior resident, I took another set of competitive exams to get into a fellowship program in Gastrointestinal Surgery. After 3 years of fellowship I became interested in liver transplantation and spent 2 years in a lab working on hepatocyte transplantation and 3 years in a multiorgan transplant fellowship. Now I finally have a job as a hepatopancreaticobiliary and liver transplant surgeon, 20 years after I entered medical school.

Answer 2

Becoming a doctor is not a matter of being promoted through the ranks of medical jobs. It is a profession that requires a lot of training.

In fact, MOST doctors have not had other careers in the medical field. We go to college, and then spend 4 years in medical school, followed by an additional 3-7+ years in training as a resident.

Specialization (internal medicine vs. surgery vs. pediatrics or whatever) is determined by what residency training is done. Some doctors do more than one residency, and are qualified in more than one area (example: pediatrics + anesthesiology for a career in pediatric critical care)

I've had other jobs while in college (waitress, cashier) and medical school (early morning phlebotomy team and occasional medical research subject), but that was just to earn some cash while in school.

Hope that clears up the process a bit for you.

Answer 3

I'm not a surgeon, but i'm a doctor. I just tried to be and do my best by taking challenges, competitiveness, and keeping my goals above the rest, one day at a time.

First, you have to take your pre-med course - a four year course which is closely related to medicine, like medical technology, biology, nursing.

But to my case even though I graduated BS Med Tech, i never worked as a Med Tech, i proceed immediately to medicine proper for another four years.

After having your diploma as a doctor, you can't work as a doctor unless you served another year for your post-graduate internship. After your internship still you can't work as a doctor, you have to have another six months of review before taking the licensure examinations.

After taking the exams, another couple of months waiting for the results. If you pass, you can work and work and work.

But if you want to become a surgeon, you have to have another four years for residency training - working on a surgical department of an accredited hospital. If you complete your residency training, still your not a surgeon unless you pass your diplomate.

Sounds discouraging, but it's not for doctors - it sounds challenging!

Answer 4

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