I would like to go into medicine after school ( heart sugery or Neuro Surgery), but i'm a bit confused.?

Question

What subjects should I take, or what subjects do I need to apply for colleges? I tried to do a bit of research on different websites, but I would really appreciate someone's advice. (so subjects for medicine)

Answer 1

Chemistry is essential, biology an advantage and maths or physics. Not sure if you study in the US or UK, but try the university websites that you wish to apply to. They always have a prospectus on their website that you can access for entry requirements and some are more flexible than others.

Answer 2

This is a recurrent theme on Yahoo Answers. You're several steps away from considering a subspecialty. You're getting way ahead of yourself. First is college. You want a good general education with enough of the requisite courses to qualify for entry into medical school. Many colleges have a "pre-med" curriculum, but you needn't do that exactly. Different schools have different requirements, but you can find information on what the different medical schools expect from their applicants (and a lot more information, too) at http://www.aamc.org .
Medical school has almost the same curriculum for all students (there are a few electives, but not a lot), no matter what specialty they're considering.
After medical school comes specialty training (residency). After that, if you wish, you can get a fellowship in a subspecialty area.
At each point, you have more than enough curriculum to keep you busy on the task at hand. It's completely pointless to try to skip ahead to the next level, much less two or three levels. If you want to prepare for neurosurgery by majoring in music in college, that's perfectly fine, as long as you have the courses required for entry into medical school.

Answer 3

Right now, get into the best college you can. You don't need to do anything else. If you like, and which I highly recommend, you could volunteer and/or shadow a willing physician. Most are more than happy to have you.

Once you get into college, go and talk to the pre-med advisor and he/she can guide you on the best courses to take. You'll become so familiar with the subjects it'll make your head spin. Good luck Future Doctor!

Answer 4

A. Heart surgery or Neurosurgery are medical specialties.

B. Before choosing a specialty, you are required to graduate and obtain a medical degree (Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy(D.O.), have internship training and have registration with appropriate medical licensing body.

C. Before you can obtain a medical degree, you need to comply and satisfactorily pass the required number of years of formal medical education in medical college.

D. Before you can go to medical college, you have to meet the requirements and qualification needed. Preparatory medical (Pre-med) courses should be completed and you needed to pass a certain entrance test (MCAT).

>>Pre-medical curriculum usually covers physics, inorganic chemistry, genetics, biochemistry, pathology, anatomy and physiology, human biology and organic chemistry.

>>Depending on the medical school, some may require some credits on Humanities, English and Writing, and Psychology,etc.

You will still have a long way to go to be a specialist. Nothing should confuse you now as it is still too early to tell about the specialty you have to take.

You have to make good with your studies now, and follow the right path going to specialist.

The following links may give you hints:
http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/start.htm
http://www.umt.edu/pre-med/prepapply_prereq.htm