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*Health Issues>>>Heart Diseases issues>>>does anybody know how long you have to go to med school to become a pediatric cardiologist? |
Issue preferably in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. what type of classes are required in this field? any answers will be greatly appreciated!! Best Tip I got some information from http://people.howstuffworks.com/becoming... -it's a great website for information on becoming a doctor of all sorts! I would suggest anyone thinking of becoming a doctor to check out that website for more details. But here is the basics: First, you need to go to college and get VERY good grades. The requirements for most medical schools are: 1 year of Biology with lab 1 year of Inorganic Chemistry with lab 1 year of Organic Chemistry with lab 1 year of English Many schools require 1 year of calculus or college level math Some medical schools request a course in Biochemistry. Since Pre-Med is not a major, it is common for pre-med students to major in Chemistry or Biology. Any college that offers premedicine will have an advisor who can also help you out in terms of looking at medical schools. You also have to take the MCATS which are Medical College Admissions Test. Once you get into Med School, you have to take the Boards your 2nd year. You will take the 2nd part at the end of your 4th year, and the 3rd part in the first year of residency. After Med School you will pick a field to specialize in. This is where you would choose to specialize in Cardiology. You would then complete your fellowship after your residency. A Pediatric Cardiologist would require an additional 2-3 years after the 3 year residency. After that, you must get a medical license so you can practice medicine. After that, you must be board certified. THEN, you get a job! Easy enough, right? (Sarcasm) SO, to answer your question, you will be in medical school for 4 years. But if you add up college (4 years), medical school (4 more), Residency (3 years) Fellowship (2-3 more); that equals 13-14 years of schooling/training. It's a very long process, as I'm sure you already know that =) According to Salary.com, in Dallas, TX, the average Pediatric Cardiologist makes $259,109 a year. In TX, I found 1 Medical School in Dallas and it is the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical School. I posted a link (the last one) to a list of all the medical schools in Texas. Good luck with your future! After all that, that's why I'm a Nursing Major =) Source(s): http://people.howstuffworks.com/becoming... http://collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_c... -not sure if you are still in high school or if you have just recently graduated high school, but here is more information about preparing for college if you want to be a doctor. http://gradschool.about.com/library/medi... Others until you graduate!!!! You need four years of College, then 4 years of medical school. Three years of general pediatric training, then three more years of fellowship. So in all, 14 years. (But you get paid during residency and fellowship_. You have to take pre-med classes in college, of course. But you can major in anything you want. I would expect many years. I just seen a female dermatologist past June and when she came in the treatment room I thought she was a nurse. I flirted for a minute and told her she didn't look twenty-five. She said you are looking at "Botox". She was thirty-five. She had four years of regular college with all the coarses to get into Med school. She had four years of med school, four years of dermatology, and another 3 years of residency in Los Angeles. She was from Birmingham, Alabama and set up practive here. You realize they are surgeons also. Kirklin Clinic @ The university of Alabama Hospital. Doctor Northington...I've been searching for another wart on my head so I can go back. lol. She said we all need a full personal "body scan" once per-year. Man was she beautiful...Come on next June...Just Joking...She said she wouldn't peak....LOL. The answer here, predicated upon where, is 8 to 12 years.....if there is the specializatioon, classes to keep current are highly recommended. There you go!!!! Cheers! |
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