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| Training and Job Qualifications | To become a physician is not easy. It requires many years of education before begin to practice. A four year bachelor’s degree and four years in medical school are needed at first.
Then three to eight years residency and internship follow. Duration of residency and internship depends on specialty. Undergraduate study includes courses in mathematics, organic and inorganic chemistry, humanities, physics, English, social sciences, and biology. In addition experience working or volunteering in medical environments may be taken.
Applicants should have completed at least their bachelor’s degree to enter into medical school. As medical schools have large entry, applicants' college grades and transcripts, letters of recommendation, Medical College Admission Test scores, leadership skills, personality, extracurricular activities, character, and a personal interview have impact on the admission.
In the first two years medicals are taught to examine patients, diagnose, and record medical histories. Students also study psychology, anatomy, laws governing medicine, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry, microbiology, and medical ethics. The last two years mean work in clinics and hospitals with qualified physicians. Students obtain practical experience in pediatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, family practice, surgery, and obstetrics and gynecology by turn. They are taught to provide chronic, acute, rehabilitative, and preventative treatment. Rotations allow students not only get experience in a variety of specialties but also decide if they want to specialize in a certain area.
After finishing study in a medical school students should pass a one year internship and only then they may begin their residency. Residency is graduate education for physicians. It is two to six years paid training usually completed in hospitals.
Those who want to practice medicine in the U.S., must obtain a license at first. It means to attend an accredited medical school, finish one to seven years of residency and internship, and pass a licensing examination. If medicine school was completed in another country future physician must pass a U.S. medical residency and get a license in the U.S.
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