What classes do you need to take to become a peditrician?

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You need to do pre-med courses first and get yourself into med school, then you specialize in pediatrics.

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First you need to discuss your plans with your advisor at school. He/she can tell you exactly what direction you need to point yourself in and exactly what classes you will need to have for your med school.

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You generally need to take a college major in an acceptable "pre med" field, such as Bio Chemistry or Bio Physics and get a B.S. degree. Check potential medical schools to see what they want and what can be transferred.Then you need to do 4 years in Med School, of which the first two years are more classroom work and the second 2 year are on the job training and work in independent research, often as part of a program that publishes a paper. You usually get into one of these through a senior Doctor early in Med School as an assistant. It fullfills part of your classroom credits. It's not unusual for students who are A students and have money to start early on reserach projects at schools like UCLA working as an undergraduate assistant and then being one of the MDs on the fnished project some 10 years later!After two years you may be qualified to get an MS degree in Biology or Biochemstry as well. IT's simply a matter of putting in for the degree.Then you need to intern for one year at a hospitalThen you need to go to speciality school for Pediatrics and take at least one or two years of advanced specialized training (Residence).If you want certification or accreditation, you need to go 4 to 5 years, spend you last year as Senior Resident or Chief Resident in Pediatrics. Then you take a board certification test.To simply "call" yourself a pediatrician, however, only requires 1 or 2 years as a Pediatrics resident. The law says you can hold yourself out to do anything you are trained for. Two years of Pediatrics training certainly qualifies, but you won't be board certified.

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Finish high school
All the regular classes. Doesn't really matter, but sciences will help.Complete 4 years of college.
Any major, as long as you get enough science and math courses to do well on the MCAT test. I work with doctors who majored in engineering in college. I got a psych degree (fewer labs!) It can be anything.Complete 4 years of medical school.
You don't really get to choose your classes here. They tell you what you're taking, until you get to your clinical rotations, where there is a little bit of choice.Do a residency in pediatrics.
It's on-the-job training, with long hours and low pay.

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