i am 31 years old, is it still possible for me to become a doctor; and if so how long would it take?
353368
No reason why not. \n\nIt will take about 5 years.\n\nIf that is what you really want to do, go for it.
907353
to be succesful you need at least 8 years of college for all those careers.\ncoroner and surgeaon need 4yrs undergrad 4yrs med school for M.D.\nother 2 need 4yrs undergrad, 4 yrs grad school for P.H.D.
168627
I say yes. Follow your passion and make a difference. If you are worried about your age, don't, 39 is a very reasonable age given your background and experiences. Lots of people pursue professional school around this age. Higher education cannot be wrong.\n\nI want to leave you with this:\n"Live as if today is our last day, learn as if we are going to live forever" - Gandhi
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For their educations, a doctor goes to college/university for four years to get a Bachelors degree, then to medical school for three years to get a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree.\n\nTo become a practicing physician, a person with an MD or DO must work as a resident for one year; this is on-the-job training.\n\nDuring the 7 years of school, the student pays to go to school.  During the one year of residency, the resident is paid for working.
1090150
4 years college\n4 years medical school\n4 years of residency (but at this time you get paid and you feel like a real doctor even if you need to check with your supervisor about everything!\nDo it!
744369
hi i started med school at age 25 with a degree in nursing , no alevels and really crap gcse (b, c,c,c,c,c,d,e,f,f), sheffield is where i am and they love mature students you should speak to mr Raftery SUB dean for admissions, sheffield medical school just google for the adress (if your interested) you may need to do the pre med year it will depend on what level your at as far as sciences.... i would not recommend you try for graduate entry (4 yr course) very competitive \nbut basically med school for 5/6 years, foundation f1, f2  2years, then you specialise (eg medicine/surgery) and work up through senior posts to consultant, can take from 8-15 years depending on your skill and speciality..... if you are interesed in doing medicine write to all the med schools explaining your current academic situation(cv) and say why you want to be a doctor, on my course there is a 42 yr old who was an IT consultant who decided at age 37 that he wanted to work with people and was interested in the management and treatment of diseases...good luck..
490457
You need to obtain your pre-med degree which takes anywhere from 4 to 5 years depending on where you go and how easily you can obtain the classes you need. Then you have med school which is another approximate 4 years. You then will have an internship of anywhere from 2 to 4 years depending on your specialty. Good luck!
477178
You will need to study:\n\n4 years of a bachellor's degree\n\n4 years of med school\n\n4 years of residency in an ER program\n\n(you might want to sub-specialize afterwards but it's a personal decision)\n\nMost of my ER MD friends are in their mid 30's.\n\nGood luck!
691187
About 3 years.  If you are a doctor, maybe less, but the correct answers are in the websites here.\n\nSee below.
393668
This site is excellent for explaining the entire process to you:  http://www.howstuffworks.com/becoming-a-doctor.htm
501339
It will take 4 years of undergraduate work taking classes that include biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy, etc...Then you have to be accepted to a medical school for another 4 years.  At the end of your schooling you'll spend another 3 years in residency as a physician under other doctors being certified as a pediatrician.  This is in the US anyways.
940777
the same as it takes in the states...7+ years...of course answers are gonna vary...there are tons of different doctors...brain surgens...cancer doctors....etc...they all dont take the same amount of time.
524409
I hope not.  I'm 30 and still have a year of undergrad before I enter med. school.
780835
Becoming a doctor will be extremely time consuming.  Your wife will have to understand up front that she will carry most of the burden of watching and caring for the children for the next 3 to 5 years, depending on where you are education wise, until you start your internship and rotation.  You will be away from them for days at a time.  Then there is the financial burden.  As you know it's not cheap.  Take all of that into consideration.  If your kids are at an age that is formative, (2 to 5) it does become a critical issue.  Yes it can be done, but the little ones will probably suffer the most.  On the other hand, down the road an M.D.'s wages can provide nicely for wife and teens. Just make sure the family knows what YOU'RE getting into.  Especially give your wife a full option of say in the matter.  Best of luck to you.
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yeah, if you want to be a medical dermatologist you need to get a bachelors degree (4yrs, can be anything but you want as long as you meet prerequisites of the med school you apply to but most people who go to medical school do something chemistry or biology related; find a med school you want to go to visit their website and see what their requirments are, probably need to take a class in microbio, several chemistry and biology classes, a physics class or two, and a psychology class or two) and then go to medical school (another 4 years) and get an DO or MD degree and then you do 3 years of residency where specialize in dermatology. 11 years is a long time, but hey, youll be making like 200k a year. you could also be a physican assistant and go into dermatology if that's too long, for that you need a bachelors and then you get a masters in physician assistance which takes about 2 additional years, you pretty much do the same with the exception of complicated things and life and death situations stuff and you get paid half as much. and  if its a cosmetology thing i dont know anything about that stuff but its probably a year or two of vocational school or community college.
628119
What we need to become a doctor is minimum of 12 years of schooling which enables people to apply for admission in a medical school Once there you study medicine for another six years to become a doctor. What is the need for doctors? well we humans get sick and need them at all times. Please remember the initial requirement of 12 years of formal education varies from country to country. Happy doctoring:)
470366
It's not too late!  Lots of people come back to enter the health care field later in life.  Visit www.studentdoctor.net and click on forums, then look especially at the forum for 'non-traditional' (i.e. not coming straight out of undergraduate degree) students.  There is LOTS of helpful information.\n\nI am also planning to take a non-traditional route, going a few years after I get a Masters degree in public health.  For starters, make sure you've taken all the science pre-requisities to get into med school (bio, chem, physics, etc.).  Look on specific school websites to see the requirements.  You can take classes at a local community college.\n\nGood luck, and I hope you find lots of helpful info on studentdoctor.net --I know it's helped me a lot!