How is medical school paid for?
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I believe it is a lot of loans and maybe some grants or scholarships depending on the person.  Paying these loans off though aren't the hardest thing, since doctors make some serious cash.
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Lots!  Here's one:\n\nwww.online-education.net/medical-billing.html
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it all depends on what your tuition is.  but they will probably pay you tuition plus living expenses.
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oxford, yale, harvard. probably $75,000 american per year. Starts 3 times a year.
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You want to start a medical school - as in a school that teaches people to become doctors? I think the look of your business cards will be the FARTHEST thing you need to consider.\n\n1. Do you have the funds to buy your own school building, hire professors to teach would-be doctors? \n\n2. Do you have the funds to buy all the medical equipment you need?\n\n3. You need to develop a curriculum that would give students the knowledge they need to pass the courses, be licensed and actually knows how to heal.\n\n4. You need tremendous insurance\n\n5. Do you have the funds to maintain the building, the facilities, equipment and classrooms?
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Four years of medical school, usually followed by one year of internship, followed by four years of residency training.  Most do either a one or two year fellowship to subspecialize.  Total time, including college, is usually about thirteen to fifteen years years.  Monetary expense is four years of college and four years of medical school.  At current prices, this will easily cost you $200,000 to $300,000.  Put it this way.....you spend half your young adult life in school and in training and when you get out you start your career with a hefty debt that is comparable to a home mortgage....unless you have family money that can finance your education without going into debt.
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If you are going by salaries, doctors get paid the most. But Actors make the most money if they get work. Doctors make as little as $130,000 dollars a year.
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There has been some misinformation in response to your question. Doctors do not get paid to prescribe certain medications. Be careful of the information provided by "hushnowjustplayit," as she has confused some of her information. Some doctors do participate in clinical trials, in which actual drugs and placebos are used, but patients are NEVER entered into these trials without their knowledge and written consent. The physician is not paid for prescribing the drug, but for conducting the research itself (monitoring patients' progress, evaluating the data, etc.). Pharmaceutical companies often meet with doctors, or even buy them lunch or offer small gimicks, to explain what they believe are the benefits of their products. They are not legally allowed to offer trips (this law has been in place for nearly twenty years) and, in my experience, the drugs doctors actually prescribe are not influenced by which drug reps ("salespeople") have recently brought lunch. The only possible exception is free samples - when there are equivalent drugs on the market, a physician may be more inclined to start a patient on the drug for which he can provide free samples. \n\nIn short, doctors get nothing for prescribing a prescription for you. Doctors are constantly battling with insurance companies, just like their patients, and most of the physicians I know are disgusted with the current price of medications and the general state of American healthcare. \n\nIn regards to your second question, MDs are largely trained only in methods that have been supported by hard science. They are not against homeopathic cures, but merely cautious of any remedy that has not been thoroughly evaluated. As mentioned by "ladyscientist," a DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) would provide more homeopathic methods for treating illnesses, and may be a better fit for you than a traditional MD.
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As I'm starting medical school next year, I found your question interesting.  I've been told by countless people in the medical and non medical field that if you are going into medicine for the money, then be a lawyer.  You have only four years of school and then get paid bank without any of the malpractice insurance.  So basically people going into medicine for money are either too stupid to know that there are easier careers that make more or they are doing it for other reasons as well.\n\nI do believe that few people would shell out thousands of dollars for college, thousands more for medical school (I have to pay 40,000 per year, just for tuition) and then make peanuts for 3-5 years during residency, it they were not going to be reimbursed for it.  Not to mention that it is another seven years minumum after college of your life.  Sure the money is an incentive, but you have to either love the human body or love improving the health of others.
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For one side or the other they often review and summarize the medical evidence for the lawyers. If they have a speciality they may testify too. The pay rate depends on where you live and is similar to what very experienced paralegals get.
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Unless you are a UK resident, going to medical school will hit the finances very hard. Expect to pay as much as $25,000 a year, including living costs, for five years if you a foreign student studying in the UK.  The UK does have a some private medical schools which may in fact be cheaper but only a few of which are actually recognised by the GMC and even they don't carry respect with British doctors. E.g. London Medical School. \n\nIn the US you normally have to pay more. Ivy League schools are particularly expensive.
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They really don't get that high of pay considering what their overhead and education cost.  The education alone can cost well over 100 grand.  Add this to start-up costs and you have a struggling professional like many of us non-dentists.  For example the sensor for a digital x-ray system alone can cost around fifteen thousand.  This is for the sensor only.  You have the cost of the computer systems, software, people who install it, and the x-ray machine which can cost twenty thousand and more.  I know of several dentists that have been doing dentistry for about five years who are still only breaking even on many months.  The money comes after you have been practicing a long time and are able to pay-off your loans for equipment and building or rental costs.  My instrument set-up to scale and clean people's teeth is about 150 dollars per set.  I use a new sterilized set on each person.  I have about ten instrument set-up's.  You do the math.  These instruments have to be replaced about every six months depending on how heavy the patient load is.  One instrument alone can cost twenty-five dollars.  A box of prophy paste costs about fifty dollars.  The dentist also has to pay his staff, as the dental assistant mentioned.  He has to carry building insurance, malpractice insurance, disability insurance, etc.  He/she has to pay for someone to fix the equipment when it breaks down, minimum a hundred dollars an hour just for showing up.  This does not even include the parts or labor for the equipment.  I could go on and on, but you should get the point.  Dentistry is expensive to the patient, because it is expensive to the dentist.
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Pay the extra in tuition to attend an 'approved' school. Many people have received training through inadequate programs only to find out that they are unable to find a job. AAMT (American Association for Medical Transcription) has a list of approved schools on thier wedsite. The top 3 are M-tec, Andrew, and Career Step. Check out: http://www.mteducationonline.c... from their you can request more information. It is an affiliate site for Career Step. Career Step is an AAMT approved program and they are partnered with many of the major MT employers. In other words, their graduates get the jobs. Career Step has a competitive curriculum in comparison to the other 2 approved AAMT schools, but I believe their course is the cheaper one of the 3. They do offer scholarships and if you take the course through one of thier partners (one of the community colleges) you can get a Sallie Mae loan. \n\nI received a job less than a week after graduation. The platinum level offers job placement assistance. The school forums offer a vast amount of information regarding who is currently hiring, the best companies to work for, and much more.
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I don't know about UK but in U.S you have to finish pre-medicine course before applying to medical school. You cannot apply from high school.\n\n- For pre-medicine course, you apply to any college or university in U.S (undergraduate school), majoring in biology or chemistry or biochem or microbiology... \n\n- At the end of your junior year (undergraduate school) take MCAT (Medical School Admission Test)\n\n- At your senior year, apply for medical school\n\n+ the requirements for medical school in U.S is extremely high, I don't major in medicine, but I know that my school require G.P.A 3.5 (over 90% grades) for being admitted + high MCAT test score.\n\nmedical schools usually don't offer scholarships (even for U.S citizens), but loan (this understandable because when you finish medical school, you will have a bright future).  Remember $1 loan = $2-3 for paying back. For example, if you loan $200, 000 for 4 years in medical school, you will have to pay $400, 000-$600,000 when graduation some years.\n\n------- because of these requirements, about 75% students who first apply for pre-medicine have to change their major, in order words about in 100 students intend to apply for medical school, 75 have to give up----
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Not everyone is equipped to be a doctor. And in America, being a doctor is a HUGE responsibility. Patients sue if you don't cut their hangnails properly. The costs for medical school are astronomical and malpractice insurance costs an arm and a leg. There just really isn't a whole lot of incentive to be a doctor these days. Sadly.
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A doctor can earn between £20,000 and £120,000 per year in the UK.
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now, it will be about $30k a year. maybe in 10 years alot more. but alot of people get rewards and financial aid stuff.