I want to become a pediatrician?
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To work as a pediatrician, you must:\n\n\ncomplete a bachelor's degree\ngraduate from medical school\ncomplete an internship\npass a state licensing exam\ncomplete a residency program in pediatrics\npass additional exams to become board certified\nhave strong interpersonal skills; and\nbe self-motivated.\nFormal Education\nTo become a doctor, you must complete medical school. Medical schools grant a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.M.) degree. You spend the first two years of medical school in classrooms and labs. You study anatomy, biochemistry, and medicines. You also learn how to take a medical history, examine patients, and make a diagnosis. During the next two years, you work in hospitals and clinics under the supervision of physicians.\n\nYou usually need a bachelor's degree to get into medical school. While you do not need to be a pre-medicine or science major, these programs are good preparation. If you earn a liberal arts degree, be sure to take courses in physics, biology, and chemistry.\n\nOn-the-job Training\nWhile in medical school, you spend two years working as an intern in a hospital or clinic. As an intern, you rotate through internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics, oncology, and other hospital departments.\n\nAfter medical school, you complete a residency program in pediatrics. Residency usually lasts four years. Residents usually work in hospitals. After your residency, you take additional exams to become board certified.\n\nMilitary Training\nThe military offers advanced courses and programs in medical specialties. Scholarships are also available for advanced medical training in return for military service.\n\nAreas of Study (What to study to prepare for this career)\nClick on any of the Area of Studies listed below to find out more about preparing for this career.\n\nEmergency Medical Care\nMedicine\nOsteopathic Medicine\nPre-Medicine\n\n\nHelpful High School Courses\nIf you are interested in this occupation, you should take courses in high school that prepare you to enter college.This typically includes four years of English, three years of math, three years of social studies, and two years of science. Some colleges also require two years of a second language.\n\nYou should also take all the appropriate advanced courses you can in high school. This includes Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses if they are available in your school\n\nWhile you do not have to take all of them, you should consider them in course planning. Some of these courses are also available at the technical or college level.The following list of occupational tasks is specific to this career.\n\nTreat children who have illnesses, health problems, and other medical concerns. \nExamine children to chart growth and development or diagnose conditions. \nOrder or perform tests to find out about patients' health. \nCollect, record, and maintain patient medical history and exam results. \nProvide consultation services to other doctors. Refer patients to specialists when necessary. \nPrescribe or give medication, therapy, or vaccinations to children. \nOperate on patients to improve their health. \nSupervise nurses and other medical staff. \nPlan and operate medical care programs that benefit children. \nResearch and study new ways to prevent or control diseases. \nPrepare medical reports on birth, death, and disease statistics. \nAttend conferences to stay current on medical information.
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Medical school\n\nhttp://www.auamed.org/
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you can always go to B.Sc microbiology or biochemistry or something like that and become a research scholar or if you are really good at it ,u can go 4 doc or related phisiotherapy or dentistry ,etc...
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consult a paediatrician.
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Are you taking about becoming a physician?  You would want to choose a Pre-med program that will do you well launching into the medical college you choose in the end.  \n\nFor example, Getting a BS in Nursing or Clinical Laboratory Science are very good degree programs designed to prepare you for becoming a doctor.\n\nHere is a website with more information:\n\nhttp://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14365.html\n\nThe first thing I would concentrate on is being more thorough in your spelling and composition skills.  I assure you, that will be very important.  The spell check option is one way to approach this conundrum.
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Pediatrics is a speacialization inside the field of medicine. Before you can specialize in pediatrics, you must obtain a degree in medicine (MD in the USA). In the US, you need to complete a 4-year college degree and pass the MCAT exam before being accepted to medical school. Medical school consists of 3 years plus internships and residencies. In the UK and Australia, you can major in medicine right after high school. For a list of rankings please see the website below.
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There are many different specialist in the pediatric field. If there is a adult specialist 9 times out of 10 there is a pediatric specialist. If you live in a rural area you might want to move to the city near a pediatric hospital then you can be on staff there and not have to do a private practice, or you might be able to do both. I just know there are just about every kind of specialist there is for pediatric patients.
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Are you guys kiddin me. i don't know about these guys but i want to become a pediatrician and help people. i want to help little cute kids. i want to finish education and make my parents proud(this is strongest one of all-keeping my parents happy like they are now). i also want to go back to my country and accomplish something for them. i want stay true to my believes and religion. i want to sat as opinionated as i am now. i want to contribute something into making this world a better place to live in. it might sound corny to you guys but that is really my dream.
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Ask the baby's pediatrician.
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the only way he can get special services for learning is if he's in a public school. otherwise, they think you are providing better for him in a one on one setting in the home than they could even in a small group setting in a public school. \nyour pediatrician should be able to make the necessary referrals for you though.
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you can specialize in psychiatry after completing medicine and then do a superspeciality in child psychiatry, if you really want to work with mentally disabled kids
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You need to have at a bare minimum, the basic sciences to be prepared for the MCAT.  Often times, med schools have their own requirement for admission in regards to the science classes that need to be completed before admission.  The usual is General Chemistry 1 and 2, Organic Chemistry 1 and 2, Physics 1 and 2, and Biology 1 and 2.  The biology 1 and 2 may have different names depending on the institution you attend.  I would also suggest having a human physiology course before taking the exam.  Some medical schools also require a course in Biochemistry before admission.  I had completed my degree in Molecular Biology before taking the exam, so I was pretty well prepared.  I would also suggest getting some review books such as Princeton or Kaplan books, you may or may not benefit from the review course.  You also need to get involved with volunteering (at a hospital/with a doc) and a pre-med organization at your university.  The organization will be able to provide you with more information.  You may also have an advisor at you school that focuses on pre-med students, another important resource.  Finally, make absolutely, positively sure that this is what you want to do because it is a long road through med school and residency training (7 more years for you if you want to be a Pediatrician).  If you end up going to a private med school you will be in debt to your eyeballs by the time you finish, something else to keep in mind.  If you are wondering whether or not I would do it again, the answer is yes, but I would go to a different medical school (don't go to FSU)!
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Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents (from newborn to age 18 or 19).
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=the first place I would start is by talking with your pediatrician who is mos familiar with our, your, child, and your family situation.  He would be the best resource to steer you in the right direction.  Good luck to both of you.
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If you want to become a pediatrician, what is important is not what college you go to but your grades.  To get accepted into medical school, your GPA needs go be a minimum of 3.00-3.50.  Your MCAT (medical college admissions test) scores need to be 10 or higher in each catagory.  Having a science degree is not important, because med schools like to see well roundedness.  You do have to have the prerequisits in the sciences though.  Med schools also look at letters of recommendation, so your professors really need to believe in you and that you will succeed in medical school, nad they will not hesistate to tell you if they feel negative about it.  Getting into medical school is not easy, so I suggest calling a few medical schools and conducting information interviews with the admissions department.  They should be willing to answer your questions.  Another good idea is to go to a medical school and speak to an admissions director, let them know you are interested in medical school, and what you can do to make you successful in college.  Any college you end up going to will have career and academic counselors who will tell you what classes you need to take if you do not major in a science.  A double major or having a minor is looked at favorably as well as playing sports.  These show you to be well rounded; something admissions directors look at.  If you get to work with a professor in a science field (in the lab) and getting published will practically shoe you in (provided you have the grades).  Good luck!
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You have to answer that question yourself, it's your decision.  But here are some things to think about:\n\n1)  High School Medical classes are fairly easy, but college Medical Classes are very difficult.  You have to work with corpses and such even if you aren't going to do "serious" operations.  \n\n2)  A's and B's in AP classes are great, but it's recommended that you have straight A's if you want to be a pediatrician.  (Although A's and B's might get you another good job in the medical industry, such as a massage therapist or a pharmacist)\n\n3)  Being a pediatrician is difficult because children aren't able to diagnose themselves.  Ex:  \nDoctor: Hello Jimmy, what did you say was wrong?\nJimmy:  My stomache is owwy and I keep pooping!  (Referring to a stomache flu)\n\nThe extra years spent in college are the last thing I would worry about.  If you really want to be a pediatrician, it is well worth it.
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To become a Doctor...?