tisha_48505: How many more years of education would I have to complete to become a psychiatrist?
I am currently a special education teacher. My specialization is children with behavior and emotional disoders. I have a completed my bachelors in special education and will soon complete my masters degree in special education. I want to become a psychiatrist and wanted to know would I have to go backwards and get a bachelors in medicine? How may more years would this take me to complete?
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Answer by Mike S
No, you won’t need a bachelor’s in medicine. You need to apply to a medical school which offers a specialty in psychiatry. Normally you’ll be required to take an exam to see if you qualify… be aware that competition is fierce at medical schools. Don’t get discouraged if on the very first round you don’t make it… use that as a reason to try again and again until you realize your dream. In terms of years, you are probably looking at six years.
You need to go to medical school and specialize in psychiatry, which means you need to take undergraduate pre-med requirements (which will take two semesters of full time study) and then of course, the MCATS and apply to medical school. How long does med school take? Look it up!
Instead, you may decide that rather than throwing pills at children, since all psychiatrists really do is dispense medications(realistically rather than ideally), you may want to become a psychotherapist or psychologist. This will require less schooling because you can apply to do a PhD in practicing clinical psychology and given your background this may only take an additional 2 years.
Answer by Uniqueyou need to go to medical school, soyou need to take bio chem. physic,and calculus. And then take the MCAT and apply to medical school.
If you do not already have these classes then you need to take,that will take about a year or two, then 4 years of medical school. After, that it is 2-5 years of residency..
about 8 more years
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