Good question. I assume you are referring to having a stomatch for the blood and gross stuff you see as a doctor. I have known a few people who had ...

Leeds, You are asking a bit of a different question than the original poster had asked. Your undergraduate major makes almost no difference in getti...

Hey I'm a junior thinking about it too. Not sure I want to spend so much time in school though if I get the chance. Is there any easier way? haha I ho...

Well, in East Hartford High, they make us take Intro to bio Freshman year, Bio sophomore year, and we have a choice between chem/anatomy and physiolog...

The courses you take in high school have no real impact on getting into medical school, except that you want to get into the best college possible (so...

Great work! You should be very proud of your successes thus far. Whatever you decide to do with your career, you'll benefit from your education. Be...

List of Canadian Medical schools Information on medical school in Canada The above information should give you a good start. Let me know if you ha...

Tipton, Thanks for the information, but for someone reading the statistics it is important to keep in mind that those statistics don't show how many ...

Decent Caribbean schools (Ross, SGU, AUC, AUA...etc.) tend to have 90% Residency match compared to the general IMG match rate of 50%. Tipton, I'm c...

I have never personally participated in the admissions process so my comments are just from what I've heard and my impression talking with residency p...

Of course, the biggest drawback is that it is much MUCH more difficult to get a decent residency slot if you graduate from a Caribbean medical school....

One of the things any person quickly finds while gathering records is that information available on different sites often conflict with each other. He...

Rashi Gupta, I'm not sure how they got their data for their website saying that KMCIC ranks in the top 5 of medical colleges in India. The only info...

A friend of mine told me about this association between Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India and the American University of Antigua. At this time...

I am basing my responses on what I've read and heard, mostly information I've found on the internet elsewhere. I am definitely not an expert in this f...

I just summarized the info that was on US News and World Reports that I linked to. Hope that helps.

I'm curious what kind of a thesis your friend would be writing on opinions people have of top medical schools - please share! Of course, it is somewh...

I would guess you couldn't take the pre-med level courses online. Most of the science courses also include required labs. I am guessing it might be ...

Congrats on the GED and thanks for the update. Best of luck with the upcoming coursework.

Psychology and Psychiatry differences I'm again trying out new forum software on my other website. Please check out my answers over there and you ca...

Check out my response on my new forum. Feel free to post any additional questions in that thread: Senior in High School Interested in Becoming a Psy...

After medical school, you are an M.D. (or a D.O. if you go to osteopathy school). You are a doctor, but you still need to get a license to practice. ...

4 years of college, then 4 years of medical school, then 4 years of a psychiatry residency.

I've replied on my new message board. Follow the link: Pre-Med Courses at Community College

At this time, I've moved all the posting action to my new website: Medical Education US I'm testing out new forum software there, so feel free to p...

In order to become a psychiatrist, you need to go to medical school and then do a residency program in psychiatry. You do not need a masters or phd, ...

Psychiatrists are trained in both medications and "talk therapy". Psychiatrists don't have to prescribe medications, although almost all will for spe...

4 years of college 4 years of medical school 4 years of residency for psychiatriy 12 years total - give or take.

I would hope that the teacher explained the purpose to the class. Without knowing all of the details, it is impossible to guess as to why the teacher...

I just looked it up: and for my information on a Web site, it appears the citation would be something like: Admin, Richard. High School Course Pl...

If you are a freshman in high school, I would not put too much value in the surveys you are taking now. You have a TON of time before you need to pic...

When you say they don't have the results you were looking for, what do you mean? I have no idea how good the surveys can be at places like that. I'm...

There are no specific classes you need to take to become a psychiatrist. The most important thing is for you to do well in high school to get into a ...

I have never heard course load makes any difference. If you have an option to drop a course and not have it show up on your transcript - I think you ...

Interesting question. I went to one of the schools on that list, and we did have one physiology lab where they did use a dog to teach cardiac physiol...

You have a very long challenging road ahead of you. I'd suggest you take things one step at a time. First, focus on getting your GED. If you plan o...

You can major in any field as long as you complete all your pre-med classes. I can not imagine there is any online college that would be adequate to ...

College Major for Psychiatrists I really don't have the knowledge to answer the other two questions. [ Edited by Admin on 2007/2/2 23:09 ]

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This site has fallen out of favor with Google and Yahoo - and thus I'm not getting the traffic I used to get. That was why I started the new site, to...

You can major in whatever you want. I'd suggest you take what interests you most and just make sure you also take the required pre-med courses. If y...

I am not aware of any qualifications needed to take the MCAT, but it is highly recommended that you take as many of the required pre-med requisites be...

initial unfilled positions 2006 Match [ Edited by Admin on 2006/3/16 6:32 ] [ Edited by Admin on 2007/2/2 23:03 ]

Hard to believe it is that time of year again. I wish everyone the best of luck, and will try to put some information together here when the results ...

How do I become a nurse? I'm not that familiar with nursing requirements, but the above site seems to be fairly comprehensive.

I know that there were at least two DO's in the med-psych program at University of Iowa. I think that someone coming out of a DO program would be jus...

Thread comparing psychology to psychiatry

I'm guessing I'm one of the few psychiatrists who works exclusively inpatient (in the hospital). I work for the state, and the way it is set-up there...