<p>Can somebody summarize how the timeline goes for an MD to get a faculty position/research training?</p>
<p>Medical school (4 years)-->residency(3-4 years)--> fellowship (4 years?)</p>
<p>Is it necessarily in that order? Is the residency absolutely required? What does a fellowship entail? Thanks!</p>
<p>Depends on your specialty. Residencies can last anywhere from three to seven years. Fellowships are usually either one or two. The residency is required to practice medicine. A fellowship entails further specialization.</p>
<p>What about fellowships of the ring?</p>
<p>After this 12 year journey will there be a return of the king?</p>
<p>What exactly does the MD do in a fellowship? So I'm assuming the residency is required for participation in a fellowship?</p>
<p>In my hospital fellowships in our program are 3 years. One must complete internship and residency prior to the fellowship years.
The first year of fellowship is a clincal year---intense inpatient and outpatient work, learning how to be a sub-specialist. The last 2 years involve intense outpatient clinic work, occasional inpatient coverage but primarily these years are reserved for research...depending on the interest of the fellow it may be clinical research or basic/bench research</p>
<p>One does not simply work in Mordor.</p>