<p>hello im thinking about becoming an anesthesiologist. I'd like to attend the univ. of washington for both pre med and med school. Is 8 years all i will need or is there more. Also what would courses look like? thanks.</p>
<p>ok:</p>
<p>so, you go to college and do all that premed coursework and whatnot and then you go to medical school--for 2 yrs. you do more coursework and for the last 2 yrs. you do rotations in the hospital. These rotations include surgery, ER, anesthesiology, etc. During your last (4th) yr of medical school you pick a specialty you want to go into and then go thru Residency, which is training in a certain specialty</p>
<p>Residency, for anesthesiologists, is like--what, 3 years i think...i'm too lazy to look it up...so more like 11 yrs out of high school. Although during residency you're training in your specialty and you'll be considered an anesthesiologist (if that's what you pick)...so it's really a matter of perception...</p>
<p>btw, to answer your other questions i would google "premed coursework" and see what happens or look on other threads on this site. there are dozens....</p>
<p>BUT, I'll list 'em out for you just for kicks:</p>
<p>The majority of medical schools in the nation want
a) any major--you do NOT have to be a biology major. You just have to do the minimum premed coursework
b) premed coursework: these differ between medical schools but are generally the same--
~Chemistry: 2 semesters inorganic chemistry, 2 semesters organic chemistry (w/ lab)
~Biology: 2 semesters biology (w/ lab)
~Physics: 2 semesters
~Calculus: 2 semesters; required by only 16 of the 125 accredited canadian and american medical schools. This should also cover the "college mathematics" requirement that an additional 33 medical schools require (Harvard is one of them)
~English: 1-2 semesters; required by 80 medical schools
~Biochemistry: required by about less than 15 medical schools</p>
<p>HIGHLY RECOMMENDED courses:
~STATISTICS--required to read almost every medical journal in existence
~Psychology</p>
<p>Anethesiology residency requires a year long preliminary year in either surgery, internal med, or a transition (intern) year program which is a rotation through a lot of different departments in the hospital. It is then followed by 3 years of only anesthesia training (but there is still rotation to different sections of anesthesia). So total is 4 years, though there are year long fellowships that exist so it could be 5 if you wanted to further subspecialize.</p>
<p>However, my advice to you is not to worry so much about what specialty you might enter. If you are just going to be a HS senior, then you are, at a minimum, more than 8.5 years away from having to make that choice (assuming that you only take 4 years to graduate, and get into med school first time you apply). Keep your options open and explore other careers, including those outside of medicine. Most people who start college pre-med don't even end up taking the MCAT let alone applying to med school, so it's smart to keep looking around at other possibilities.</p>
<p>EDIT TO ADD:</p>
<p>M3 (3rd year med student) clerkships do vary some from med school to med school but the most common ones are Internal Medicine (with some specialty exposure), General Surgery (with some specialty exposure), Pediatrics, OB/GYN, and Pyschiatry. From there, depending on the school's "mission" either Neuro or Family practice seem to be the most common. My school for instance requires 8 weeks in Family practice in a rural town, because it has a primary focus of producing doctors to enter primary care.</p>