<p>I know you have to go to med school to be a psychiatrist, but I was wondering what kind of classes you have to take while you're in med school to be one. Also, it would be nice if someone could give some advice about what classes to take before going to med school. Which science would you recommend I major in? I want to be a child psychiatrist if that helps at all. Sorry if what I'm asking isn't very clear; I guess I just want all the information I can get. Thank you!</p>
<p>Almost any four-year college or university that you enroll in will have premedical advisors who can help you choose classes to fulfill your premedical course requirements.</p>
<p>In medical school, it’s usually the case that all students take the same classes through the basic sciences: anatomy, biochemistry, histology, pathology, pharmacology, etc. In addition, all students usually do clinical rotations in certain core medical fields: surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, psychiatry, etc. Most of medical school is exactly the same for all future doctors, no matter whether they plan to be pediatricians or dermatologists or psychiatrists or surgeons or radiologists. After the required rotations, students then usually get to take electives in fields that interest them.</p>
<p>You can go to any medical school or college of osteopathic medicine in order to become a psychiatrist. After graduating from medical school (which takes 4 years after college), you will do a four-year residency in psychiatry, which will require12 months of training that’s mostly in internal medicine and neurology in the first year, and then three years of specialty training in psychiatry.</p>
<p>Becoming a child psychiatrist will require another 12-24 months of fellowship training in child psychiatry after your residency is done.</p>
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