<p>No, derm is a residency, though you must do a year of medicine residency (here's a case where the old-style internship applies) before you enter derm. which is itself a 3 year program. The total then is 4 years after med school.</p>
<p>Would I have any social life if I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon,i.e through college,med school and residency?</p>
<p>Maybe I can help with your question. I'm a practicing Gastroenterologist, but my best friend in Medical school went into Orthopedics. Your social life in college is really unrelated to your choice of premed as a major. Certainly you have to work hard to get the grades you need to get into Med School, but as you probably know by now, there are many different ways to get there. Some will spend their entire college life in the library, some will work hard and play hard... it's up to you to figure it out. Med School is much the same.. some students have an easy time and have plenty of time to socialize, and others really need to grind to get through. You'll need good grades and recs in medical school to get a good residency in orthopedics. Here's where things change dramatically... During your internship year (which for orthopedics is a required general surgery year) you will not do much else besides work. You can have a social life, but it will be dramatically different than any of your friends who are already in the working world (the exception might be a lawyer at a big city firm in his/her first year). You will work 80-100 hours/week, and although you can definitely find time to go out when you are off, most of the time you will just want to sleep. They say it's slightly better now than when I trained, but I think that applies more to the medical specialties... in surgery you have to put in those hours or you just won't learn the things you need to know to advance to the next level. In residency it gradually gets better, but less so in Surgery than in Internal Medicine or the other specialties. In my second year of training (officially a resident) I had some electives (like dermatology) where I wasn't on call and lived a normal life (although this was only for a month). Those don't really exist in surgical training. As far as my Orthopedist buddy goes.. he managed to have an active social life all through his med school and residency, and finally got married after he completed his orthopedic fellowship in arthroscopy. He loves what he does and I don't think he has any regrets.
But don't think that you will have the free time or options that your friends that go into other fields have... you won't. Many interns and residents become resentful during those years when they see friends that they went to college with become successful in business, have free time, and do a lot of things they can't do, while they are still grinding away for lousy pay in their training programs. You have to be sure that's what you want.</p>
<p>How many years of residency is needed to become a completely licensed GP? If a graduate has earned his masters and MD in medicine from Australian universities ( University of Melbourne and University of Sydney) is residency difficult. Thanks</p>
<p>As I understand it, if you have graduated from a medical school that is recognized in the U.S., then you can apply to do your residency in the U.S. along with U.S.-educated medical school graduates. GPs seem to be going out of favor here--just too much medical information and training not to specialize and serve a full residency in something more specific: internal medicine or family practice.</p>
<p>How many years of residency is needed to legally enter into Family practise and Internal Medicine?</p>
<p>This link lists the length of various residencies for one medical school in the U.S., Washington University of St. Louis (WUSTL). I think it is a standard thing. Family practice and internal medicine are each three years, but those are separate specialities. Internists don't see children in their practices, and family practice doctors do.</p>
<p>i keep on hearing about low pay during residency. With all the school expenses as well as living will the pay be enough. On average, how much do residents get paid. This will in no way be a deterrent, however, i would like to know what to expect.</p>