10 month psychiatry program?

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[Catalystik]

In which country?

Or, he could be referring to something like a Physician Assistant program, affiliated with a med school, with one year of basic science and then a year of clinical experience in various fields.

 

[touchpause13]

This is bull. You can't become a psychiatrist in 10 months in the US

 

[Critical Mass REACHED]

Please tell me weren't that gullible? I also hope you put that person on the "full of ****" list.

Google was invented for clowns makings claims like that.

 

[Goro]

The only program that could possibly have that short a length would be a Master's of some sort, or maybe just a Certification. He might be one of those techs who manhandle the unruly mental patients in psych hospitals.

I was talking to a guy and he told me this ( in the title) is the career path he is going to follow. From what I took from the conversation he will be doing 4 years undergrad, then off to medical school for 10 months. I never asked more than this as I was in a hurry, but I'm assuming the 10 months would be followed by a residency. I'll likely follow up with the person next time I see him because I would like to hear more.

Before I talk to him again, has anybody ever heard of this program(s) he is talking about?? From the little I heard, it sounds way too good to be true.

 

[csx]

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[BamaNicole]

totally wrong.

Being a psychiatrist means you go to UG, med school then residency....followed by a fellowship if you want to work with children.

This guy reminds me of someone I knew that insisted he was going to transfer to a four year university and major in psychiatry then be a psychiatrist.

 

[Goro]

I would surmise then that the person telling you this was either BSing you big time, or pathologically ignorant. Keep sharps away from that one.

USA. They never mentioned anything about it being a PA program.


I told them 4 years medical school. They insisted they knew what they were doing.



They said something about how you have to be a pyschology major iirc...could be wrong on this one.

 

[NickNaylor]

He is probably referring to being a mental healthcare worker (MHCW), which usually requires a master's and involves variable degrees of counseling and therapy-based interventions. You can often practice independently as a "counselor," or you might work in a psych ward in a hospital. They aren't psychiatrists though. You might think of them as a psychiatry-specific nurse with a bit more autonomy... kind of.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

This 10 month psych program is probably given at the same school that does those rad tech programs that make you a radiologist.

 

[BamaNicole]

This 10 month psych program is probably given at the same school that does those rad tech programs that make you a radiologist.

My cousin was in one of those. She said she was studying to be a radiologist. She was upset to learn the difference.

 

[Winged Scapula]

I'm sure its a Psychiatry Technician program.

 

[touchpause13]

This 10 month psych program is probably given at the same school that does those rad tech programs that make you a radiologist.

Yup. My husband's aunt calls herself a radiologist. She's a tech. And I hate her.

 

[NontradCA]

This is akin to when you tell someone you're going to medical school and they ask "what field? Nursing, x-ray tech, physical therapy?". I don't think people are aware.

 

[FluffyPolishUnicorn]

the onlu short program i know of i 3 year med-school at NYU and you need to have your field chosen beforehand, there is no time off and you need to be one of lucky 12-13 ppl to get in... still its way longer than 10 months... whuch sounds like total BS 🙂

 

[Law2Doc]

My cousin was in one of those. She said she was studying to be a radiologist. She was upset to learn the difference.

Yeah, I have a neighbor who insists that her daughter who did a nine month program right out of high school (not even college) is now a radiologist. (She's an X-ray tech.) I have no doubt there are similarly misleading psych assistant schools.

There are no real shortcuts in life. Just fake-outs.

 

[BamaNicole]

It kinda makes me sad....because a lot of people will tell you that psychiatrists are even doctors.

 

[Lambda Phage]

Psychiatrists are doctors...?

 

[BamaNicole]

Psychiatrists are doctors...?

 

[deleted407021]

Do such programs like the radio and psych tech things actually hint that their graduates will be anything like radiologists or psychiatrists? Certainly that would be too irresponsible?

 

[BamaNicole]

Do such programs like the radio and psych tech things actually hint that their graduates will be anything like radiologists or psychiatrists? Certainly that would be too irresponsible?

I doubt it. I think its honestly people being confused.

 

[knv2u]

In which country?

Or, he could be referring to something like a Physician Assistant program, affiliated with a med school, with one year of basic science and then a year of clinical experience in various fields.

A good number of people outside of the health fields commonly confuse psychiatrists with psychologists. A master's degree in clinical psychology might be able to be performed in 10 months if one has all of the prerequisites. I am betting this is what the OP is thinking about.

 

[Law2Doc]

Do such programs like the radio and psych tech things actually hint that their graduates will be anything like radiologists or psychiatrists? Certainly that would be too irresponsible?

Yes. There's a xray tech school that's been linked on here in the past that very explicitly states that it provides training to become a "radiologist".

 

[touchpause13]

Mother of god. Please link it so I can face palm

 

[NickNaylor]

It kinda makes me sad....because a lot of people will tell you that psychiatrists are even doctors.

As a future psychiatrist, this makes me a-sad.

 

[touchpause13]

As a future psychiatrist, this makes me a-sad.