How Long Are Residencies?

[collegefreak12]

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Is there a site that says the different number of years of residency/ fellowship needed for different fields? Also, are fellowships required?

 

[markneil]

look up.

 

[collegefreak12]

Ok, I got the the years of residency from here: http://people.howstuffworks.com/becoming-a-doctor12.htm

But, can you tell me, are fellowships needed to practice medicine? Do they help at all, or are they just for like more training?

 

[gutonc]

Fellowships are for extended specialty training. They are not required to practice medicine per se, but if you want to be a cardiologist, oncologist, pediatric endocrinologist, pediatric surgeon, vascular surgeon, gynecologic oncologist, interventional radiologist, dermatopathologist, etc. (the list goes on essentially forever but basically it includes anything but an internist, pediatrician, general surgeon, OB, Family doc and few other things) then you'll need to do a fellowship. They range from 1-4 years in length, some portion of which will be spent doing research in most academic programs. This will make your total training anywhere from 4-10 years depending on how you decide to roll.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Ok, I got the the years of residency from here: http://people.howstuffworks.com/becoming-a-doctor12.htm

But, can you tell me, are fellowships needed to practice medicine? Do they help at all, or are they just for like more training?

That particular website is not entirely accurate.

See http://www.ama-assn.org and follow the links to FREIDA for more info from the source.