Questions about fellowships

[KitFox]

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Hi everyone.

I'm new here. I'm actually still a high school student, so please don't knock me! 😉 Anyway, I originally wanted to be a teacher, but now I'm considering a career in medicine. So from my understanding, you have 4 years of UG, then 4 years of med school, then a number of years of residency depending on your specialty. This is gonna be a really dumb question, but then where exactly do fellowships come into play and exactly what are they? I've heard about EMS fellowships and I think I'd be interested in that (part of my motivation to switch from teaching to medicine is because of being a volunteer EMT). I'm not worried about getting into med school now or anything, so please don't think i'm an uptight pre-pre-med...I just wanted some clarification about what it would take to become a doctor. Thanks so much for responding!

~ ignorant high schooler 😳 ~

 

[jpro]

fellowwships come after residency. They are not required, but if you want to subspecialize you need to get one. For example, you do an IM residency and then a Cardiology fellowship to become a Cardiologist, or do a Radiology residency and then subspecialize in Interventional Radiology by doing a one year fellowship.