What courses should i take in 6thform to become a pediatrician later on?

Hi,

I was wondering what courses I should take in college to become a pediatrician. ( I dont wanna do maths).

Thanks

Hi,

I was wondering what courses I should take in college to become a pediatrician. ( I dont wanna do maths).

Thanks

You don't have to do maths, or physics, if you don't want to. Every medical school in the UK except Cambridge would accept Biology, Chemistry + one other academic subject (plus one at AS).

Do bear in mind that paediatrics will form a very small part of your medical degree (at my university it was 9 weeks out of a 6 year course) and after graduation you will have to work in several general adult medical/surgical jobs before you specialise. Lots of people change their mind during medical school about what specialty they want to do, but if you know that you definitely want to be a doctor then it's the only route to take!

Thankyou, and how long do you think it might take to became a proper pediatrician?

Depends on what you mean by 'proper'. Medical school is 5 years, foundation training ('junior doctor' level) is 2 years (paid), after this you specialise and the period of training is variable. During specialty training you are a registrar doctor, i.e. you would be a paediatrian but in training and supervised, this can take 5-8 years for paediatrics to become a consultant paediatrician. There are 3 stages of registrar training, the time it takes you to complete each one depends on your performance. As you go through specialty training you become more experienced, more qualified, less supervised and better paid. Even once you have reached the level of consultant you continue learning. Don't worry too much about the time it takes to become a consultant - they are the most experienced doctors, you would still be a paediatric doctor before then.

Basically, including medical school, it would take 7-8 years to become a paediatric registrar and 12-15 years to become a consultant paediatrician.

There is a load of information on the NHS website and the General College of Paediatrics and Child Health about doctor training if you are interested in learning more details.