How much schooling is there after medical school for a plastic surgeon?
I live in Beverly Hills CA, and about to go through Medical school. After medical school, how long is residency, fellowship, internship and etc.?
The sad part about plastic surgery is that there is no extra training required. Any quack who’s got an M.D. can perform plastic surgery (which is why you hear those horror stories about plastic surgery nightmares). Your residency/fellowship/internship all depend on what hospital/clinic you do them at, but it will be at least a couple more years.
The sad part about plastic surgery is that there is no extra training required. Any quack who’s got an M.D. can perform plastic surgery (which is why you hear those horror stories about plastic surgery nightmares). Your residency/fellowship/internship all depend on what hospital/clinic you do them at, but it will be at least a couple more years.
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Residency is usually 5-8 years for a plastic sugeon. Residency, fellowship and internship are very similar. However, in a fellowship, you do practice medicine but also you will do research in the lab. Internship is nothing other than another word for residency.
http://www.pre-med.info
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In general, Plastic Surgery residency is 6 years following graduation from med school.
If you have a specific program in mind, you can research the facts for yourself at FREIDA ONLINE at: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html
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35 years in health care