<p>So i would like to become a Psychiatry did a bit of research and found this:
High School - 4 years
College - 4 years (Obtain BA or BS)
Medical School - 4 years (Obtain MD)
Psychiatry Residency Training - 4 years </p>
<p>I already did 4years of HS, and im currently in HCC (Hillsborough Community College) trying to get a AA in pre-med. I want to go to USF to do my BA and probably my MD as well. But my question is when i transfered to USF in what do i need my BA?? Also in HCC catalog it says that this are the classes that a university would use for pre-med: </p>
<p>CHM 1046 General College Chemistry II AND CHM 1046L General College Chemistry II Lab
CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I AND CHM 2210L Organic Chemistry I Lab
CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry II AND CHM 2211L Organic Chemistry II Lab
BSC 1011 Biological Science II AND BSC 1011L Biological Science II Lab
MCB 2010 General Microbiology AND MCB 2010L General Microbiology Lab
PHY 1053 General College Physics I AND PHY 1053L General College Physics I Lab
PHY 1054 General College Physics II AND PHY 1054L General College Physics II Lab
MAC 2311 Calculus & Analytic Geometry I
MAC 2312 Calculus & Analytic Geometry II
BSC 1085 Human Anatomy & Physiology I AND BSC 1085L Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab
BSC 1086 Human Anatomy & Physiology II AND BSC 1086L Human Anatomy & Physiology II Lab</p>
<p>Do i really need all this??? Thank you all =)</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of an AA in premed, and I’m not sure what the point of that would be. You should also avoid any “pre-med” majors in favor of academic majors (bio, chem, history, english, psychology, classics, etc).</p>
<p>For your BA, you need whatever classes are required for your major in addition to the required pre-med coursework (depending on your major, these may overlap).</p>
<p>Required premed coursework for just about every med school is 2 semesters general chemistry+lab, 2 semesters introductory biology+lab, 2 semesters organic chemistry+lab, 2 semesters of physics+lab, and 2 semesters of English. Math requirements vary, but 1-2 semesters of calc along with a semester of stats should cover all the bases.</p>
<p>Some schools also recommend biochemistry and genetics among other classes.</p>
<p>Anatomy and physiology is not required by any school, at least as far as I know.</p>
<p>You should be aware that med schools also don’t tend to look favorably on CC courses – especially if they are med school pre-reqs.
As far as psychiatry goes, yes, your approximation of education is correct (albeit, on the low side of average, since psychiatric residencies generally vary from 4-6 years from what I have seen, depending on your subspecialty). You also should not bank on getting in your first year applying.</p>
<p>For psychiatry, I would suggest getting more than just the pre-med curriculum. Get your feet wet on the psych side as well and see if that really interests you. Also, you should be aware the psychiatrists do almost entirely med management now. They have been stereotyped as “pill pushers” for a reason.</p>
<p>“Also, you should be aware the psychiatrists do almost entirely med management now. They have been stereotyped as “pill pushers” for a reason.”</p>
<p>Not all of us…but it will be med management if you work for someone else, or if you want to make the most money you can. And Psychiatry is not considered a high income medical specialty.</p>
<p>To be honest, I doubt any area will be particularly high-paying (relative to yrs of education and money spent for said education) once Obama’s $250k+ tax burden sets in, along with his ideas about universal healthcare!</p>
<p>When I researched psychiatry, the feeling I got was that billing tends to force most psychiatrists into med mgmt and programs are more recently training less and less in the area of actual therapy, leaving that to the Ph.D./Psy.D.-level psychologists (who are leaving it more and more to the MSWs, LMFTs, etc. and pursuing more research and assessment specialties, along with medical psychology)</p>