Becoming a doctor

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Haider Abed 9J

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CONTENTS

Introduction                                                       3

How to become a doctor                                         4

What kind of person can become a doctor            5

A caring job for caring people                            6

INTRODUCTION

Many people in the UK are choosing to become medical doctors as their careers but why. Well there are many reasons to this; many of them will be explained within this guide to being a doctor.

How to Become a Doctor

To become a doctor you need permission to practice from the medical council of your country. To do this you will have to have spent a certain number of years in study. After this study at what is called a medical school people who wish to become a medical doctor will then experience supervised practice at a recognized institution. If your grades and experience are satisfactory to the medical council your name is then placed on their medical register of persons licensed to practice as a doctor- which is renewed yearly.

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WHAT IS MEDICAL SCHOOL LIKE

Medical schools are usually within large universities and so the structure may look the same as the buildings around it. The time spent in medical school is dependant on the country but in the United Kingdom 5 years is the typical program. Real hospital settings are used at points in the program to replicate real life situations. This is usually at the end of training and long hours are spent in this for practice until perfection. There is much reading in study to be a doctor so applicants in medical school must be ...

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