Deanna Said:

what career options are open to medical doctors aside from clinical medicine?

We Answered:

research in biotech companies! very good line! if i were you, i wouldn't switch to information technology, as the scope of biomed is increasing, whereas scope of computer programming is decreasing.

Jamie Said:

How long does it take to become a medical doctor, like a family doctor?

We Answered:

Becoming a doctor requires more training than most other jobs. It usually takes at least 11 years to become a doctor: 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years working in a hospital. For some specialties, doctors may have to work in a hospital for up to 8 years before they are trained.

To become a doctor, you should study biology, chemistry, physics, math, and English. It is not easy to get into medical school. You have to do very well in college and on medical school entrance tests.

Students spend most of the first 2 years of medical school in labs and classrooms. They take lots of science courses. They also learn to ask patients the right questions and how to examine them. They learn how to tell what sickness a patient has. In the last 2 years, students work with patients and doctors in hospitals and clinics. After medical school, doctors go to work in a hospital for a few years. They are called residents. To be a resident, you must take a test.

If you want to be a doctor, you should like to help people. You should be willing to study a lot.

You have to know how to talk to sick people. And you should be able to make decisions and handle emergencies.


Even if you are choosing to become a family practitioner, you still have to complete your residency which includes dealing with blood etc. I think that is a wonderful career choice, but it is a serious one, maybe you need to re-evaluate your issues with blood etc. and decide if that is something that you can overcome. Even family doctors deal with bloddy noses, stitching up cuts, people getting sick on them, granted, they arenot surgeons, but they still go through working in the E.R and you will see everything there.
Good luck with whatever choice you make, you have already made one great step!!!