Differentiate between surgical and medical

[loving chimp]

when do you decide between going into surgical or medical. is it sometime during med school, or when you apply for internship?

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[Rendar5]

You select your future path during med school. Intern years are very different depending on the program you're going into.

 

[tennisball80]

A medical student usually decides whether he or she wants to enter a surgical specialty or a medical specialty during medical school. When you apply for internship, which is commonly called "residency," you can apply to either medical or surgical internship or to both.

 

[Silverman780]

Med Schools the same for both.
Residency after medical school is different and the length depends on the specialty.
7 years for general Surgery to attain attending status
while Family or Emergency medicine for example is only 3 years.

Here's a link you would find useful and worth your time to check it out:

http://www.aamc.org/students/cim/specialties.htm

 

[tennisball80]

Med Schools the same for both.
Residency after medical school is different and the length depends on the specialty.
7 years for general Surgery to attain attending status
while Family or Emergency medicine for example is only 3 years.

Here's a link you would find useful and worth your time to check it out:

http://www.aamc.org/students/cim/specialties.htm

Good website.

I found out that an opthalmology residency lasts four years.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Med Schools the same for both.
Residency after medical school is different and the length depends on the specialty.
7 years for general Surgery to attain attending status
while Family or Emergency medicine for example is only 3 years.

Here's a link you would find useful and worth your time to check it out:

http://www.aamc.org/students/cim/specialties.htm

Most general surgery residencies are a minimum of 5 years in length.

There are some programs that require an additional 2 years in the research lab (for a total of 7), some residents who choose to do additional time in the lab (usually 2 years, sometimes more or less) and of course, fellowships add time on. But you can become a surgical attending in 5 years of residency, although most academic surgeons will have spent time in the lab as well as have done a fellowship.